IGG downplays UK, US sanctions imposed on Speaker Among and others
The Inspector of General of Government (IGG) Betty Kamya has downplayed the effectiveness of sanctions by the West in curbing corruption in Uganda.
The United Kingdom and the United States of American recently slapped sanctions on several senior government officials including the Speaker of Parliament Anita Among over alleged gross violation of human rights and corruption.
However, Kamya tells KFM that the problem with these particular sanctions is that they are being used to fight several issues including Ugandan’s stance on homosexuality.
She says therefore they are genuinely imposed to fight corruption in Uganda.
“Those are the practitioners who sell blood, steal drugs and ask patients for money before treating them, this is a problem of poor supervision and my question for today, national drug authority where are you in all these, where is your voice, Uganda dentist and medical practitioners association, pharmaceutical society of Uganda, Uganda nurses and midwifes council, allied health professionals associations, Uganda blood transfusion services where is your voice?, while these are going on in the most important sector to the tax payer, Kamya said.
The other officials targeted by the sanctions are former ministers for Karamojja; Mary Goretti Kitutu and Agnes Nandutu, who are accused of stealing from vulnerable communities, as well as Gen Peter Elwelu, the former Deputy CDF for his role in the infamous Kasese killings.
