The Inspector General of Government (IGG) has been stopped from prosecuting ministers, Sam Kutesa, John Nasasira and Mwesigwa Rukutana because the inspectorate in not fully constituted.

The constitutional court has ruled that the IGG cannot prosecute the three ministers any one for cases involving abuse of office and corruption and causing financial loss because by acting alone in prosecuting the officials he was breaching the constitution.

Raphael Baku has been acting IGG for the past two years because the president has not named a substantive IGG and second deputy IGG.

The deputy chief justice, Alice Mpagi Bahigaine, Justice Steven Kavuma, Stella Arach Amoko, Augustine Nsimye and Remmy Kasule, in their ruling said the Inspectorate is not dully constituted as required by the constitution to commenced proceedings against any one alleged to have been involved in corruption, abuse of office and causing financial loss.

The court said that for the inspectorate in its current form cannot prosecute any corruption related crimes.

The court was Thursday delivering a ruling in a petition filed by Nasasira, Kutesa and Rukutana who have been facing abuse of office charges relating to the mismanagement of the funds meant for commonwealth summit in 2007.