Faith Mwondha vacates IGG office, hands over vehicles
Jul 13, 2009
THE Inspector General of Government, Justice Faith Mwondha, has vacated office and handed over the official vehicles to her deputy, Raphael Baku, the acting IGG.
By Charles Ariko
THE Inspector General of Government, Justice Faith Mwondha, has vacated office and handed over the official vehicles to her deputy, Raphael Baku, the acting IGG.
“She has stopped coming to office. She even handed over the vehicles she has been using. The office is now running smoothly,†Baku said yesterday.
Mwondha used to be driven in an official vehicle escorted by policemen on a pick-up truck.
Asked whether Mwondha had given him all the instruments of power, Baku said: “There was no handover report, but our interpretation is that she has accepted the position of not executing the functions of the IGG.â€
He was yesterday responding to questions from journalists as to whether Mwondha still goes to her office. This was after Baku had officiated at the opening of a workshop for the inspectorate staff at the Imperial Royale Hotel in Kampala.
Mwondha’s reappointment for a second term in office by President Yoweri Museveni in February hit a snag after she refused to reappear before the parliamentary appointments committee for vetting.
At the time, Mwondha argued that since she was vetted the first time she took office, there was no need for her to undergo the process again.
Following her standoff with Parliament, Museveni appointed Baku, who had been vetted by Parliament, to act as the IGG.
But before Baku could take charge of the office, Mwondha caused confusion when she returned from her annual leave in May to resume her duties as the ombudsman.
Mwondha’s final return to office will be determined by the Constitutional Court when it rules on whether or not she should be subjected to vetting by Parliament.
One of the two petitions filed in her support is to be heard today.
Meanwhile, Baku has urged the inspectorate staff to be vigilant when investigating corruption.
He told the staff that was undergoing training in procurement that the discipline was one of the areas most prone to corruption.
Baku said the corrupt keep on changing their methods of work and urged the trainees to be on the look-out for more sophisticated methods aimed at covering up the vice.
He regretted that a lot of money was being lost in procurement related corruption as documented by various reports.
THE Inspector General of Government, Justice Faith Mwondha, has vacated office and handed over the official vehicles to her deputy, Raphael Baku, the acting IGG.
“She has stopped coming to office. She even handed over the vehicles she has been using. The office is now running smoothly,†Baku said yesterday.
Mwondha used to be driven in an official vehicle escorted by policemen on a pick-up truck.
Asked whether Mwondha had given him all the instruments of power, Baku said: “There was no handover report, but our interpretation is that she has accepted the position of not executing the functions of the IGG.â€
He was yesterday responding to questions from journalists as to whether Mwondha still goes to her office. This was after Baku had officiated at the opening of a workshop for the inspectorate staff at the Imperial Royale Hotel in Kampala.
Mwondha’s reappointment for a second term in office by President Yoweri Museveni in February hit a snag after she refused to reappear before the parliamentary appointments committee for vetting.
At the time, Mwondha argued that since she was vetted the first time she took office, there was no need for her to undergo the process again.
Following her standoff with Parliament, Museveni appointed Baku, who had been vetted by Parliament, to act as the IGG.
But before Baku could take charge of the office, Mwondha caused confusion when she returned from her annual leave in May to resume her duties as the ombudsman.
Mwondha’s final return to office will be determined by the Constitutional Court when it rules on whether or not she should be subjected to vetting by Parliament.
One of the two petitions filed in her support is to be heard today.
Meanwhile, Baku has urged the inspectorate staff to be vigilant when investigating corruption.
He told the staff that was undergoing training in procurement that the discipline was one of the areas most prone to corruption.
Baku said the corrupt keep on changing their methods of work and urged the trainees to be on the look-out for more sophisticated methods aimed at covering up the vice.
He regretted that a lot of money was being lost in procurement related corruption as documented by various reports.