Kyenjojo district staff, civil society, and the general public have been urged to embrace and work together with the Inspectorate of Government in a bid to stamp out corruption in the district, and the entire country.

This was in an engagement meeting with the Inspectorate of Government (IG), held in the council hall, at Kyenjojo District Local Government Headquarters.

According to Mr. Joseph Muwanguzi, Officer Advocacy and Capacity Building in the Inspectorate of Government, corruption and its tendencies contribute losses of over 10 trillion shillings every financial year to the government of Uganda, which money if utilized well would offer better services to Ugandans.

“The Inspectorate of Government being the lead agency in the fight against corruption, is thus tasked with a difficult job to eliminate corruption in the country, but cannot do it alone. We need every one of you on board to combat this” he remarked. Everyone is encouraged to fight corruption by not associating with it, or reporting corruption tendencies.

 Mr. Joseph Muwanguzi, Advocacy and Capacity building Officer in the Inspectorate of Government, during the session

He also encouraged the staff to embrace Self declaration of assets to the IG, as it’s a normal procedure and a cardinal role they should take up in their line of duty.

The Chief Administrative Officer (CAO) Kyenjojo, Mr. Amis Asuman Masereka welcomed the initiative taken by the Inspectorate to come on ground at the district. He however requested them to also look into salary disparities among other issues as its one of the root causes of corruption in the civil service. He encouraged his staff to freely engage with the IG staff, but truthfully. “All grievances should be poured out here for redress, even the so called private ones, not on social media and corridors so a solution can be worked out together”, he emphasized.