DEVELOPMENT THAT MEETS THE NEEDS OF THE LOCAL PEOPLE IN UGANDA

DEVELOPMENT THAT MEETS THE NEEDS OF THE LOCAL PEOPLE IN UGANDA


Uganda like any other African country receives foreign aid from various countries like USA among others. Not differing from Professor Easterly, there is a lot to be done if the beneficiaries of these funds have to gain from them.
With a lot of corruption and embezzlement of funds by the people in charge (coordinators of these projects), foreign aid is rather creating more harm than good. A case in point is the recent global fund scenario where the minister of health with his committee rechanneled money for buying mosquito nets, anti-malaria tablets and ARVs for the malaria and AIDS’ patients respectively to their own benefits. The government of Uganda intervened in the situation by requesting the minister and his committee to give accountability of the funds and still failed to do so. Uganda’s IGG investigated the case and these people were found guilty and hence referred to court to make a statement. In the court, they could not defend their position through their lawyers and were to be imprisoned .A month later, they were released but could not still give accountability or even give back the money. This case is pending up to now with limited follow up.
Surprisingly, the donors still requested for another proposal to give out more funds without following the causes of the past incidences being just an example of the many occurring or that have occurred. In my view, these funds will still go through a similar channel if corruption and embezzlement are not handled seriously at all levels of authority hence limiting development.