Kampala — ANYONE who discloses information on corruption or improper conduct, under the just passed Whistle-Blower Protection Bill, 2009, stands to get 5% of the money recovered, the ethics state minister, James Nsaba Buturo, said on Wednesday.

Addressing a press conference at the media centre, Buturo said the money will be a reward to encourage people to report corrupt officials.

"A whistle-blower shall be rewarded for their information with 5% of the money recovered," Buturo said.

Parliament on Tuesday passed the amended Bill which now awaits the President's signature.

Once passed into law, the Bill will provide protection to whistle-blowers from victimisation.

In addition, it specifies persons qualified to make disclosures and to whom the disclosures may be made.

It also provides for the procedure of making the disclosures and how investigation for proof will be done.

Buturo said the President had been waiting for the bill, adding that: "The delay has been on my side because I did not include, in time, the provision on rewards as he had asked."

The passing of the Bill, he said, was timely and would add a new dimension to the fight against crime.

"Corruption in most cases occurs in secrecy and people who are aware of it fear to report because doing so would lead to loss of jobs or lives," Buturo noted.

Compiled by Steven Candia, Joyce Namutebi and Catherine Bekunda.