IGG Meets Permanent Secretaries, Heads Of Gov’T Agencies
Nov. 9, 2023
The Inspector General of Government (IGG), Hon. Beti Kamya Turwomwe, on November 8, 2023 met Permanent Secretaries, Accounting Officers, and Heads of Government Departments and Agencies.
The IGG invited the officials not only to rally them to join the Inspectorate of Government (IG) in the war against corruption, but also remind them of their responsibility as accounting officers to close all possible gaps in their institutions where corruption happens.
Hon. Kamya noted that as accounting officers they have the control over the budget and approve every money that is spent.
“You are the people in charge of the Ministries and Agencies and hold the key to every budget of your institution. This means that you are in a better position to control the money to ensure that it doesn’t go to waste. That’s why we called you here to remind you of that responsibility,” she said.
She told them that one of IG’s strategies is to engage the citizens and rally them to join the war against corruption since they are the victims and that the Inspectorate will involve everybody in the fight including the government officers.
The Head of Public Service who is also the Secretary to the Cabinet, Ms. Lucy Nakyobe warned the accounting officers against being intimidated by some people, whom she said, tend to order them on how to run their institutions.
She asked them to be in charge of their institutions and say no to instructions whose source is unknown.
“You are in charge of your Ministries, Departments and Agencies. Let nobody deceive you that there are orders from above. Those are the mafia. I was the State House Comptroller and the President was my boss but I never heard someone tell me that I should work on orders from above. So if the orders aren't from the President, then whose orders are they?” She asked.
Ms. Nakyobe challenged them to always be transparent, accountable and stick to the law while executing their duties to avoid making mistakes that could cost the taxpayer a lot of money.