The Minister for the Presidency, Ms Milly Babalanda has blamed government’s underperformance on some civil servants whom she described as lazy, corrupt and selfish.
She said some civil servants disassociate themselves from the ruling National Resistance Movement (NRM) and also frustrate policies crafted by politicians thus denying citizens the desired services.
She made the remarks while officiating at the opening of a four –day retreat for government Administrative Officers at Brovad Hotel, Masaka City on July 3.
Over 200 participants including; undersecretaries, principal assistant secretaries, senior assistant secretaries and assistant secretaries from all ministries, departments and agencies are attending the retreat.
Ms Babalanda said although there is no political party that has capacity to dislodge NRM, internal weaknesses can lead to collapse of the government if not swiftly addressed.
Ms Babalanda appealed to participants to ensure that they help the government clean its public service image by working together to kick corruption out of the country.
Meanwhile, Hajji Yunus Kakande, the permanent secretary in the Office of the President, asked the Cabinet to consider placing Chief Administrative Officers (CAOs) and hospital administrators under the Office of the President for easy supervision and monitoring.
