APPTASTIC: Ugandan anti-corruption groups are testing a phone app, Action for Transparency (A4T) that citizens can use to check the amount of money the government spends on schools and health clinics, and report when the money is not used for the right things.
KAMPALA: Douglas Buule, a teacher at Kiwenda primary, a government school outside Uganda's capital Kampala, has a recurring problem.
"The money used to access the chalk comes late, even towards the end of term," explains Buule. "It is a big burden to keep on writing on a chalk board. So sometimes the head teacher buys chalk on credit or even uses her own money."
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