The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) says bribery remains a huge challenge in both public and private institutions. ACC Acting Northern Regional Manager Lackson Daka says this is despite the reduction of the bribery index from 10.9 percent in 2019 to 10.1 percent in 2022.
He says the 2022 Zambia Bribe Payers’ Index (ZBPI) survey findings show that the overall bribery index was reduced by 0.8 percent. Mr Daka said this today at the dissemination of the 2022 Zambia Bribe Payers’ Index survey report findings in Kasama district.
He said that the reduction of bribery is a manifestation of the efforts government has put in place to reduce corruption. He says some measures put in place include rolling out integrity committees,introduction of corruption prevention practices like service charters,conflict of interest guidelines and codes of conduct in public institutions.
He says the fight against corruption is a mammoth task which requires concerted efforts from all stakeholders. He has since appealed to all government departments to ensure that they establish integrity committees and make them functional.
Including your officers. It’s a cancer that doesn’t show signs of ending.
Bribery will never stop as it is beneficial to both the giver and the taker.
What you expect when the chi so called president is also corrupt.
An evil culture which was ignored by the previous regime.
Yes it was ignored but it has continued to be ignored. We are still in the same ship sailing towards a cliff
Criminalize crime
So ACC what is your success rate on this type of corruption? And the success rate on cops who solicit for bribes? Success rate on civil servants especially in the Ministry of health, Finance Ministry. How is the Zambia Bribe Payers’ Index survey done? In secret? How can you know someonehas been bribed? This is not done at an open Bribes Market that reports to the ACC. I am in the civil service and I have never seen any questionaire or an ACC officer visiting us.