IGG Injects UGX1.5B to Fight Corruption in Ankole.

The office of the Inspectorate of Government -IG has embarked on a program to recruit and deploy more than 4,000 community volunteers to assist in the fight against corruption.

The recruitment is being carried out under Community Responsibility Enhancing Transparency and Accountability (CRETA) that the Inspectorate of Government is rolling out in western Uganda.

The 1.5 billion shillings’ pilot program is being rolled out in five districts of Kiruhura, Mbarara, Isingiro, Ibanda, Ntungamo.

David Mugisha, the project coordinator greater western Uganda says the recruited volunteers have been trained in areas of good governance, demand for accountability, and also how to empower other citizens in demanding for accountability as cores in the fight against corruption in the very communities they live.