{{Development in Africa has been lagging because of Corruption. The remarks were made by Uganda’s Speaker of Parliament Rebecca Kadaga.}}
Ms Kadaga said African states had brilliant plans that were let down by “corrupt implementers. While Africa and East Asian countries were at relatively similar levels of development in the immediate post-independent era, the strong governance systems of the latter ensured rapid economic growth and human capacity development in those countries.”
She said that Corruption is one of the key stumbling blocks to good governance and social development in Africa.
Ms Kadaga’s remarks come weeks after Uganda was ranked one of the most corrupt countries in the World and the second in the East African region to Kenya, according to a corruption index released by Transparency International.
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