Raphael Baku

Big government officials stand surety for CHOGM ministers

The sureties presented by the ministers include Gordon Mwesigye, secretary of the Uganda Human Rights Commission, Sam Rwakojo, secretary to the Electoral Commission and the 3rd Deputy Prime Minister Moses Ali. The others are state Minister Bright Rwamirama, Presidential advisor John Nagenda and one Mike Mawanda, among others. They all denied charges of abuse of […]

More funds and supervision needed to effectively fight corruption

The Inspector General of Government Mr. Rafael Baku and the Director of Public Prosecutions Richard Buteera have jointly re-echoed the need for allocation of more resources to the government agencies whose mandate includes fighting corruption and graft. They noted that both institutions are grossly understaffed making monitoring and implementation of all the laws against corruption […]

MPs concerned over Inspector general of Government corruption prosecutions

Members of Parliament have accused the Inspector General of Government (IGG) Raphael Baku of selective prosecution of alleged corruption suspects. Legislators have expressed anger that many of the suspects are cleared by the IGG with a handful being prosecuted in the courts of law. Members of the ninth Parliament, MPs Muhammad Nsereko (Kampala), Nebanda  Cerinah (Butaleja) and […]

IGG disagrees with Public Accounts Committee on Amama Mbabazi

The Inspectorate of government clears Prime Minister Amama Mbabazi from any wrong doing in regards to the procurement of security communication systems in preparation for the CHOGM conference The special Auditor General’s report dated April 2008 and the report of the Parliamentary public Accounts Committee had implicated Mbabazi who was then security minister and chair […]

Inspector General of Government releases 2011 report

The Inspector General of Government, Rafael Baku has today released the 24th report to parliament investigated on public management highlighting high levels of mismanagement of government offices by the stewards. According to the July to December 2010 report, corruption cases and mismanagement of public funds are on the increase. The IG says the investigations carried out are based on complaints received from […]

Inspectorate of Government to investigate CHOGM money scandal implicating Uganda Ministers

The office of the Inspector General of Government (IGG) is carrying out its own investigation into mismanagement of CHOGM funds following the report by Parliamentary Public Accounts committee that implicated top ministers in the embezzlement of over 500 billion shillings. The IGG, Raphael Baku, says they studying the parliamentary report on the financial scandal surrounding […]