Speaking to the media in Kampala, Alupo said all public officers are required by the Leadership Code Act 2002 to give information on their income, assets and liabilities as a practice of accountability in an effort to fight corruption.
Alupo added that the fight against corruption is one of the key areas that the government focuses on and they will deal with all errant leaders and public officers who have continued to misuse government funds and failed to deliver services to the citizens.
“As Government, we need to be united in action to stop the spread of this cancer. I appeal to you as newly
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Friday March 12 2021
speaker Rebecca Kadaga meeting with officials from the Inspectorate of Government (IG) at her chambers in Parliament, where she also launched the exit declaration module developed by the IG. PHOTO | PARLIAMENT PRESS
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UTILITY. There are over 30,000 leaders in the country who are supposed to do biannual declarations but the IGG’s office decried the slow response with most of them stampeding the website on the last day. Currently only about 1500 leaders have successfully submitted their forms.
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Speaker of Parliament, Rebecca Kadaga says she is holding talks with President Museveni seeking an expeditious appointment of a new Inspector General of Government (IGG) to replace Justice Irene Mulyagonja, who last year returned to the Judiciary to serve in the Court of Appeal.
Annet Twine, the Inspectorate of Government Director of Leadership Code, said online systems will also help new leaders to register, generate an invitation to declare wealth and how to fill the declaration form and submit it to the IGG using the IG-ODS.
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“The leaders do wealth declaration bi-annually including the month of March. New leaders will be registered and are required to fill the online form within three months,” said Twine. She said the newly elected members of parliament will do their wealth declaration in June 2021, after the swearing-in ceremony.
“Leaders leaving office are required to fill the declaration forms within six months from the time of leaving office. This is so that their names are deleted from the IG-ODS system,” she added.
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