By Otim Nape
In September this year, Beti Kamya will make four years as the Inspector General of Government (IGG) having first assumed in 2021. She replaced Lady Justice Irene Mulyagonja whose stellar performance hasn’t yet been surmounted thus far.
Appointed with her were two other lawyer ladies namely Annie Muhairwe and Patricia Okiria serving as 1st & 2nd deputy IGG respectively. As head of that powerful institution, Kamya earns a monthly salary of not less than Shs36m besides several other benefits. It’s a job Beti Kamya has enjoyed because it has enabled her to project power and influence.
President Museveni made her IGG at a time many had written her off as a spent force, having failed to reclaim her Rubaga North MP Seat, which predicament diminished her suitability to remain Minister in the government whose head Gen Tibuhaburwa is renowned for despising politicians who fail to retain their MP Seats.
The IGG tenure is 4 years and having effectively assumed office in September 2021, Beti Kamya’s contract renewal will be up for review between now and that day. This means that she has just months to exhaust her current term. The practice has been renewing the same for most of her predecessors namely Mulyagonja and Faith Mwodha of earlier on.
Sources say that Gen Museveni hasn’t been exactly very enthused by the IG performance since the days of Kamya’s predecessors. That he has for years been getting repeated intelligence red flags including those portraying the Inspectorate as one government institution that continues to be infested and plagued by kawukumi elements. (For comments on this story, get back to us on 0705579994 [WhatsApp line], 0779411734 & 041 4674611 or email us at mulengeranews@gmail.com).
