New IGG, DPP agree on strategies to boost anti-corruption fight
Both parties reaffirmed their commitment to deepening collaboration to ensure accountability, transparency and effective enforcement of anti-corruption laws across the country.
Newly appointed IGG Justice Aisha Batala Naluzze said her priority will be to intensify the prosecution of corruption cases in order to reduce the vice. (File photos)
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Newly appointed Inspector General of Government (IGG) Justice Aisha Batala Naluzze has met the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) Lino Anguzu to discuss strategies aimed at strengthening the fight against corruption.
Justice Naluzze paid a courtesy call on the DPP on Thursday (January 22, 2026) as part of her engagements with key stakeholders of the Inspectorate of Government (IG).
During the meeting, the two offices explored ways of enhancing co-operation, information sharing and co-ordination in the investigation and prosecution of corruption-related cases.
The Inspectorate of Government and the Office of the DPP have for years collaborated in promoting the rule of law and combating corruption in Uganda.
Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) Lino Anguzu
Both parties reaffirmed their commitment to deepening collaboration to ensure accountability, transparency and effective enforcement of anti-corruption laws across the country.
No deal stance
On December 22, 2025, during her welcome party at Serena Hotel in Kampala city, Naluzze vowed to take no deal stance with corrupt confessors, a stark contrast with her predecessor Beti Kamya, who blended both prosecution and recoveries.
The new IGG said her priority will be to intensify the prosecution of corruption cases in order to reduce the vice.
“Our strategy is to minimise recoveries made outside the court, which have often allowed some officials to return to their offices and continue stealing government funds. When a corrupt official is prosecuted, they feel the pinch and court processes usually include recovery orders,” Naluzze said.
Corruption in Uganda is widespread, characterised by low-level bureaucrats seeking bribes and grand-scale theft of public funds by political elites, as well as widespread patronage networks.
In October 2024, while presenting the IGG’s Bi-Annual Performance Report to Parliament, Kamya stated that the Inspectorate plays a critical role in safeguarding and recovering public funds to ensure effective use of government resources, noting that Uganda loses up to shillings 10 trillion annually to corruption.