Irene Mulyagonja
Dakar, Senegal (PANA) – Ugandan’ anti-corruption body, the Inspectorate of Government, has released its latest report, saying it received 856 corruption complaints between January and June 2013, the New Vision newspaper reported Wednesday.
According to the paper, the Inspector General of Government, Irene Mulyagonja, said out of the 856 cases, 112 complaints were investigated, processed and referred to other institutions.
It was also stated that after investigations, 40 public officers were arrested for various corruption offences and charged in courts of law.
Still by June 30, 2013, 96 cases were reportedly on-going at first trial stage and 29 cases on appeal.
“The Inspectorate of Government prosecuted 145 cases, out of which 128 were carried forward from the previous year and 17 were new cases registered in courts of law during the reporting period. Fifteen cases resulted into convictions, 6 resulted in acquittals, 3 cases were withdrawn, and one was dismissed,” the report states.
Also, over 500 complaints ranging from mismanagement of public funds and property, non-payment or delayed payment of salaries and other benefits, delay of service delivery, victimization/oppression and irregularities in procurement and award of contracts and tenders were said to have been received.
Of these, a total of 71 complaints were processed and referred to other institutions while 13 complaints were found to lack merit.
The report further showed that most complaints were about the Ministry of Public Service, relating to missing names from payrolls and the non-payment of pension and salary arrears.
