Uganda: Over Sh33b Lost in Procurement Fraud

The Government would save sh330b by eliminating losses incurred through corruption in public procurement, an official has said. Citing the recent Auditor General's report, the executive director of Public Procurement and Disposal of Public Assets Authority (PPDA), Edgar Agaba, said about 20% of the value of procurement was lost through corruption. Agaba attributed the corruption to weak public procurement laws. "The law has many loopholes. The prescribed practices are laxly enforced or impractical to enforce.