{UAH} In Uganda, a whistleblower phone app seeks to outsmart corruption | Mail & Guardian Africa (Mobile edition)
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Through the Action for Transparency (A4T) Smartphone app, being piloted in three Ugandan districts, communities are being armed with information allowing them to report anonymously when budget allocations for health centres and schools fail to match public expenditure.
Using the GPS-enabled A4T app, a user can receive the location of a school or health centre, the number of staff allocated to them by both the government and the institution, and the amount of money approved and dispersed.
If they suspect money is being misused—for example if the government provides funds for an ambulance which then is nowhere to be seen—the user can simply click on the app's whistle icon to send an instant report to the A4T website and their Facebook page.
"If it is a police case we'll report it to the police," said Moses Karatunga, the programme officer for Transparency International (TI) Uganda. "If it's an advocacy issue we can take it up with the ministry."
Brian M. Kwesiga
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