IGANGA. The Inspectorate of Government has started investigations into allegations of corruption and nepotism levelled against members of the Iganga District Service Commission (DSC). The investigations began last Monday after the inspectorate received information from a whistleblower, citing irregularities in the recruitment of employees by the commission.

In the May 11 letter addressed to the chief administrative officer, Mr Joseph Mukasa, the Deputy Inspector General of Government, Ms Mariam Wangadya, said she had received complaints that members of the commission had irregularly offered jobs to their biological children, adding that the DSC was not properly constituted.

“You are ordered to stay the implementation of the resolutions of the District Service Commission until our investigations are complete and a report issued with appropriate directions,” Ms Wangadya’s letter reads in part.

Mr Mukasa acknowledged receipt of the letter, adding that officials from the inspectorate have already began their work by interviewing some of the district officials.

The IGG’s investigations come in the wake of recent complaints by the Principle of Bishop Willis Core Primary Teachers College, Mr Steven Kalya, and some teachers in the district that many trained teachers were failing to get jobs because of failure to raise money to bribe the commissioners.