On Monday, an anti-corruption watchdog investigated in Uganda's wildlife protection agency after a ton of ivory, worth over 1 million dollars, disappeared from a Ugandan vault. Law enforcement questions why exactly the ivory was originally piling up instead of being used and destroyed. Reports say the Ugandan president, Yoweri Museveni, has ordered the Inspectorate of Government to start a formal investigation. The UN environmental program states that criminal suppliers run the global shipments of ivory and that corruption is fueling the trade. The situation is being called, "a breakdown of systems", within the country's bureaucracy. Watchdog groups believe that this sets a bad example for the ministry of tourism, and shows how little government systems are working.
I agree that this sets a bad example for government systems. Having something as immense as this go right under their noses shows how little control the government has over its trade and security. Investigations like these would not need to happen if precautions are taken in the first place.
Yes, this definitely looks bad on the government, yet possibly not without reason. As seen through history countless times, governments may purposefully and very directly act in a corrupt manner beneficial to their economy or individuals, or may quietly let things 'slide under the table', and this may have been the case here. With or without the idea of corrupt government, a handle on this situation needs to be maintained.
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This is startling. To think that the government would be involved in ivory trade is kind of scary. I hope that the investigation goes well and they bring down whoever's responsible
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