The year 2021 is a Declaration Year where over 30,000 Leaders will declare their Income, Assets and Liabilities to the Inspectorate of Government. All leaders will declare using the Inspectorate of Government Online Declaration System (IGODS) to fill and submit their Declarations.

Below is a roadmap for the Declaration Period 2021.

The Inspectorate of Government has released its Performance Reports to Parliament for the period July to December 2019 and January to June 2020.

The reports were presented to the Speaker of Parliament, Rt. Hon. Rebecca Kadaga by Deputy Inspector General of Government, Mr. George Bamugemereire.

Mr. Bamugemereire led a 7-person team comprising Deputy Inspector General of Government, Ms. Mariam Wangadya, Directors and Managers.

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The Inspectorate of Government (IG) arrested the District Health Officer of Kotido District, Dr Phillip Olinga, and charged him with Embezzlement and Causing Financial Loss.

Details in the Press Statement below:

The Inspectorate of Government submitted the Budget Framework Paper (BFP) 2021/2022 to the Legal and Parliamentary Affairs Committee of Parliament. Read the IG BFP 2021/2022 below:

Global trends in the fight against corruption are changing. Several Anti-Corruption Agencies all over the world are going digital. Following the Inspectorate of Government’s move to undertake digital migration of all its systems, there has been an increasing complexity in the nature of corruption cases the Inspectorate handles. For this reason, financial profiling in investigations is becoming crucial.

The Inspectorate of Government (IG) therefore found it prudent to train some of its staff in financial analysis.

Closing a three-day training of 16 IG staff on Financial Analysis Training for Accountants at Hotel Africana on Friday, the Deputy IGG, Ms. Mariam Wangadya, said that due the challenges involved in successfully investigating and prosecuting corruption cases due to high levels of sophistication to disguise corrupt acts, lack of a digital print and the syndicated nature of corruption these days, financial profiling is key in the conduct of investigations.

She highlighted the importance of investigators to develop the ability to spot red flags, which would enable them to tackle the most important issues raised in a complaint.

For his part, the Deputy IGG, Mr. George Bamugemereire, opened the training with a piece of advice that all training conducted for the IG should have a component of strengthening leadership so as to enhance the internal leadership talent pool, which will internally grow top leaders for the institution.

He expressed confidence that the training would go a long way to inspire IG investigators to commence investigations with the full confidence that the cases would be completed speedily, professionally and successfully from beginning to end.

The training, conducted by ABS Consulting Group in conjunction with Ortus Africa, was attended by staff from the Directorate of Special Investigations and the Directorate of Leadership Code led by the two respective Directors.

The Inspectorate of Government conducted a five-day training on Customer Care for the Directors and Managers in January 2021.

The staff were trained on how to develop a customer oriented mindset, the role of frontline staff at IG, characteristics of a Good Service, customer expectations, handling complaints and effective communication.

While officiating at the closing of the training, the Deputy IGG, George Bamugemereire, noted that it was more costly to attract new customers than to retain existing ones. He added that the challenge particularly at IG was that the Clients were not the literal conventional customers. The customers have enshrined their expectations in the law as spelt out in the Constitution of Uganda and the IG Act and thus they expected to see and feel the impact all the time. ‘They pay the IG to satisfy them’. Therefore, the IG Strategic Plan should emphasize the importance the Citizens experience with interface with Government MDALGs.

Mr Bamugemereire therefore noted that after the training, he expected the Directors and managers to: consistency and increased innovation in new strategies and products. He added that future training should include such schemes as: on-the-job learning, Mentoring schemes, in-house training and individual study.

Deputy IGG, Ms Mariam Wangadya, who attended the full training, was appreciative of the training and noted that it was important for all IG staff to note the Body language is very key when presenting oneself.

The Secretary to the Inspectorate of Government, Ms Rose Kafeero, appreciated the SELTRAC team for the difference in approach of training adults. She also thanked the Deputy IGGs for the support and was happy that the training objectives had been met.

Ms Kafeero added that the IG was the 1st MDA to undergo this training and hoped that the Directors and Managers would change in approach and supervisory skills. She committed to see how the rest of the staff would undergo the training as well.

The Inspectorate of Government is joining the rest of the world today to commemorate the International Anti-Corruption Day 2020.

