Africa-Press – Botswana. Four years into the presidency of Mokgweetsi Masisi in Botswana, a growing number of Batswana are beginning to see corruption in his office, a new report says.
According to Afrobarometer’s study findings, nearly eight in 10 Batswana feel that at least “some” president’s office officials are corrupt, with half thinking that “most” or “all” of them are complicit.
And as far as Masisi’s personal reputation goes, only 6% believe the presidency is free of corruption.
The report noted that young adults, who make up the majority of the country’s workforce, and those with above-average education are more convinced that corruption in the president’s office exists.
The report said:
The perception that at least ‘some’ officials in the president’s office are corrupt is more widespread among younger citizens (up to 87% of 26 to 35-year-old), more educated respondents (89% of those with post-secondary qualifications), men (84%), and urban residents (83%) than among their various counterparts.
Afrobarometer noted that the rate of corruption perceptions increased by 18% during Masisi’s administration, compared to the Ian Khama era.
“The perception that ‘some,’ ‘most,’ or ‘all’ officials in the president’s office are involved in corruption has increased by 18 percentage points since 2012,” the report found.
But Transparency International’s (TI) corruption perception index ranks Botswana as the least corrupt country in Africa, just below Portugal and South Korea.
With a GDP per capita of around $70 in the 1960s, among the world’s poorest nations, Botswana’s diamond-backed economy has since developed into an upper-middle-income nation with one of the fastest-growing economies.
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