KAMPALA, UGANDA
CONVENTION COMMUNIQUE
3rd December 2012
I) PREAMBLE
We the over 1000 people of Uganda, having met on 3rd December 2012,
from various walks of life including the youth, women, business
community, persons with disability, media, political leaders, religious
leaders and Non-Governmental organizations, met in Kampala, Uganda to
discuss the most pressing challenges and creative solutions to fighting
theft of public funds.
Since the first Anti-Corruption
Convention that was held on 8th December, 2011, Uganda has lost not less
than 1.3 trillion shillings resulting into a situation of deplorable
health services across the country, ill facilitated educational
infrastructure, spiraling poverty levels, growing unemployment, ethnic
tensions, land grabbing, declining fortunes of agriculture,
environmental degradation.
Aware that the unraveling theft in
the office of the Prime Minister, Public Service, Ministry of Education,
Ministry of Local Government, Ministry of Finance, Ministry of Justice
are a mere reflection of the trend in other government ministries,
departments and agencies. The plunder of public assets can and will have
worse impact if not stopped.
II) Today we re-affirm, resolve and commit to Individual and Collective Actions to secure our future as follows;
1. Harness the role of people power in fighting corruption through sustained collective actions that are fundamental to building positive change epitomized through the Black Monday Movement.
