Mr Kati is a citizen of the Republic of Kali (not a real country). He is a public servant and works for the Ministry of Water in the Republic of Kali. When the government of Kali decided that it wanted to bring water to its people in the Eastern part of Kali, Mr Kati was put in charge. He was, therefore, put in charge of billions.
However, Mr Kali lives on a very remote village with a very bad road, and he thought that surely if he used some of the money to build a road in his village, it would be okay as it would even help the people of his village. Would Mr Kati’s actions be regarded as corrupt since he used the money for a another purpose?
WHAT DOES THE LAW SAY?
According to the Anti-Corruption Act of Uganda, corruption is where a person who is in public service uses their position to ask for or accept a gift, a favour, a promise or money in exchange of doing what they are legally required to do as a person who works in that public service.
Corruption can also be where a person who is in a public service uses their position to divert the use of public funds for an unrelated purpose other than that which the funds were originally intended for.
This means that even though Mr Kati’s intention was good in that he wanted to help the people of his village have a better road, that is not what the money was intended to be used for. The money was to be used to connect water in the eastern part of Kali.
Source: BarefootLawyers
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