The Anti-Corruption Coalition Uganda, Platform for Social Justice and Transparency International-Uganda and Asha Rayzyn Foundation members while appearing before the Legal and Parliamentary Affairs Committee Chaired by West Budama County South MP, Jacob Oboth Oboth say that provisions that bar the public to what their leaders own should be removed from the existing leadership code.

The Executive Director the Anti-corruption Coalition Uganda, Cissy Kagaba

The Executive Director the Anti-corruption Coalition Uganda, Cissy Kagaba says that some leaders hide their wealth in the names of their children and spouses which makes it hard to fight corruption.

However, the MP for Kyaka South, Jackson Kafuzi and Agago County MP, Edward Mackmot Otto had wanted spouses and children of leaders not be included among the persons whose wealth should be declared to IGG’S office, saying that that this would be infringing on their privacy.

MPS are concerned that inclusion of leaders’ spouses and children in wealth declaration could cause them problems because if spouses do not disclose all their wealth to husbands, IGG would take it that it was deliberate.

The group also proposed that in the Leadership Amendment Bill 2016 the tribunal be appointed on a full-time basis so as cases of errant leaders are handled in time.

They also added that the head of the tribunal should be at the status of the chief magistrate’s court.

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Addressing journalists at ACCU offices, Cissy Kagaba, Executive Director Anti-Corruption Coalition Uganda, Peter Wandera, Executive Director Transparency International, and David Walakira budget specialist said government should expedite establishing an independent   salary review commission to stop such selfish motives further warning that they will de- campaign every MP who supports such an amendment.

Meanwhile Ugandan women are strongly condemning the increasing acts of militarism in the country saying that this is alarming and spells doom for the nation that is heading into the political climate. Irene Ovongi Odida, the Executive Director, FIDA-Uganda mentions that the  rising brutal arrests of women activists who also end up being humiliated scare them away from political leadership of the nation depriving women of their right to participate in the governance of the nation.

Ovongi called on government to revise the way it is aggressively handling the citizens and ask citizens to speak out through the legislative arm to have such crimes brought to a stop.

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The executive director, Anti corruption coalition Uganda (ACCU) Cissy Kagaba says the president has for long been telling the nation that he is now ready to fight corruption which they are now demanding to see as phrased in their talk for the president to walk the talk.

However, the deputy executive director of ACODE,  Onesmus Mugyenyi is demanding Ugandans to develop a culture of resigning when caught in the act to help investigations move on well.

He also demands parliament to move a motion to censure the named minister if they are to carry on with investigations well.

Yesterday legislators held a hot debate on the oil deals which saw MPs call for the resignation of the named ministers, Sam Kutesa, Amama Mbabazi, Hilary Onek

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The Inspector General of Government Raphael Baku exonerated Amama Mbabazi in a report that was released on Monday.

Mbabazi was being accused of influence pedalling in the procurement of security communication system.

The public accounts committee of the 8^th parliament had recommended his prosecution for allegedly breaching procurement procedures in 11 billion shillings deal.

The executive director Anti-corruption coalition Cissy Kagaba says they agree with IGG that Mbabazi did nothing wrong. Kagaba says they have analyzed different report including that of the IGG, the Auditor general and parliament and found out that Mbabazi did not breach any laws.

She notes that the calling of the NRM caucus to discuss the fate of the ministers created suspicion and drove the members of the public to sentence the ministers without relying on any evidence.

Cissy Kagaba says there is need to drove evidence based accusation to avoid false accusation.

By Mugisa Isaac Mathias

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