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Computer Illiteracy cited in wealth declaration exercise to the Inspectorate of Government by local leaders.

25 April, 2023
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The Inspector General of Government (IGG) has identified the lack of computer skills among local government leaders and public service officers as one of the challenges experienced during the declaration of wealth to the Inspectorate of Government. 


The recently concluded declaration in March revealed that up to 6,222 leaders and public officers failed to declare their wealth as required by law. The routine declaration is required every two years in March.

The IGG, Beti Olive Kamya announced the outcomes of the March 2023 declarations and explained that many officers could not declare their wealth because they lacked computer skills.

Kamya stated that "this problem was most common among local government leaders and public servants and this is the major reason among others why local governments performed poorly in the recently concluded declarations." She called on the Ministry of ICT to come up with immediate interventions to train these personnel, because the IG is not turning back to physical declarations based on the advantages of the digital system. According to the IGG, those who failed to declare their wealth are going to be dealt with according to the law and fairly tried and judged. 

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