The Inspector General of Government (IGG) has revealed that more than 61,000 public officers are set to face the Leadership Code Tribunal for failing to declare their incomes, assets and liabilities during the recently concluded April 2026 declaration exercise.
IGG Lady Justice Aisha Naluzze Batala made the disclosure on Thursday, while addressing journalists at the Uganda Media Centre in Kampala on the outcome of the nationwide wealth declaration exercise conducted in April 2026.
Under the law, all public officers are required to declare their wealth periodically. Batala, accompanied by her deputy Dr Patricia Achan Okiria and the Director of Leadership Code at the Inspectorate of Government, Joram Magezi, said the 2026 exercise registered improved compliance compared to the previous declaration period conducted in 2021.
According to the IGG, 302,800 public officers were registered on the Inspectorate of Government Online Declaration System (IG-ODS) during the 2026 exercise. Of these, 241,230 successfully submitted their declarations, representing an 80 per cent compliance rate.
However, 61,570 public officers failed to declare their incomes, assets and liabilities by the April 30 deadline and are now expected to face the Leadership Code Tribunal.
She explained that the declaration exercise is conducted under Article 234 of the Constitution of Uganda and enforced through the Leadership Code Act, which requires leaders and public officers to periodically declare their wealth to the Inspectorate of Government.
Batala noted that the law was enacted in 2002 and later amended in 2017 and 2021 to strengthen enforcement mechanisms, including the establishment of the Leadership Code Tribunal and the inclusion of all public officers in the declaration exercise.
Under Section 4 of the Leadership Code Act, leaders are required to declare their incomes, assets and liabilities within three months of assuming office and thereafter every two years in March. Section 5 of the same law requires all public officers to declare within three months after assuming office and subsequently every five years.
