THE Prevention and Combating of Corruption Bureau (PCCB) has launched a mobile office service system aimed at expanding accessibility of its functions and bringing justice closer to the people, Kinondoni Zone Bureau Chief Benn Lincolin said.
Mr Lincolin explained that the system
started since Wednesday by meeting with the people at the local
government level where PCCB officials in the region would provide basic
education and awareness on corruption related issues.
“Under Hapa Kazi tu moto, the PCCB in
Kinondoni is committed to serving the people where they are. We want to
serve them in the areas where they live instead of waiting for them to
come to our offices,” the PCCB bureau chief pointed out.
He disclosed that they started meeting
with citizens at Manzese kwa Bakhresa areas where they were given the
opportunity of giving their grievances, including questioning the way
different projects at municipal level were being conducted and
implemented with corruption free elements.
According to him, the PCCB officials
took such opportunity to iron out different obstacles facing the people
whenever they want to get services of the Bureau and provided education
on how to report corruption events and follow up such kinds of cases.
“We have launched this office mobile
system in order to reach more people and listen to their grievances. The
citizens will be given chance to air their views on taxation issues in
particular,” he said.
Mr Lincolin further pointed out that the
citizens would also be provided with education on their rights such as
issues of bail either at police stations or before courts and would be
required to be open whether they are obliged to pay some money when
seeking such rights.
Furthermore, he said, the PCCB would
wish to know from the people how the government’s policy relating to the
free education was being implemented in real terms or some leaders were
taking advantage of enriching themselves.
The new initiative by the PCCB,
Kinondoni Zone was in response to a call by the Bureau’s Director
General, Commissioner of Police (CP) Valentino Mlowola, that officials
should not seat in their offices to wait for the people.
At a news conference in the city in
January, this year, Mr Mlowola told Journalists that different PCCB
officials would be dispatched to all municipal councils in the country
to investigate whether no corruption was involved during implementation
of different development projects.
The PCCB boss also gave strong warning
to four groups of persons in the society to stop forthwith in any kind
of engagements of corruption practices, or else they would not hesitate
to take punitive measures against them.
“I would advise those in public service
who cannot refrain from such unprofessional conducts to step down and
leave their offices to others who are committed to serve the people
diligently and faithfully.
They should not wait us to take actions
against them,” he cautioned. He mentioned the groups in question as
those involving public servants and officers charged with collection of
tax and other government revenues, those dealing with accounting
government money, businessmen and other citizens and those who provide
services to ‘wananchi’.
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