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IGG reports 308 corruption investigations and Shs2bn recovered in six months

Corruption & Abuse of Office Official claim Uganda (national) Mar 2026 (day not reported) Severity: 1/5

Speaking to journalists at the Uganda Media Centre in Kampala, Inspector General of Government Justice Aisha Naluzze Batala said her office investigated 308 corruption cases, 14 of them high-profile, between July and December 2025 and recovered about UGX 2.021 billion. She said spot-checks at regional offices revealed service delivery gaps and extortion allegations and led to three arrests, and that the Inspectorate is constrained by funding and staffing.

A national event, not tied to one district.

Official claim: These are the figures given by Inspectorate of Government; they could not be checked independently.

Numbers

3 arrested or detained

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