The IGG Has No Power to Investigate a Minister

Posted to the web 24 July 2008 Peter Mulira Kampala The ongoing stand-off between the local government minister and the Inspector General of Government (IGG) which has spilled in the open is a clear demonstration of the need to balance the noble fight against corruption. This should be done with the principle of separation of powers in mind, where the three branches of government namely the legislature, executive and the judiciary are supposed to be independent of any control in the performance of their constitutional functions. According to reports, the IGG has tried to control the minister's exercise of executive powers by stopping his plans for redevelopment of Naguru estate by a foreign investor following claims by sitting tenants that they had a prior complaint to the land which the minister's action infringed. This... [read full story]