Beti Kamya who is awaiting vetting by parliament before she officially assumes the office of Inspector General of Government (IGG) has sounded a warning to government officials who are misusing government funds to clean up their offices before she starts wiping at them once confirmed as IGG.
Kamya admits that she was shocked by the appointment as she had already settled to serve as the Senior Presidential Advisor on Land matters.
“I was planning to write an appreciation letter to the President to thank him for entrusting me as his Senior Advisor on Land matters only to be shocked with another appointment,” says Kamya.
She believes that she has the capacity to effectively handle the office as she is knowledgeable about how government is run having served as a minister for five years, served as MP for Lubaga North among other leadership positions.
“I know the demands that come with the IGG’s office. I am not a lawyer but I have the integrity and leadership skills to mobilise the technical people with a target of curbing corruption,” she says.
She sounded a warning saying the corrupt should start to fear as their days are numbered.
She adds that with full public support, she will ably fight corruption all through her tenure.
Kamya has been working for government since June 6 2016 when she was named as the new Minister for Kampala Capital City Authority. In a cabinet reshuffle on December 14 2019, she was named the Minister of Lands, Housing and Urban Development, switching dockets with Betty Amongi, who took over at Kampala Capital City Authority.
In the recent reshuffle, she was dropped as minister and named a Presidential Advisor on Land matters, an appointment that attracted trolling from the opposition who said she had been used and dumped.
Nonetheless, in unpredictable move last week, Museveni appointed her as the new IGG something that has attracted mixed reactions with a section questioning her capability to steer the office. Kamya will be deputized by Anne Muhairwe.