The focus of this year’s Anti-Corruption Campaign is to enhance citizens’ engagement and participation in the fight against corruption under the theme: “Promoting Social Accountability through Active Citizenry”

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The First Lady Mrs. Janet Museveni launched the Anti-Corruption Campaign 2020 at State House Entebbe with a call on fighting corruption right from the family level.

"We must know that we have a duty as parents, as leaders, as teachers and as pastors in churches to teach, to show examples and to talk about these things honestly and tell people that if they are not scared to take away anything that is not theirs, and own it and give it to their children, they are cursing their own families," she said.

The First Lady pointed out that corruption is at all levels of our society, with people very tolerant, kind and sympathetic to those who are corrupt and, therefore, the theme for this year's campaign, "Promoting Social Accountability through active Citizenry" is good because it puts the responsibility squarely on all the citizens.

She said Uganda is confronted with the evil of corruption, which is eating at the very fabric of the nation and that with every corrupt action, Ugandans deny themselves the assurance of quality life and dignity because corruption undermines efforts of Government, families or the Church, to build and develop transformed lives or a nation in which everyone could enjoy equal access to programmes and better quality service delivery.

Mrs Museveni, who is the National Champion for the Ambassadors for Integrity Campaign, which is hinged on six values, namely: stewardship, work ethic, integrity, patriotism, excellence and servant leadership, transcends the conventional punitive approach of combating corruption and refocuses the fight on prevention."

The Deputy IGG, Ms. Mariam Wangadya, who spoke on behalf of the Anti-Corruption Agencies, explained that the International Anti-Corruption Campaign is a time for Government, political leaders, lobby and interest groups and the public to collaborate against corruption by reflecting on its evils and seeking consensus on measures to fight it.

The function was organised by the Inspectorate of Government in partnership with the Global Leadership Summit. It was attended by heads of anti-corruption agencies (Inspectorate of Government, Office of the Auditor General, Public Procurement and Disposal of Public Assets Authority, Directorate for Ethics and Integrity and State House Anti-Corruption Unit) and representatives from Justice, Law and Order Sector, the Inter-Religious Council of Uganda and the Global Leadership Summit.

All eligible leaders as required by law, will now be able to self-register online to declare their income, assets and liabilities to the Inspector General of Government (IGG).

This follows the launch of the Self-Registration Module of the Inspectorate of Government Online Registration System (IG-ODS).

Leaders are by law required to declare their wealth within three months after assuming the positions and six months after exiting the offices, and every after two years.

The Director of Leadership Code at the IG, Ms Annet Twine, explained that the new module caters for all new leaders to register on the online system in order to access the form to declare their wealth.

She revealed that those that are already in the system will be required to register through another segment called ‘self-invitation’ which will be inaugurated by January 2021.

The Deputy IGG, Mr George Bamugemereire, described the system as an invaluable tool in the enforcement of the Leadership Code because of its inherent capacity to hold a huge volume of data safely, securely and in a manner which it can be easily analysed.

He observed that upon acquiring leadership positions in public offices, majority of leaders do not fulfil the legal requirement of declaring their wealth.

With the Leadership Code Tribunal in place, Mr Bamugemereire warned that all those who fail to comply with the legal requirement will be sanctioned.

While launching the module, the Minister of State for Ethics and Integrity, Rev. Fr. Simon Lokodo, said the new digital system is a step forward in the fight against corruption.

He thanked the Inspectorate for being innovative in the fight against corruption and pledged his unwavering support to all IG initiatives.

Dr Roselyn Karugonjo - Segawa, the chairperson of the Leadership Code Tribunal, said that they will execute their mandate of adjudicating on matters related to breaches in line with the law.

The Inspectorate of Government hosted a delegation from Kampala Capital City Authority (KCCA) led by the Executive Director, Ms. Dorothy Kisaka. The two teams had an excellent engagement to explore ways of improving service delivery and citizens' experience with the KCCA interface. Key among the issues presented by the Deputy IGG, Mr. George Bamugemereire, were:

1. The need to establish a firm local complaints handling process in KCCA.

2. Supervisors in KCCA should get basic supervision training to ensure supervisory skills are strengthened.

3. KCCA should initiate Rapid Response channels through which the Inspectorate of Government and the responsible departments of KCCA can address some of the issues that emerge quickly and informally.