Uganda: Looking Beyond the UNRA Probe

In recent weeks, Ugandans have watched, transfixed, details from the commission of inquiry into mismanagement in the roads sector. We have learnt that roads can actually be shorter than the officially-stated length, that public land can fetch private titles and hefty sums of money in compensation from the public coffers, and that fuel cards be easily misused.

To many Ugandans concerned about poor public services in other sectors, these revelations have been as shocking as annoying. To others, however, this frustration has been tempered by a sense of optimism - hope that at least, at last, someone seems to be doing something about waste in one of the best-funded government sectors.

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