The IGG Irene Mulyagonja is in the eye of the storm following President Museveni’s revelation on Wednesday that he is going to set up an ant-corruption unit at State House.
The president said many people had lost confidence in the office of the Inspectorate of Government because its officers are compromised.
Mulyagonja has shot back saying that she believes she has done a good job despite the challenges. She also cast doubt on whether the State House unit would be effective.
Yet the key question is: How has the office of the Inspectorate of Government performed under Mulyagonja’s tenure?
The Nile Post compiled data on cases handled by the IG (see tables below) and below gives you an assessment of its performance.
In the financial year 2016/17, a total of 2,876 corruption complaints were registered by the IG.
Of these 1,316 were recorded at the head office and 1,560 recorded at the regional offices.
In general, 2, 486 of these cases were concluded although the IG was able to prosecute only 40 cases resulting in 24 convictions.
Mulyagonja’s office was also able to recover Shs 718 million in the 2016/2017 financial year.
In the current financial year 2017/18, the IG registered a total of 734 complaints by the end of September of which 338(46%) were registered at the head office while 396(54%) were registered across the regional offices.
Of these, 509 (30%)investigations were concluded while 130 cases were referred to other institutions.
As of June this year, 4409 investigations are still ongoing while Shs 107 million has been recovered so far.
In addition, 90 % of all political leaders have declared their income, assets and liabilities to the IG as required by the Leadership Code Act.
However, in all her reports the IGG has continuously pointed out the challenges of implementing her mandate.
They include underfunding and inadequate human resource, failure by government agencies to implement her recommendations and big government shots who threaten the life of IG officers.
Table showing corruption complaints investigated and completed during the period January – June 2015
Nature of complaint Number of complaints Percentage
Abuse of office
157
16.5%
Corruption
108
11.4%
Misappropriation
70
7.4%
Investigations arising from Audit Reports
66
6.9%
Bribery
53
5.6%
Embezzlement
47
4.9%
Forgery
35
3.7%
False Claims
30
3.2%
Conflict of interest
29
3.1%
Extortion
27
2.8%
Nepotism and Irregular recruitment
18
1.9%
Total
640
67.4%
Corruption complaints investigated and completed during the period July – December 2015
Nature of Complaint Investigated Percentage
Abuse of office
347
24.2%
Corruption
161
11.2%
Investigations arising out of Audit reports
101
7.0%
Embezzlement
61
4.3%
Misappropriation of public funds
61
4.3%
Forgery and uttering of false documents
59
4.1%
Bribery
42
2.9%
Conflict of interest
28
1.9%
False Claims
20
1.4%
Extortion
20
1.4%
Nepotism/Irregular recruitment
16
1.1%
Sub Total
916
63.8%
Corruption complaints investigated and completed during the period January – June 2016
Nature of Complaints Investigated Percentage
Abuse of office
199
19.7%
Corruption
128
12.7%
Forgery and uttering of false documents
73
7.2%
Investigations arising out of Audit reports
65
6.4%
Misappropriation of public funds
53
5.3%
Embezzlement
38
3.8%
False Claims
36
3.6%
Bribery
22
2.2%
Conflict of interest
18
1.8%
Extortion
18
1.8%
Nepotism/Irregular recruitment
8
0.8%
Sub Total 658 65.2%
Corruption complaints investigated and completed during the period July - December 2016
Nature of complaint Percentage
Abuse of office
208
17.3%
2. Corruption
119
9.9%.
Investigations arising out of audit Reports from OAG
87
7.2% 4
Forgery and uttering of false documents
67
5.6%
Misappropriation of public funds
64
5.3%
Embezzlement
59
4.9%
Causing financial loss
53
4.4%
False Claims
47
3.9%
Bribery
45
3.7%
Extortion
24
2.0%
Conflict of interest
21
1.7%
Nepotism/irregular recruitment
18
1.5%
Sub Total
812
67.6%
Corruption complaints investigated and completed during the period January – June 2017
Nature of Complaints Number of complaints %age
Abuse of office
223
19.8%
Corruption
151
13.4%
Investigations arising out of Audit Reports from OAG
88
7.8%
Embezzlement
65
5.8%
Forgery & uttering false documents
51
4.5%
Misappropriation
50
4.4%
False Claims
22
2.0%
Conflict of interest
21
1.9%
Bribery
18
1.6%
Nepotism
13
1.2%
Extortion
7
0.6%
Sub Total
714
63.4%
