IGG names 80 most corrupt government agencies

Kampala. The Inspector General of Government (IGG) has named government institutions and districts most accused of corruption in the latest survey by the ombudsman.
The IGG’s report 2017 titled; “Bi-annual Inspectorate of Government Performance”, submitted to Parliament on Tuesday, also named the districts and municipalities most accused of taking bribes.
The list is based on complaints sent to the Ombudsman by members of the public and not conclusive investigations by the IGG.
Other accused parties include; town councils, head teachers, District Service Commissions and sub-county councils.
District administrations top the complaints list on corruption with 328 cases translating into 21 per cent of the grievances registered during the survey.
Kampala was named the district with most corruption accusations with 334 complaints (21.4 per cent).
In corruption complaints, Kampala is followed by Arua, Jinja, Mbarara and Mukono districts, respectively.
According to the report, Kampala topped the districts corruption complaints due to its location in the busiest central area.
The report ranked Rwampara, Pakwach, Maracha, Kibingo, Kalangala, Buyende, Busembatya and Gombe districts with no or the least corruption complaints.
The reporting period was between January and June 2017.
Some of the perennial most corrupt government institutions such as police and Judiciary, registered fewer complaints.
The police improved to seventh position in the 2017 survey with 3.8 per cent corruption complaints received against it.

Judiciary came in ninth position with 2.2 per cent complaints.
Although it was a drop from the 17th position in the previous year, it was an improvement on the number of complaints from 38 in 2015 down to 34 in 2017.
Ms Irene Mulyagonja, the IGG, attributed the reduced complaints against some of the government institutions to strengthening of their internal mechanisms to fight graft.

“Some of the government institutions have also put in place internal mechanisms to fight corruption. We do not know whether this applies to Judiciary and police, but the IGG will be interested in understanding the trend as well,” Ms Mulyagonja said in an e-mail response to Daily Monitor.
The Chief Registrar of Courts, Mr Paul Gadenya, attributed the decline in corruption complaints against the Judiciary to strengthening their inspectorate department that deals with complaints against errant judicial officers.