Politics

Uganda’s Anti-Corruption Watchdog Overrides Justice Minister, Demands URSB Boss Face Full Interdiction

When Uganda’s Justice Minister Norbert Mao quietly shuffled top URSB officials onto mandatory leave instead of formally interdicting them, he may not have anticipated the Inspectorate of Government coming back with a harder line. Now, the country’s anti-corruption watchdog has made its position unmistakably clear: mandatory leave is not interdiction, and the law is not a suggestion.