By Staff Reporter
The Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (Zacc) says it is experiencing a” myriad of challenges,” chief among them political interference, technological backwardness and a negative public perception, which have prevented it from effectively discharging its mandate to clamp down on graft.
Zacc chairperson, Job Whabira was quoted in the independent daily, Newsday, saying in view of these challenges, the commission would, in 2017, give priority to the development of a national anti-corruption policy, as well as aligning the Anti-Corruption Commission Act to the Constitution.
“We hope to intensify nationwide public education and publicity of corruption cases and evaluation of corporate governance systems as a way of raising awareness and reducing acts of corruption,” he said in a belated statement to mark UN International Anti-Corruption Day,
Whabira said compliance with UN Conventions Against Corruption would be a priority as well as launching, monitoring and evaluating the client satisfaction charter as a way of improving the commission’s international transparency rankings.
December 9 of each year has been set aside as United Nations International Anti-Corruption Day for member States to raise public awareness on corruption and how the public can enhance the fight to eradicate the scourge.
Whabira said this year’s commemorations presented the country with a great opportunity to promote and strengthen a multi-stakeholder and collective approach in the fight against corruption, as well as devising robust mechanisms of fighting corruption in order to enhance sustainable development.
However, opposition politicians and civil society activists have in recent months accused President Robert Mugabe’s government of lacking political will to curb corruption.
Zimbabwe is ranked 150th out of 175 countries most corrupt countries in the world, according to the 2015 Corruption Perceptions Index reported by Transparency International. Nehanda Radio
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