IGG Asks Staff In Mdas To Reject Unwritten Financial Requests From Bosses
Nov. 30, 2023
The Inspector General of Government (IGG), Hon. Beti Kamya Turwomwe has asked the middle and low-level staff in government Ministries, Departments and Agencies to start rejecting unwritten financial requests from their bosses so as to avoid being prosecuted for the loss of public funds.
The IGG made the remarks to the officers at the Office of the President’s Conference Hall on November 28, 2023.
She explained that whereas some bosses in the MDAs steal public funds, they walk scot-free during prosecution because there is always no written proof of when they made the orders to their juniors to falsify accountabilities.
Usually, the IGG said, it is the junior officers who are prosecuted because they are the ones who initiate all the fake activities and thereafter falsify accountabilities on behalf of their bosses.
“So when we are investigating as the IG, we end up prosecuting the junior officers since they are the ones who signed for all the money yet in actual sense it was taken by the bosses. This is so because the bosses make verbal requests but do not sign anywhere. And even if we take them to court, it is hard to prove that it is actually them who took the money. That’s how the junior officers end up in jail,” she warned.
She assured the officers of the protection from the Inspectorate of Government (IG) just in case they are victimized by their bosses for rejecting their verbal financial requests.
One of the strategies of the IG is to engage all citizens at all levels to join the war against corruption since it affects everyone.
As such, the IGG has been engaging various groups of public officers on the dangers of corruption and how they can partner with the Inspectorate to eliminate the vice.