Kampala — Executive secretary of the International Anti-corruption Theatre Movement, John Kakaire joins hands with Chief of Party of Anti-corruption country Threshold Programme Peter Riley and Dr. James Nsaba Buturo

THE battle against corruption requires the combined effort of the public and the Government, ethics minister Dr. James Nsaba Buturo has said.

"Although the public is blaming Government for taking slow measures against corruption, joint effort is needed to fight the 'disease'," Buturo said.

Buturo said the corruption syndrome, which is deeply rooted into society, can be minimised gradually, but can't be completely eliminated.

He explained that corruption goes beyond abuse of office for personal gain. It goes as far as moral decay, he said. "Our society has been corrupted by unscrupulous people to embrace some Western cultures like homosexual and gay activities," he added.

Buturo was launching an anti-corruption project dubbed 'The National Book of Shame' at Gland Imperial Hotel in Kampala on Thursday. Funded by USAID and implemented by the Anti-Corruption Coalition Uganda, the project aims at publishing the names of corrupt public officials and institutions in December.