IGG Urges Nkumba University Students To Speak Strongly Against Corruption
June 19, 2023
The Inspector General of Government (IGG), Hon. Beti Kamya Turwomwe, has asked students to join the Inspectorate of Government (IG) in the war to eliminate corruption and speak strongly against it.
The IGG made the clarion call on June 16, 2023 while officiating at the Students’ Anti-Corruption Conference at Nkumba University.
‘You will be the leaders of tomorrow hence you have a very big role to play to ensure that corruption is eliminated. We want you to be ambassadors against this evil and be able to expose it because if you don’t then you and your families will be victims of the same corruption you failed to fight,’’ the IGG warned.
She noted that some public offices have incompetent workers today because they got jobs through corrupt means, something she said has led to a mediocre workforce in the country.
For the war against corruption to be won, the IGG said, all citizens must own it and expose the corrupt. She revealed that the IG will continue sensitizing the public on their role including students.
‘‘When you look at the Mabaati saga, it is the citizens who exposed it and so is the extortion at Entebbe International Airport. You also saw how the public spoke about potholes in the city. This shows you how the citizens can eliminate corruption because they’re the victims,’’ she said.
The President of Nkumba University’s Integrity Ambassadors Club, Mr. Amon Muhwezi, thanked the IGG for encouraging the public to report corruption by offering them 5% of the recovered money as per the Whistleblowers Act.
‘‘I was really touched by this programme because it will motivate the public to report more cases of corruption. As a leader, I pledge to rally my fellow students in other institutions of learning to join the war against corruption because we have a role to play to ensure that Uganda becomes corrupt-free,’’ he said.
The IG, through its public awareness strategy enlists the support of the youth in the fight against corruption. This is done through formation of Integrity Ambassadors Club (IACs) in Universities, tertiary institutions and secondary schools.
Integrity Ambassadors Clubs are formed to advocate for and spread the ideals of integrity and ethical conduct amongst young people.