Bribery Falls â€" IGG
Apr 14, 2003
BRIBERY levels in the country have gone down, according to the second national integrity survey report by the Inspector General of Government (IGG).
BRIBERY levels in the country have gone down, according to the second national integrity survey report by the Inspector General of Government (IGG).
Joyce Namutebi and John Eremu report that the IGG, Jotham Tumwesigye, told journalists yesterday that the decline in the rate of bribery showed Ugandans were becoming more aware of their rights.
“The education programmes we have been conducting could have also had an impact,†the ombudsman said.
The integrity report to be launched by President Yoweri Museveni tomorrow, showed the percentage of service users who paid bribes when the last survey was conducted in 1998, dropping from 63% to 46%.
Tumwesigye had earlier told Parliament that “the key areas that had the worst record of corruption (bribery) - the Police, Uganda Revenue Authority (URA), magistrates courts and local governments had registered drastic decline in bribe-taking.â€
While 50% of the respondents accepted paying bribes to the Judiciary (magistrates courts) in 1998, the percentage stood at 29% in the latest survey. In health, the percentage has dropped from 28 to 24%, local governments from 39% to 16% and URA from 40% to 31%.
Traffic Police was ranked the worst with a rating of 83%, followed by tender boards - 79%, Electoral Commission - 78%, URA - 77%, Privatisation Unit and the regular Police tied at 67%, Immigration Department 60% and magistrates courts and National Social Security Fund each 54%.
The least corrupt were the Post Office, the Directorate of Ethics and Integrity, the National Water and Sewerage Corporation, Bank of Uganda, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Prisons Department and the Ministry of Labour.
Tumwesigye said 35% of the people supposed to declare wealth HAD not done so. He asked for special courts to try graft cases.
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Joyce Namutebi and John Eremu report that the IGG, Jotham Tumwesigye, told journalists yesterday that the decline in the rate of bribery showed Ugandans were becoming more aware of their rights.
“The education programmes we have been conducting could have also had an impact,†the ombudsman said.
The integrity report to be launched by President Yoweri Museveni tomorrow, showed the percentage of service users who paid bribes when the last survey was conducted in 1998, dropping from 63% to 46%.
Tumwesigye had earlier told Parliament that “the key areas that had the worst record of corruption (bribery) - the Police, Uganda Revenue Authority (URA), magistrates courts and local governments had registered drastic decline in bribe-taking.â€
While 50% of the respondents accepted paying bribes to the Judiciary (magistrates courts) in 1998, the percentage stood at 29% in the latest survey. In health, the percentage has dropped from 28 to 24%, local governments from 39% to 16% and URA from 40% to 31%.
Traffic Police was ranked the worst with a rating of 83%, followed by tender boards - 79%, Electoral Commission - 78%, URA - 77%, Privatisation Unit and the regular Police tied at 67%, Immigration Department 60% and magistrates courts and National Social Security Fund each 54%.
The least corrupt were the Post Office, the Directorate of Ethics and Integrity, the National Water and Sewerage Corporation, Bank of Uganda, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Prisons Department and the Ministry of Labour.
Tumwesigye said 35% of the people supposed to declare wealth HAD not done so. He asked for special courts to try graft cases.
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