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The Inspectorate of Government (IG) received more than 300 complaints from Kampala District between July 2023 and June 2024, according to two FY2023/2024 IG-Bi-Annual Performance Reports.

These reports were presented by the Inspector General of Government (IGG), Ms Beti Kamya, to the Speaker of Parliament, Ms Anita Among, last week.

The reports revealed that Kampala had the highest number of complaints at 343, followed by Wakiso with 121, Mbale with 109, and Mukono with 65. The IG estimated that Shs9.1 trillion was lost to various corruption schemes.

The major complaints included abuse of office, embezzlement, bribery, misappropriation of funds, false accounting, extortion, causing financial loss, nepotism, and other forms of corruption.

In the first report, covering July to December 2023, the IG registered 1,276 complaints, with Kampala leading at 119 complaints, followed by Wakiso (65) and Mbale (36).

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