IGG accuses Amuru officials of bribery
Mar 31, 2010
AMURU district civil servants have been accused by the officials of the Inspector General of Government of demanding bribes from youth looking for jobs.
By Chris Ocowum
AMURU district civil servants have been accused by the officials of the Inspector General of Government of demanding bribes from youth looking for jobs.
This was during a meeting organised by the directorate of ethics and integrity for leaders from Gulu, Kitgum, Pader, Amuru and Lamwo districts at Gulu Churchill Courts Hotel recently.
Daniel Luutu, the northern region IGG officer, said there was a problem with the recruitment of civil servants in the district.
He explained that those who ask for jobs are told to pay bribes equal to a three-month salary of a civil servant.
“One person went to a bank and got a loan to pay a bribe worth millions of shillings to be recruited as the district NAADS coordinator. However, the job was given to another person,†Luutu disclosed.
Kitgum resident district commissioner Alfred Omony Ogaba suggested that all the Amuru civil servants be dismissed and their positions declared vacant.
Amuru resident district commissioner Edwin Yakobo Komakech told the meeting that he had complained about the corruption in the district to the IGG but no action was taken.
“There is need for the directorate of ethics and integrity to strengthen the office of the district Police commander to investigate corruption cases thoroughly,†he said.
The ethics and integrity minister, Dr. Nsaba Butuuro, described corruption as a coup against good governance, saying those who are promoting it want to cause instability in the country.
He said corrupt people should be punished harshly so that the public knows that corruption does not pay.
Pader district chairperson Peter Odok W’Ocheng, blamed some IGG officials for conspiring with corrupt civil servants.
He said in many instances when corruption cases are reported against civil servants who have relatives in the IGG office, no action is taken.
AMURU district civil servants have been accused by the officials of the Inspector General of Government of demanding bribes from youth looking for jobs.
This was during a meeting organised by the directorate of ethics and integrity for leaders from Gulu, Kitgum, Pader, Amuru and Lamwo districts at Gulu Churchill Courts Hotel recently.
Daniel Luutu, the northern region IGG officer, said there was a problem with the recruitment of civil servants in the district.
He explained that those who ask for jobs are told to pay bribes equal to a three-month salary of a civil servant.
“One person went to a bank and got a loan to pay a bribe worth millions of shillings to be recruited as the district NAADS coordinator. However, the job was given to another person,†Luutu disclosed.
Kitgum resident district commissioner Alfred Omony Ogaba suggested that all the Amuru civil servants be dismissed and their positions declared vacant.
Amuru resident district commissioner Edwin Yakobo Komakech told the meeting that he had complained about the corruption in the district to the IGG but no action was taken.
“There is need for the directorate of ethics and integrity to strengthen the office of the district Police commander to investigate corruption cases thoroughly,†he said.
The ethics and integrity minister, Dr. Nsaba Butuuro, described corruption as a coup against good governance, saying those who are promoting it want to cause instability in the country.
He said corrupt people should be punished harshly so that the public knows that corruption does not pay.
Pader district chairperson Peter Odok W’Ocheng, blamed some IGG officials for conspiring with corrupt civil servants.
He said in many instances when corruption cases are reported against civil servants who have relatives in the IGG office, no action is taken.