IGG staff pen dirty dossier to Lt Col Nakalema, want her to probe senior officials

A section of employees at the Inspectorate of Government (IG) have petitioned the State House Anti-Corruption Unit calling for an investigation into alleged corruption, illegal and irregular recruitments at the anti-corruption agency.

In a letter dated March 3addressed to the head of Anti-Corruption Unit in State House, Lt. Col. Edith Nakalema, staff members say they are concerned in the way the Inspectorate of Government is being run decrying the injustice, corruption, and incompetence of the management.

The employeesf claim that Ms. Rose N. Kafeero, the Secretary to the IG and a few colleagues in the management handpicked inspectorate officers without following the normal recruitment procedures set out by Internal Human Resource Policy of 2017 or the Public Service Standing Order, 2010.

“The irregularity in the procedure of recruitment and also the hypocrisy of management to say they have maxed out the wage bill yet so many staff have resigned, others retired and now intend to use funds available to fill the positions yet they could have been used to confirm those who have been in acting capacity for many years or at least issue an internal advert so those who qualify can compete for these confirmations,” reads part of their petition to Nakalema.

Members of the staff now want the agency to be investigated over possible corruption and fraud of public resources including forcing an overhaul of the management, noting that; “the Inspectorate of Government requires a new leadership as soon as possible; in any case, it should have happened yesterday.”

“Allegations of bribery among the IG staff are real; this is because the environment here is that of every man for himself,” the noted telling the Lt. Col. Nakalema that “everything is wrong from formation to workplan for the budget, to procurement of service provider for construction of IG Headquarters, to training of staff, handling complaints and also prosecution.”