Moses Kiplingat who coordinates the group told URN that they have been spending much of their time following up misuse of funds and liaising with relevant offices against corruption in the district but no action has been taken.
Youth who have been championing the fight against misuse of government resources under their umbrella Bukwo Anti-corruption Monitors have resolved to stop fighting against corruption in the district, saying their fight has not been appreciated by the government departments entrusted with fighting the scourge.
Moses Kiplingat who coordinates the group told URN that they have been spending much of their time following up misuse of funds and liaising with relevant offices against corruption in the district but no action has been taken.
According to Kiplingat, they have given a lot of evidence to the IGG, the minister for local governmnet Rapheal Magyezi, the state minister for economic monitor by then Mr.Peter Ogwang and recently, the state house anti corruption team but no action has been taken.
"We took all these officials to the ghost projects where money has been swindled at the end of the day they all get shocked but they don't act," he claimed. "So why should we claim to be fighting corruption?"
Ms Jemimah Chelangat, another anti corruption crusader said they will now also just sit and watch as government resources are being misused in the district.
"The same officers who are supposed to be arrested for corruption are the same officers who eat together with those who are supposed to arrest ," she charged.
John Sumbura Sikikwa, the LC3 chairperson of Kaptererwo sub-county and also the chairman of all the sub county chairpersons in Bukwo district says corruption in Bukwo is what has made the community to remain in poverty.
Denis Jenje the sub-county chairperson Chesower sub county in Bukwo district said there is no genuine fight against corruption in Uganda.
"The only fight we see is lamenting, but not action, because if it was action, then Bukwo district would have been cleaned," he said.
Julius Chelimo the district chairperson Bukwo said he was also wandering what was going on, adding that a lot of information including a site visits by the state house anti corruption team has been gathered, ministry of local governmnet and IGG in Bukwo but nothing has changed.
But when contacted, the the resident district commissioner Samuel Hashaka Mpimbaza who represents the President in Bukwo also admitted that most of the governmnent agencies tasked with the fight against corruption in the country have not done enough to clean Bukwo despite several visits to the district.
"Its so hurting anyway seeing the community missing services just because of the few corrupt official's in the district.
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steven Ariong
Freelancer