Uganda, May 16 -- Shortly after he was sworn in on Tuesday, President Museveni declared that his current five-year term is going to be "term no sleep" and "term no corruption". The comments came at a time when corruption seems to have spiralled out of control.

The last five years saw members of Cabinet and other government officials implicated in the theft of iron sheets that had been earmarked for distribution to vulnerable communities in Karamoja sub-region; there were allegations of theft of more than Shs4.5 billion meant for Karamoja Peace Initiative; the fraudulent transfer of Shs60 billion ($17 million) from Bank of Uganda to foreign accounts in Japan and the United Kingdom; allegations of theft of billions from Parliament's corpor...