Sarah Awor Rallies Gen. Muhoozi to Intensify Crackdown as Security Raids Former Speaker Anita Among's Homes
Awor has issued an emphatic appeal to Chief of Defence Forces (CDF) Gen. Muhoozi Kainerugaba and President Yoweri Museveni, demanding that the military take full control of the nation's faltering war on graft
Frank Oyugi
By Frank Oyugi
Lira city -18th May 2026| Former Lira City Female Workers Representative Sarah Awor Angweri has forcefully injected herself into the center of Uganda's escalating anti-corruption debate. Following a dramatic, multi-day joint security raid on the properties of former Speaker of Parliament Anita Annet Among,
Awor has issued an emphatic appeal to Chief of Defence Forces (CDF) Gen. Muhoozi Kainerugaba and President Yoweri Museveni, demanding that the military take full control of the nation's faltering war on graft.
Speaking to Qfm on Monday evening, Awor fiercely applauded the heavy security deployment that swarmed Among’s Nakasero and Ntinda residences. The coordinated operation, led by the police Criminal Investigations Directorate (CID) and UPDF personnel, follows a formal complaint filed by lawyers with the Inspectorate of Government (IGG) regarding possible breaches of the Leadership Code. Amidst the intense scrutiny, security forces cataloged high-profile assets and impounded luxury vehicles—including a flamboyant Rolls-Royce.
For Awor, the sweeping raid signals a long-overdue assault against a culture of theft with impunity that she argues has hollowed out the legislature. Frustrated by the historical inertia of traditional watchdogs, Awor explicitly called for structural change.
"I want to call on President Museveni and Gen. Muhoozi to involve the army in the fight against corruption because all these other anti-corruption agencies in the country have failed," she demanded.
Awor’s aggressive stance reflects a wider public frustration backed by staggering economic realities. Statistics from the IGG reveal that Uganda bleeds an estimated UGX 9.1 trillion annually to corruption—a devastating figure equivalent to roughly 23% of the entire national budget. This systemic decay is further underscored by Transparency International’s Corruption Perceptions Index, which recently saw Uganda's score plummet to 25 out of 100 points, ranking it among the most corrupt nations globally.
According to Awor, ordinary Ugandans bear the brunt of this unchecked greed. She directly attributed the failures of multi-billion-shilling flagship poverty alleviation programs, such as the Parish Development Model (PDM) and Emyooga, to local and high-level graft.
To permanently shift the tide, Awor insisted that the current momentum must not stop with the high-profile fall of elite figures like Among, who just withdrew from the 12th Parliament's speakership race. Instead, she urged authorities to push the anti-graft war down to the smallest grassroots administrative units, including Local Council 1 (LC1) leadership. By leading this charge, Awor has positioned herself as a prominent voice demanding structural accountability at every level of Ugandan society.
