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The Director General of the Prevention and Combating of Corruption Bureau (PCCB), Dr Edward Hosea.
Names of persons convicted of corruption will henceforth be posted on the Prevention and Combating of Corruption Bureau (PCCB) website, the watchdog body announced yesterday.
"It is our hope that this system will help inform the citizenry on measures taken by the government against corrupt individuals," said the PCCB Communication Officer Doreen Kapwani in the circulated media statement.
The statement notes that this public airing of persons convicted of corruption is part and parcel of the new additions to the Big Results Now (BRN) initiative among which corruption is listed as a priority area.
"We call upon the citizenry to keep on collaborating with PCCB in revealing people involved in corruption," she urged and cited that, names and personal information along with other information of the convicts will be posted under the tab ‘Criminals for corruption.'
The development comes but a week after the Tanzania Private Sector Foundation (TPSF) faulted the government over persistent and worsening corruption cases in the country which the private sector apex body said has severe negative effects on business development.
Speaking yesterday in Dar es Salaam during the Minister of State in the Prime Minister's Office (Investment and Empowerment) Eng Christopher Chiza's familiarisation meeting with the new board members of TPSF, TPSF Chairman Dr Reginald Mengi said corruption severely affects business development in the country.
He also cited that corruption in public procurement is a worsening plague and ‘due to its incremental nature, it is more difficult in character than solving isolated occurrences like the recent Tegeta Escrow scandal," he said.
Dr Mengi also cautioned that no country in the world can be proud of its development if its citizens are not involved in development activities.
"There is the National Economic Empowerment Act, 2004 as well as the National Empowerment Policy of 2004, but all these but written documents are implemented on the ground," he decried.
"The government and the private sector need to join efforts to curb the menace of corruption," he urged.
SOURCE: THE GUARDIAN
