By Weswa Ronnie
MBALE CITY
The Minister of security Maj. Gen. Jim Muhwezi has warned intelligence officers in the Elgon region to shun corruption or face removal from duty and disciplinary action.
While speaking to our reporter on Wednesday, 11th November, 2026 shortly after a meeting with GISOs, DISOs and RISOs at Wash & Wills Hotel in Mbale City, Gen. Muhwezi said the officers must know their responsibilities and expectations.
“We expect them to detect wrong things and stop them before they happen, like abuse of government money,” he said.
The minister says that, intelligence officers should resist being recruited by corrupt civil servants in their districts and sub-counties, describing some of the officials as “hyenas.” urging them to have the spirit of patriotism.
Gen. Muhwezi emphasized that operatives are not investigators but should gather information against the state and detect crime before it happens, make sure they do their work well.
He urged the officers to demand written information from civil servants in their districts, from the CAO to parish chiefs, to help them monitor government programmes such as PDM, school construction projects, check teacher absenteeism and exact enrollment of pupils in schools but not waiting for Minister Balaam.
The minister, however, cautioned them against taking sides in politics, especially within the NRM party asking them not to get involved in politics, saying this might cause divisions.
Gen. Muhwezi described intelligence officers as freedom fighters and revolutionaries whose main effort is to achieve the objective, recalling that during the bush war they worked without pay to make Uganda a better country.
He warned that the officers are not transferable and are supposed to work within their respective sub-counties, so if they mess up, they will just be removed and replace with those who can work for the government well.
