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ACTION • Misappropriated Funds in Kween, Uganda
The Kween anti-corruption monitors is determined to hold town councillors accountable for the embezzlement of public funds.
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The Kween anti-corruption monitors are organizing to highlight a local case of embezzlement in the Sebei region in the east of Uganda. In 2018, the town council was allocated 90 million Ugandan Shilling (more than 20 thousand euros) to construct new offices for the town council, but so far no offices have been built.
However 20 million shilling have already been spent on vacation pay for councillors and technical officers to Kenya. As the anti-corruption activist Betty Cherop states: “each councillor was paid 800 thousand shilling to cross to Kenya to dance and drink yet they always hold council sessions under a tree.”
The Kween anti-corruption monitors is determined to hold these councillors accountable for the embezzlement of public funds. With support of Het Actiefonds, they have set up a campagne to bring this case in the spotlight of national media. With demonstrations, radio shows, national broadcasting and independent anti-corruption institutions, they aim to put pressure on officials to punish thieving politicians.
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