"The recently released report by Uganda's Inspectorate of Government (IG) shows that 35% of job seekers in Uganda paid a staggering USh 29 billion ($7.73 million, 7.1 million) in bribes between 2018 and 2022 to secure civil service jobs. That means, out of the 480,000 Ugandan civil servants on the payroll, nearly 133,000 paid their way to employment. Over those five years, job applicants were asked to pay a total of up to USh 78 billion in bribes, with some recruiters seeking as much as USh 50 million for senior roles, such as department heads."
""Some even take out loans to pay these bribes, hoping to recover the money through kickbacks once employed," Beti Kamya Turwomwe, Uganda's Inspector General (IG), was quoted in a press release. Ugandan local media regularly report cases of bribes for jobs in the public sectorImage: Juan Alberto Ruiz/Addictive Stock/IMAGO She added that her agency's new strategy includes tracing and recovering assets acquired through corrupt practices."
"According to some reports, Uganda loses around $400 million every year to corruption, nearly 10% of its national budget. More bribery for civil jobs at the local level At the district level, the IG warned that bribery for jobs in the public sector was far worse, citing figures as high as 85%. "The situation has become a bit messy," Tom Wanyakala, a lecturer in governance and leadership at the Uganda Management Institute (UMI), told DW. The retired civil servant said in the past, workers were mostly recruited on merit. "When you joined the civil service in the 1980s, they [government recruiters] would come to the university. Back then we only had one university, they would take the cream; upper second and first classes. They would recruit them on merit, induct them and post them or transfer th"
Between 2018 and 2022, Ugandan job seekers paid USh 29 billion (about $7.73 million) in bribes to obtain civil service positions, representing roughly 35% of civil servants on the payroll (about 133,000 of 480,000). Applicants faced solicitations totalling up to USh 78 billion over five years, with some recruiters demanding up to USh 50 million for senior posts. Some applicants take loans to pay bribes expecting kickback recovery after employment. Health and education experienced high incidence of bribery. District-level recruitment showed worse rates, reportedly up to 85%. Corruption-related losses approach $400 million annually, and asset-tracing measures are being pursued.
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