The Inspector General of Government Mr. Rafael Baku and the Director of Public Prosecutions Richard Buteera have jointly re-echoed the need for allocation of more resources to the government agencies whose mandate includes fighting corruption and graft.

They noted that both institutions are grossly understaffed making monitoring and implementation of all the laws against corruption a milestone.

The IGG urged MPs to always move beyond paper accountability and conduct physical inspection to establish works undertaken by contracted companies and individuals.

Baku warned legislators not to overstep their mandate by undertaking to investigate cases of graft and abuse of office which is legally under the office of the IGG.

Legislators urged the Police and IGG to exercise their mandate with impartiality citing several cases where the institutions had failed to conclusively investigate cases.

The joint interactive meeting sought to improve working relations between the oversight committees of Parliament and the government departments of CID, IGG and DPP.

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