President Yoweri Museveni has said the office of the Inspector General of Government (IGG) is a very serious responsibility that calls for justice to all kinds of people without affection or ill-will.

He explained the seriousness of the IGG job, saying some individuals suffer from affection, others from ill-will while others want favour.

“It is quite an undertaking. We shall have to fill up the post of another deputy so that they are two. We already have one deputy Bakku, am hunting for another one,” he said.

The President was officiating over the swearing-in of the new IGG Irene Eseza Mulyagonja Kakooza at State House in Entebbe.

The oath was administered by the Head of Civil Service, Mr. John Mitala and witnessed by the Chief Justice Benjamin Odoki, deputy Speaker of Parliament Jacob Oulanya, the minister for justice and constitutional affairs, Kahiinda Otafiire, the ethics and integrity minister, Simon Lokodo.

Also present was Police chief, Kale Kayihura, the Commissioner General for Prisons, Johnsohn Byabasaija, Head of Service, John Mitala, the secretary to the Judiciary Okalany and the secretary to the IGG, Bageya Waiswa.

Museveni congratulated Justice Mulyagonja upon her appointment and said institutions as the Inspectorate of Government were put in place by the NRM government for the purpose of protecting the public against the mistakes of government leaders.

He said these institutions were not there before but the NRM government.

“The local councils were designed to supervise the work of government officials. There were gombolola chiefs but we put LC3 chairpersons; there were District Commissioners but we put LC5. The issue was not for running the districts but for protecting the people, Museveni explained.

“On the legal side there are judges, there were the legal systems for litigation but we thought there should be another channel where people would run to complain about or report corruption.

If all these systems were working well the people of Uganda would be safe from corruption and criminality but sometimes people can’t connect why we have them,” he said.

Justice Mulyagonja who was accompanied by her mother Perida Mulyagonja and daughters Gabriella J. Kakooza and Elizabeth Kakooza, was first appointed Judge in 2008 and has been working in the commercial division of the High court.

She becomes the fourth IGG since 1986 after Augustine Ruzindana, Jothan Tumwesigye and Justice Faith Mwonda. Raphael Bakku has been the acting IGG.

Born in 1963, she attended Mt. St. Mary's Namagunga for both O and A-level before joining Makerere University where she studied law. She later did her Masters at the University of Zimbabwe.

Justice Mulyagonja is married to J.B Kakooza and they have three children together.