DAR ES SALAAM: The Director General of the Prevention and Combating of Corruption Bureau (PCCB), Crispin Chalamila, has revealed that the agency identified irregularities in 913 out of 1,864 public projects that were monitored.
Chalamila disclosed this on March 30, 2026, at the State House in Dar es Salaam while presenting a report to President Samia Suluhu Hassan.
He noted that investigations have been initiated in 66 of the projects, a decrease compared to 92 projects recorded in the 2023/2024 period. He attributed this improvement to enhanced monitoring mechanisms by the anti-corruption agency.
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Despite the progress, Chalamila highlighted several persistent challenges, including weak contract management, payments for unexecuted work, failure to deduct withholding tax, poor quality of work and materials, non-compliance with the Public Procurement Act of 2022, and payments exceeding agreed contract terms.
He further urged project supervisors—including Permanent Secretaries, Regional Administrative Secretaries, local government directors, and heads of public institutions—to strengthen oversight in order to prevent the recurrence of such irregularities annually.
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