Corruption is a widespread problem — from a major oil company using secret companies to bribe politicians in Brazil, to small and medium-sized enterprises paying off local officials to expedite business procedures in Uganda. This iniquity is all around us and many a times we never notice it; and if we do we ignore it because…
Corruption Rankings World Wide; Uganda Ranks Number 29
Recent allegations of fraud and corruption in Uganda have prompted donors like the European Union, Germany, Norway, Ireland and the United Kingdom to suspend direct aid payments to the government. Just how much of a problem is corruption really? Transparency International, the nonprofit group, provides some answers with an annual index that measures the perceived…