Uganda goes tough on corrupt officials
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xinhuanan ugandan president yoweri museveni on wednesday announced the establishment of a new anti-corruption unit and encouraged the public to report corrupt officials to the unit1 museveni while delivering his state of the nation address said the move was aimed at fighting rampant corruption and poor service delivery1 he said the unit would be based in his office1 the only enemy we need to fight is corruption and poor implementation of government programmes1 report any corruption you come across to this unit museveni said in a nationwide televised address1 people expect money for every little task1 we could not have liberated this country if we did not have a high degree of altruism1 this attitude of altruism must come back1 the president has put fighting corruption infrastructure development job creation and electricity as key priorities of his ruling party the national resistance movement1 anti-corruption activists argue that uganda has good legal and policy frameworks to fight corruption but the challenge lies in the implementation1