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Stop feeding graft dragon

EACC Chief Executive Twalib Mbarak

EACC Chief Executive Twalib Mbarak. EACC recently released a survey report, “2021 National Ethics and Corruption Survey (NECS)”. As has been the case with its previous ones, bribery topped the rankings.

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Despite a heightened debate in the past few decades touching on corruption and unethical conduct in the public sector, there seems to be little, if any, change as far as the public perception and commitment towards the war against the vice is concerned. 

The Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission (EACC) recently released a survey report, “2021 National Ethics and Corruption Survey (NECS)”. As has been the case with its previous ones, bribery topped the rankings. The prevalence of the vice caused the enactment of the Bribery Act, 2016 which provides for the prevention, investigation and punishment of bribery.