ARTICLES ON TI RWANDA PUBLISHED IN 2018
Watchdog recommends new measures to stem corruption
Appeared in the New Times, April05,2018
Transparency International Rwanda (TI-RW) has urged districts to recruit experienced staff for Non-Budget Agencies (NBAs) to fix weaknesses in public finance management.
The call was made Wednesday as the anti-corruption watchdog unveiled its latest analysis of the Auditor General’s report of June 30, 2016.
The NBAs are entities such as schools, health facilities and grassroots (...)Read More
Watchdog calls for transparency in climate change resilience projects.
Appeared in the New Times on March,10,2018
There is need for proper planning and monitoring of projects meant to adapt and mitigate climate change effects in the country in order to ensure intended results.
Officials said this during the launch of findings on citizen report card on climate change finance projects on Friday in Kigali.
The survey, carried out by Transparency International Rwanda (TI Rwanda), covered four (...)Read More
Rwanda ranked least corrupt in East Africa, improves on global ranking
Appeared on Igihe.com on 22nd february 2018
Anti-corruption watchdog Transparency International has ranked Rwanda as the least corrupt in East Africa, maintained the previous third position in Sub-Saharan Africa and 48th globally out of 180 countries studied in the Corruption Perception Index (CPI) 2017.
The report released on Wednesday shows that Rwanda has scored 55%, one score higher than the 54 scores with the 50th (...)Read More
The cost of corruption on economy and people’s welfare
Appeared in the New Times, 25 February 2018
The amount of bribe paid by Rwandans to get various services such as social protection, justice, or bank products was estimated to Rwf35.5 billion, according to Executive Director of Transparency International Rwanda (TI-RW), Apollinaire Mupiganyi.
Mupiganyi was quoting the 2016 Rwanda Bribery Index (RBI), during the Rwanda launch of the 2017Corruption Perception Index, in Kigali (...)Read More
Survey shows gender-based corruption highest in varsities
Appeared in the New Times, 17th February 2018
Government and the Rwandan society in general should take action in dealing with Gender Based Corruption before it takes its toll on the country’s workforce, the Chief Gender Monitor, Rose Rwabuhihi has said.
Rwabuhihi said this yesterday while addressing participants at the launch of Transparency International Rwanda’s findings on Gender Based Corruption (GBC) in public workplaces (...)Read More
Watchdog in fresh drive to fight corruption in judiciary
Appeared in the Newtimes, January 31, 2018
Despite progress made in the judiciary in recent years, some gaps are still present in the law in relation to the definitions or classification of corruption and related offences.
The observation was made yesterday by Transparency International Rwanda (TIR) officials, who also said that assets lost in corruption or embezzlement are not recovered effectively whenever there is (...)Read More