The IGG, Irene Mulyagonja appearing before the Parliamentary Appointments Committee

The parliamentary appointments committee has vetted and approved the Inspector General of government for the five year second term of office. The president renewed the IGG’s  Justice Irene Mulyagonja term of office contract after serving the first five years battling the cases of corruption. Justice Mulyagonja today morning appeared before the parliamentary appointments committee chaired by the speaker of parliament Rebecca Kadaga.

A source says that Justice Irene Mulyagonja is approved by the appointments committee though she was grilled over being lenient on some corruption cases where she promised to improve.

After a closed meeting with the committee members Justice Mulyagonja says that her office is to establish a special investigation unit focusing on the large spending of government ministries and agencies. She admitted that in the IGG’s office there are staff who connive with the corrupt people to frustrate investigations, adding that many of such staff have been known and chased and prosecuted. She also says that there is still political interference while carrying out her work in search for corrupt officials but vowed not be derailed.

The IGG called on the government to increase on number of staff in the office of the IGG so as many corruption cases are dealt with in time.