The United States Department of Justice is reported to have alerted AES Corporation about the US$10,000 bribe a contractor in the Bujagali dam construction consortium gave a Ugandan official in 1999. “When the US Department of Justice tipped AES about the bribe, the company immediately instituted a probe into the allegations,” said a source.

Women are still poorly represented in management, a report from the Federation of Uganda employers released recently says. The report shows huge disparities in gender when it comes to management positions.

The East African reports that the communications sector in Uganda is growing rapidly. According to the National Information and Communication Technology Policy, the number of mobile phone subscribers in Uganda grew from 3,500 in 1996 to the current total of 360,000.

Rebels of the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) attacked a United Nations-run refugee camp in north western Uganda, killing five refugees and a government soldier, the U.N. said on Tuesday.

Defence Minister Amama Mbabazi has said the army is seeking to achieve savings by eliminating wastage and corruption by instituting more efficient financial management systems. He said the army would prioritize its missions. Mbabazi was speaking at the opening of a South to South seminar meant to discuss the African experience on security sector transformations.