Africa-Press – Rwanda. The Office of the Ombudsman has called on the current generation of Rwandans to be the heroes of this generation by providing original information on cases of corruption in their communities.
Deputy Inspector General Abbas Mokama said Rwanda has taken many measures to fight corruption, but the current situation of zero tolerance for corruption can be improved if Rwandans have the courage to become whistleblowers.
“Providing information on corruption cases is one of the ways a Rwandan can prove his heroism and it is a generational value that can prove one’s patriotism towards rebuilding this nation,” Mokama said in a call that was also made in the context of the national heroes’ celebration. ». Every February 1
The Deputy Ombudsman was reacting to the 2022 Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI) Global Report which was released on January 31, 2023 and was reviewed by Transparency International Rwanda (TI-Rwanda) and its key partners in Kigali.The CPI2022 report shows that Rwanda was ranked 54th [ranked out of 180 countries assessed, down two places from 52nd in the previous report.
Rwanda also scored 51 percent in the 2022 report, up from 56 percent in the previous two years.
Why did Rwanda lose 49%?
Even as Rwanda maintained a solid lead in the African Union region, coming in fourth behind Seychelles, Botswana and Cape Verde, it left people wondering what went wrong to see Rwanda lose the remaining 49 percent. have given.
Ingabire Marie Immaculée, President of TI-Rwanda, stated that 49% is lost in poor services, citizens who still pay bribes, local leaders who do not perform their duties in providing services at decentralized levels, security organs that are in progress are Especially the community security guards (Irondo) who take bribes and rob citizens that it’s not right for a system to crash instead of being gameable.
“Until now, we have not filed a complaint because the information we have given is what we have, although we have problems with the traffic police and the prosecutor’s office and the guards of Irondo. “However, we will make progress,” Ingabir said.
Apollinaire Mopigani, executive director of TI-Rwanda, said research shows that 7 percent of Rwandans have a problem of acceptance, acceptability – where they are not bothered by reporting cases of corruption, but also lack patriotic thinking about issues and action.
Senator Francois Habyakare, head of the African Parliamentarians Network Against Corruption (APANAC), said Rwanda’s decline in performance (from 56 to 53 and now 51%) is not good and we need to know how to address some of the underlying factors that make citizens. Don’t provide information about corruption and work with donors to set up a project that can address these concerns.Deputy Inspector Mukama said new strategies to address the issue include: mandating all institutions (except diplomatic missions) to establish anti-corruption committees, all schools to establish anti-corruption clubs and integrating subjects into the current curriculum of education and Breeding
Mokama also said Rwanda will conduct study tours to CPI-rated top performing countries such as Cape Verde and Botswana to learn lessons on their strategies that enable them to top the CPI rankings.
The 2022 CPI shows a dire situation in sub-Saharan Africa. Most countries have failed to make progress against corruption, with levels stagnating and 90% of countries in the region scoring below 50.
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