The Parliamentary Commissioner, Hon. Esther Afoyochan, received three biannual reports from the Inspectorate of Government (IG) at the office of the Speaker, Anita Among on Wednesday.
These reports cover different time periods: January-June 2022, July-December 2022, and January-June 2023. The Constitution says the IG must give reports to Parliament every six months. These reports show how well the IG is doing its job and give ideas on how government offices can work better.
Afoyochan, who is also the Zombo District Woman Representative, got these reports from the IGG, Beti Kamya.
In her speech, Afoyochan praised the IG for giving the reports on time. She said these reports are very important for the Parliament because they have information about how different government offices are doing.
Afoyochan also said that the Parliament is doing a good job of looking at these reports and making sure they are considered in a timely manner.
Kamya, said they are trying to get the public involved in stopping corruption and making sure the government works well. She said they will keep checking on projects, investigating corruption, and taking back money that was stolen.
Kamya said they are moving from old ways to using technology to using better technology to monitor and report on corruption cases.
Kamya explained that in the last three times they gave reports, the IG got 3,504 complaints about corruption. They finished investigating 1,528 cases and got back 7.99 billion Shillings out of 38.7 billion Shillings that were taken.
They also took 92 people to court, and 43 of them were found guilty. The IG said that fewer investigations happened because they were making some changes in their organization. But they got more money back because they were focused on getting stolen things back and had a special division for this.
According to the Constitution, the Speaker will show these reports to the Parliament during the next meeting after the break. After that, a special committee in the Parliament will study the reports closely.