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Long is the overdue action in our nation to put in to place measures to guard against what is holding back, if not blocking development in our lands.  As the saying goes however, better late than never... 

Well it's here after decades of ramblings and stiffled cries over corruption which comes in many shades.  http://ugpulse.com/articles/daily/news.asp?ID=2104 - this article for those of you who may want to read up, highlights the actions being taken by those who feel the buck ought to start or stop.  The foundation of this action appears to target the primary education sector and sited reasons why this is so are stated for those who care to debate over. 

Personally I question an observance which agrieves a lot of Ugandans.  Whilst it's true ghost teachers may be the order of the day - one has to question - who is the organ grinder that seats at the top and allows ghost accounts to pass through the system? 

An example for instance: a worker has been sacked for failing to account for the losses one public telecommunication company is making.  The reason for his/her failure to balance the books has not been down to poor account keeping, but instructions from the top to ignore or write off some bills because "boss-man" knows the client on a personal level or is related to the client. 

So I ask - who is going to educate those at the top pulling the strings to the errors of their actions and the harm they are doing the nation/society in the long-run?    You have persons in posts who are not adequately qualified to be in post - a case of a fool leading really which is quite dangerous!

You will find great men like George Bush in corruption racket, blood money just as YK.MUs7.

How can you send somebody else son dying in the front line meanwhile you are seated and does not miss your evening champagne everyday and you are bloody alive in the pretext and betrayal of democracy.

Imagine the 3000 American soldiers dead in Iraq and the greed to escalate Uganda war over peasants compared.

M7 IS OLD AND NO NEW IDEAS LET HIM GO TO THE BUSH IN RWAKAITURA

Another circus show to impress the donor… for more funds! This world lives and thrives on corruption! Let them stop lying to us and put the money they are wasting to better use. Ok what's Rwakabale’s qualification to run this, simple he will save his own and slaughter the others… just kidding /byk.

Did anyone watch Syriana?

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Danny Dalton:

Some trust fund prosecutor, got off-message at Yale, thinks he's gonna run this up the flagpole, make a name for himself, maybe get elected some two-bit, congressman from nowhere, with the result that Russia or China can suddenly start having, at our expense, all the advantages we enjoy here. No, I tell you. No, sir. Corruption charges! Corruption? Corruption is government intrusion into market efficiencies in the form of regulations. That's Milton Friedman. He got a goddamn Nobel Prize. We have laws against it precisely so we can get away with it. Corruption is our protection. Corruption keeps us safe and warm. Corruption is why you and I are prancing around in here instead of fighting over scraps of meat out in the streets. Corruption is why we win...

Someone told me that until civil servants are well paid, corruption will never die…

Sounds lame to me.

What do you guys think?

Perhaps they are following Oscar Wilde's recommendation... yielding to temptation by coping out with the lame excuse they offer.  If you can't beat them - join them...

On subject of corruption - what is really the underlying factor behind this sudden insurgence in Karamoja?  Something tells me its more than cattle rustling taking place here - these guys have been at it for centuries I am led to believe from history.  Cattle is their way of life.  Are we seeing a scramble for land by external factors intent on grabbing the area for other reasons not far from, perhaps...gold, oil or some other natural resource in this region? 

I was under the illusion that the army is involved in army matters of protecting its nations security primarily. Within Ug this is increasingly becoming debatable - some army officials even own farms which appear to have taken on a nomadic way of life of their own!  With present day adjustments -  these farms remain stationary only so far as that the cattle can graze from SW to NE!  It's little wonder the article by ultimate media http://www.ugpulse.com/articles/daily/news.asp?ID=2183 sights the primary education sector suffering! 

Please let's not see a repeat of what has happened in other parts of Uganda such as Luweero or Gulu, take place here too!

The fight against corruption gets personal:

http://www.newvision.co.ug/D/8/12/595685 

conceptx:

Someone told me that until civil servants are well paid, corruption will never die…

Sounds lame to me.

What do you guys think?

firtsly i dont think corruption ( chai)  can be eliminated because it pays to be corrupt.Civil servants  dont get decent pay so the temptation to to take payment in bribe is overwhelming.  My thoughts on this  subject is that corruption should be legalised and salaries abandoned...........Sounds rather silly! .I know you might think the poor will suffer the most.but that is the case at the moment anyway.

Uganda does not have the institutional mechanism to deal with corruption.  The first step towards tackling corruption is to de-corrupt the political space by introducing  healthy political competition, Cutting red tape etc.

oloya:

You will find great men like George Bush in corruption racket, blood money just as YK.MUs7.

How can you send somebody else son dying in the front line meanwhile you are seated and does not miss your evening champagne everyday and you are bloody alive in the pretext and betrayal of democracy.

Imagine the 3000 American soldiers dead in Iraq and the greed to escalate Uganda war over peasants compared.

M7 IS OLD AND NO NEW IDEAS LET HIM GO TO THE BUSH IN RWAKAITURA

i am guessing people haven't heard of the massive chogm projects which have made people eat big without delivering results;

if there was accountability, most of the people would be forced to pay back the monies they've eaten