It is second behind Rwanda in the
region. However, globally, Tanzania’s score has dropped two places from
119 in 2015 to 117 last year. The country was ranked at position 117 out
of 168 countries and territories ranked on the 2015 index. The index
measures the perceived levels of public sector corruption in countries
and territories worldwide.
Tanzania scored 30 on a scale of zero to
100 — with zero perceived to be highly corrupt and 100 very clean —
down one point from 2014’s score of 31. Among the East Africa Community
countries, Rwanda was the top performer with a score of 54 at position
44 globally. Its score has, however, increased from 49 in 2014.
Tanzania was second with a score of 30
at position 117; Uganda and Kenya were ranked at position 139 with a
score of 25 each. Burundi was at the bottom of the pack with a score of
21 at position 150. The highest scoring country in Sub Saharan Africa
was Botswana with a score of 63 followed by Cape Verde (55) and
Seychelles (55).
2015 showed that people working together
can succeed in the battle against corruption. Although corruption is
still rife globally, more countries improved their scores in the 2015
edition.
Overall, two-thirds of the 168 countries
on the 2015 index scored below 50, on a scale from 0 (perceived to be
highly corrupt) to 100 (perceived to be very clean). The index covers
perceptions of public sector corruption in 168 countries.
The Corruption Perceptions Index is
based on expert opinions of public sector corruption. Countries’ scores
can be helped by open government where the public can hold leaders to
account, while a poor score is a sign of prevalent bribery, lack of
punishment for corruption and public institutions that don’t respond to
citizens’ needs.
The new report was released barely a day
after the Prevention and Combating of Corruption Bureau (PCCB) said it
was awaiting Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) consent to prosecute
some of the 36 grand corruption cases worth billions of shillings,
involving high-profile individuals, investigations for which have been
completed.
In his maiden press conference since he
took over the post, the Acting PCCB Director General, Commissioner of
Police (CP) Valentino Mlowola, mentioned four cases that were in
advanced stages of investigations.
He said investigations on payments of
six million US Dollars to Enterprise Growth Market Advisors (EGMA) as an
agent of Stanbic Tanzania -- to win 600 million US Dollar government
loan deal on behalf of the bank’s UK-based main unit, Standard Bank,
were at advanced stages.
The acting director general further
revealed that they were also investigating some cases involving Tanzania
Railways Limited (TRL) following the suspension of Director General
with Reli Assets Holding Company (RAHCO), Eng. Benhadard Tito, on
several allegations, among other cases.
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