Government has started off a midterm review exercise to assess the implementation of the National Anti Corruption Strategy (NACS).
The five year plan started in 2019/20- 2023/24 and has one year left to the end of the five years, launched together with the Zero Tolerance to Corruption Policy to revitalize the war against corruption in Uganda.
The Policy aimed at ensuring transparent, accountable, efficient, and effective use of public resources to attain the desired social economic transformation of Uganda from peasant to a middle income economy.
The Policy also aims at strengthening formal coordination and partnerships between state and non-state actors lime Ministry, Departments, Agencies (MDAs) and local governments.
Others include Religious and Faith Organizations, Civil Society Organizations, Cultural Institutions, the private sector and media institutions to improve joint action against corruption.
Now, through the Directorate of Ethics and Integrity, under the office of the President, a midterm assessment is being conducted across all parts of the Country to understand the extent of the Implementation of the Zero Tolerance to Corruption Policy since it’s in 2019 to date.
The assessment started off in the Lango Sub region, to be followed by Acholi, West Nile, Teso, Elgon, Kigezi, Rwenzori and Central regions respectively.
With funding from the International Monetary Fund, the exercise will last for more than a month and thereafter a monitoring and Evaluation report will be released for the way forward.
In the Lango sub region, the assessment teams conducted meetings with different stakeholders from Dokolo, Amolator where as in Acholi they held consultations from Omoro and Oyam districts respectively.
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