Kamya revealed this in the Ntungamo district during on-spot visits to health facilities where she sensitized the community on whistle-blowing against corruption.
Fifty-two Chief Administrative officers were arrested by the
Inspectorate of Government-IG last year, the Inspector General of Government, Beti Olive Kamya has revealed. She explains that the affected CAO were interdicted and charged with among others embezzlement of funds, abuse of office,
and utterance of false documents.
She reveals that some of the CAOs confessed to the syndicate corruption noting that their superiors asked
them to send them money but didnt table any proof to that effect. Kamya revealed this in the Ntungamo district during on-spot visits to health facilities where she sensitized the community on whistle-blowing against corruption.
Se warned CAO against being used by top public officers in different ministries and
departments to misappropriate funds sent to them to implement government projects.
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in: “omwaka ogwayita gwoka…
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…mukituri yeeki yemubbi.”//
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pity CAOs…
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long syndicate.”//
Dunstan Balaba, the Chairperson of the Chief
Administrative Officer's Forum said he wasn’t aware of the CAOs involved in syndicate corruption. He, however, said implicated officers should be arrested in case they exist.
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The warning
comes a few days after the Obongi Chief Administrative Officer (CAO),
Andrew Leru returned Shillings 30.6 million he illegally took from the Parish
Development Model (PDM) program. The money was meant to benefit some groups under the program.
