Chris Obore
Chris Obore, who has been the Director of Communications and Public Affairs at Parliament
Parliament has implemented the Inspector General of Government, Lady Justice Naluzze Aisha Batala’s directive to interdict Chris Obore, the Director of Communications and Public Affairs, together with six other senior officials who are facing corruption-related charges before the Anti-Corruption Court.
The other officials affected are; Adilo Daniel, Director of Human Resource; Rajab Kaaya Ssemalulu, Principal Research Officer; Okwi Emmanuel Emuron, Principal Protocol Officer; Otebata Vincent, Capacity Development Officer; Okema Leonard, Executive Secretary in the Office of the Speaker; and Itute Stella, Office Supervisor in the Office of the Sergeant-at-Arms.
Six of the officials are currently on remand at Luzira Prison after they were arraigned before the Anti-Corruption Court on 1 July 2026.
They are charged with embezzlement, money laundering and causing financial loss, contrary to Sections 18(a)(i) and (ii), and 19(1) of the Anti-Corruption Act, Cap. 116, respectively.
Itute Stella, who was jointly charged by the IGG alongside the other officials, remains at large.
Meanwhile, the Anti-Corruption Court has fixed 9 September 2026 as the date for its consolidated ruling on the remanded officials’ bail applications.
In a related development, the Inspectorate of Government has revealed that investigations into corruption, abuse of office and wastage of public funds by officials in Parliament including former Speaker, Anita Among are still ongoing and more officials will soon be charged.
The revelation was made by Anne Twinomugisha, the Deputy Inspector General of Government, while appearing before the Legal and Parliamentary Affairs Committee on 5th August 2026, while responding to a question raised by Edward Makmot (Agago County) who sought an update on how far investigations into former Speaker, Anita Among have gone.
Twinomugisha informed the Legal Committee that investigations are still ongoing and soon, more big fish at Parliament will be arrested noting, “The investigations are still ongoing. Thank you for your support. And you want big fish; those are some of the big fish of Parliament that we have taken on, so we are still investigating, more big fish are coming. More big fish are coming, just keep waiting.”
The Legal and Parliamentary Affairs Committee was informed that over the last three years, the Inspectorate of Government has investigated and successfully arrested and prosecuted 203 officers, leading to the recovery of UGX88Bn, although more investment is needed in financing the investigation in high profile corruption cases.
Twinomugisha noted, “You are aware that there are a number of high-impact cases that are now on table, and this costs between UGX50Million to almost UGX100Million per case. And another area is we need to engage experts to strengthen investigations in areas of complex corruption. For example, you see now the IG is investigating the (Mpigi-Busega) Express highway, and we don’t have engineers. So, we rely on other institutions to do those complex and specialised investigations.”
Although the Shadow Minister of Justice, Kiwanuka Abdallah commended the Inspectorate on the recoveries, he said that the recoveries are lower than the actual money stolen through corruption.
“The previous reports have been reporting that they have been recovering, that the money stolen is in the tune of UGX1Trillion, and when you look at the rate of the recovery which is being done, at UGX38Billion, I think it is, they are jokers. Maybe I have used the wrong word, but maybe they are still crawling, they are at the crawling stage,” said Kiwanuka.
