The Inspector General of Government, Beti Olive Namisango Kamya has said that the government loses at least Shs9.1 trillion to corruption every other year.
According to Kamya, the government is losing almost a quarter of its budget rate (Shs9.1t) through among other issues; under declaration and non-declaration of taxes, inflated procurement costs, manipulated payrolls and perpetual theft from different government officials.
Kamya says that matters have not been made any easier by the members of the public who instead of castigating corruption, are glorifying it and sharing in it.
Kamya says that the public condones and fuels corruption and fuels it through expectation, hence the IGG wants to involve them as front-line fighters against corruption.
She said it is not true that President Museveni is not helping in the fight against corruption, maintaining that he has personally given the IGG a directive to investigate Uganda Airlines.
Kamya vows that no one will be left out in the fight against corruption, and once evidence is adduced, they will not hesitate to confiscate the property of the convicted.
Kamya confessed that it has become harder to catch the “big fish” because they operate through smaller fish who are in charge of signing cheques and taking over the corruption process, but confirmed that once anyone produces implicating evidence, the “big fish” will be caught.
