Mzuzu-(MaraviPost)—Malawi’s graft-busting body, the Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) has urged the citizenry to seek its services offered by Institution Integrity Committees (IICs) available in the local councils as one way of combating corruption in the country.
Speaking during a national anti-corruption strategy II dissemination workshop in Nkhotakota yesterday, the Bureau’s Acting Chief Corruption Prevention Officer, Susan Mtuwa Phiri, said observations by the Bureau indicate that people do not report corruption at the local councils.
“We are encouraging this new committee that they need to be more active and proactive in making sure that they engage the people in anti-corruption initiatives,” said Mtuwa-Phiri.
In his remarks, Nkhotakota district IIC Chairperson, Malani Moyo, said citizens have to join hands if the nation is to win the fight against corruption.
In December, 2019, ACB established the national anti-corruption strategy II which took over from the national anti-corruption strategy I so as to scale up the fight against corruption in Malawi.
The national anti-corruption strategy II was designed in such a way that it should enhance good governance and effective service delivery through a concerted approach against corruption.
The strategy brought about establishment of institutional integrity committees at local councils for people to report any act of corrupt, among others.
In 2020, Transparency International’s Corruption perception Index ranked Malawi on position 129 out of 180 most corrupt countries across the globe.
