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 it has become a culture of some sorts. A behavior we have adapted to and accepted in our society. It is no longer evil to bribe a good school to let your low grade child in or even for a doctor to ask you if you have extra cash on you before you receive treatment…
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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 level of corruption in countries around the world. Uganda ranked 130th out of 176 countries in the Corruption Perception Index 2012 released Dec. 5 by the Berlin-based organization. Countries are given a score between 0 (highly corrupt) to 100 (very clean) and Uganda earned a score of 29. Botswana was the highest-ranked among all sub-Saharan…
