Pepper Intelligence Unit November 14, 2026
KAMPALA – A storm is brewing at the Insurance Regulatory Authority (IRA) over the recruitment and continued tenure of Director Legal/Secretary to the Authority, Francesca Kakooza, after a whistleblower petitioned the Inspector General of Government (IGG) to investigate her appointment over alleged failure to meet mandatory academic qualifications.
The anonymous complainant wants the IGG to establish how Kakooza secured the powerful position in 2020, arguing that she allegedly did not possess one of the key qualifications expressly required in IRA’s recruitment advertisement.
At the centre of the complaint is a Master’s Degree in Law, which the whistleblower claims Kakooza did not possess when she was appointed and has allegedly not acquired since.
The complaint, dated October 29, 2026, raises questions about the integrity of the recruitment process, consistency in enforcing academic standards and accountability at the insurance sector regulator.
The petition comes against the backdrop of a reported academic qualifications verification exercise at IRA that allegedly resulted in five employees losing their jobs over concerns involving their academic credentials, including alleged forged documents and failure to meet prescribed job requirements.
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