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Corruption in East Africa will hinder the progress of a five-nation bloc to form a single market and increase investment, an anti-corruption watchdog said Thursday.
Earlier this month Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, Rwanda and Burundi began operating as a single market with one set of regulations with an ultimate goal of creating a federation.
Transparency International-Kenya said in a report released Thursday that Burundi is the most corrupt country in the five-nation bloc. Kenya was named as the most corrupt last year, but that survey did not include Burundi and Rwanda.
"The region will only firmly entrench itself on the path to economic and social development after inefficiencies necessitated by corruption are effectively confronted," said the survey, which was prepared by the local chapter of the Berlin-based global anti-corruption group.
"Corruption threatens to hold back the attainment of the objectives set out by the member states. Key governance and enforcement institutions as well as service institutions continue to dominate the list of bribery-prone institutions in the region, compromising accessibility to and the quality of services offered," the group said.
The survey found that 36.7 percent of the people in Burundi had been asked for bribes, while Uganda and Kenya also scored above 30 percent. Tanzania came in at 28.6 percent.
By contrast, the number of people who reported being asked for a bribe in Rwanda was very low, said Lisa Karanja, the deputy executive director of Transparency International in Kenya.
The group interviewed almost 10,500 people in person across the five countries between January and March. Those interviewed were asked whether they had encountered institutions where bribes were demanded for services, if they paid and whether they received the services sought after payment.
Transparency International said the margin of error ranged by country from 1.72 percent to 3.36 percent.
The Burundi Revenue Authority, Burundi police and Kenya police were the top three most corrupt institutions in the region.
Alfred Khang'ati, an assistant minister in the office of Kenya's prime minister, urged Transparency International to also research the people giving bribes and then announce their names publicly.
"Once we deal with the bribery givers to a certain extent you will have dealt with the bribery takers," Khang'ati said.
Source: AFP
July 22, 2010
Earlier this month Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, Rwanda and Burundi began operating as a single market with one set of regulations with an ultimate goal of creating a federation.
Transparency International-Kenya said in a report released Thursday that Burundi is the most corrupt country in the five-nation bloc. Kenya was named as the most corrupt last year, but that survey did not include Burundi and Rwanda.
"The region will only firmly entrench itself on the path to economic and social development after inefficiencies necessitated by corruption are effectively confronted," said the survey, which was prepared by the local chapter of the Berlin-based global anti-corruption group.
"Corruption threatens to hold back the attainment of the objectives set out by the member states. Key governance and enforcement institutions as well as service institutions continue to dominate the list of bribery-prone institutions in the region, compromising accessibility to and the quality of services offered," the group said.
The survey found that 36.7 percent of the people in Burundi had been asked for bribes, while Uganda and Kenya also scored above 30 percent. Tanzania came in at 28.6 percent.
By contrast, the number of people who reported being asked for a bribe in Rwanda was very low, said Lisa Karanja, the deputy executive director of Transparency International in Kenya.
The group interviewed almost 10,500 people in person across the five countries between January and March. Those interviewed were asked whether they had encountered institutions where bribes were demanded for services, if they paid and whether they received the services sought after payment.
Transparency International said the margin of error ranged by country from 1.72 percent to 3.36 percent.
The Burundi Revenue Authority, Burundi police and Kenya police were the top three most corrupt institutions in the region.
Alfred Khang'ati, an assistant minister in the office of Kenya's prime minister, urged Transparency International to also research the people giving bribes and then announce their names publicly.
"Once we deal with the bribery givers to a certain extent you will have dealt with the bribery takers," Khang'ati said.
Source: AFP
July 22, 2010
