Ugandans were awakened to a shocking statistic by the media indicating that the toll gate collections at the world’s most expensive road…

The Alliance for Finance Monitoring (ACFIM) routinely conducts an analytical study on the budget with the idea of identifying resources that are diverted into financing politics.

Civil society leaders in Uganda have condemned corruption of all forms arguing that not only does it distort public policy and undermine service delivery…

Last week during the commemoration of the International Anti-Corruption Day at Kololo Independence Grounds, President Yoweri Museveni warned the Inspector General of Government (IGG), Ms. Beti Olive Kamya…

A video clip is circulating on social media showing voters in Kayunga district last night (eve of the by-election) leaving a scene where they were supposedly each given UGX 4,000 ($1.12) to vote for National Resistance Movement’s Muwonge Andrew. This clip by BBS Terefayina…

Ugandan citizens are increasingly unhappy about the way their democracy is working. Majority of Ugandans (63%) share a perception that corruption has increased a lot in the previous 12 months and believe it is getting worse.

Corruption in Uganda is at an all-time high with the country loosing UGX10 trillion ($2.8 billion) to corruption in the year 2021 alone according to the Inspector of government (IGG) –Beti Kamaya. The state minister for Economic Monitoring…

President Yoweri Museveni has not been invited to the international virtual Summit for Democracy scheduled for December 9-10, 2021 (next week), to be hosted by USA President, Joe Biden. A total of 111 nations worldwide have been invited to participate of which 15 are from Africa

The influence of money in elections world over is indisputable and over the last decade, we see that money among other factors has become a dominant factor in controlling voter consent. Alliance for Finance Monitoring (ACFIM) recently held the second of her Money-in-Politics webinar series…

Democratic erosion may be better than democratic cataclysm because it is less likely to be kinetic, but cumulative decline still presents us with profound challenges. These comments were made by Mr. Jude Obitre, an associate of King’s College London

In a town hall meeting organized by Alliance for Finance Monitoring (ACFIM) on Uganda’s Political and Legal Electoral Reforms last week, Mr.Jude Obitre, an Associate of Kings College London who presented the keynote address…

The November 2021 supplementary budget increased the allocation for political party funding from UGX 20 billion ($5.63 million) to UGX 35 billion ($9.89 million).