By A. Lubowa
After combing Northern Uganda where over 40 corrupt officials were brought to book and arresting and charging Bukedea security chiefs and officials aided the shameful previous elections, Brig Gen Henry Isoke has now headed to Fort Portal.
According to our sources on Fort Portal, the public is expectant of a clean work for m the no nonsense State House Anti-Corruption Unit which is in the area to fight corruption.
” Fort Portal like many parts of Uganda is a den for corruption and we think Afande Isoke’s coming will help tame the desease” said Amooti Asiimwe a business man from Fort Portal.
He said their most officials in the city are feeding fat from corruption to the disadvantage of the business community and investors whom the harass regularly.
This comes at a time when the Afande Isoke’s group working together with Police have at least arraigned four officials of Fort portal city before the Chief Magistrates Court in Fort portal for allegedly abusing their offices by forging official documents in form of appointment letters.
They included Kagaba Richard Ndora, the acting deputy Town Clerk; Kyomuhendo Susan, a Senior Assistant Secretary; Kihunde Sylvia, an Internal Auditor; and Ben Mutooro Musinguzi, an office assistant, also assigned assistant records officer.
Court heard that in July 2023, the accused without clearance from Public Service forged and issued appointment letters to 23 applicants, which were backdated to 29th June to defeat a circular dated 30th June 2023, by the Ministry of Public Service which halted all recruitments without clearance.
There are several circulars that had earlier been issued by Ministry of Public Service and Public Service Commission guiding on the irregular recruitment, which the suspects disregarded.
The President acting under Article 99 (4) of the Constitution, established the State House Anticorruption Unit (ACU) on 10th December 2018.
It was created to coordinate citizen’s corruption complaints to the presidency with the population and the constitutionally mandated agencies—with a view to obtaining a speedy resolution to these complaints.
Working closely with the police, the judiciary and other anti-corruption agencies, a number of suspects have been arraigned in the courts of law on account of corruption.
The Unit has also been able to intervene in humanitarian crisis situations from rescuing distressed Ugandans from the bondage of slavery and abuse in the Middle east to distress calls from mothers whose babies were abducted. It is also worth noting that over Shs30 billion has been recovered and saved from various state institutions and returned to government
