Former Lubaga South MP Ken Lukyamuzi lost his seat in 2006 for not declaring his wealth to the IGG in time. The law recommends a warning, caution, dismissal or vacation of office by the public officer in question if he or she doesn’t declare wealth within the stipulated 60 days. The act also recommends punishments for officials who either delay or declare false information. The Leadership Code (Amendment) Act, 2021, makes it mandatory for all public officers to periodically declare their assets, incomes, and liabilities to the IGG. Interviewed last Monday, Munira Ali, the spokesperson of the Inspectorate of Government, said, “Let me confirm with her and I shall get back to you shortly.” Should they have a separate, autonomous, mechanism? Let the Vice President, Prime Minister, Minister of Security, Minister of Internal Affairs, etc., discuss this,” Museveni added. A similar arrangement should also be made for the police and ESO (external security organization). “Therefore, the IGG, if it is his/ her mandate to fight corruption in the defence forces as well, should work through CMI, and not directly. On the other hand, counterintelligence gathers information about possible pollution of our own defence forces (enemy agents, political subversives, corrupt people).” Military intelligence gathers information about enemy armies and other enemy groups.

This wing is known as counterintelligence.

The wealth, in terms of conduct of the personnel of the defence forces, is monitored by a wing of CMI (Chieftaincy of Military Intelligence). Even he/she may not know all the details because it is dangerous to do so. In the letter, Museveni said, “The logic is that the identities and details of army personnel should be the monopoly of the CPA (Chief of Personnel and Administration). The letter was copied to the vice president, prime minister, and ministers of internal affairs and public service, among others. The president said in a letter dated April 24, 2022, to the IGG that “the law must be in tandem, with logic.” President Museveni has urged the inspector general of government (IGG), Beti Kamya Turwomwe, not to compel soldiers and other security personnel to declare their wealth publicly under the Leadership Code of 2021, no matter what the law says.

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