By Special Reporter, Nairobi and Dar es Salaam
FIFA President,
Gianni Infantino has commended the Fifth Phase Government of President John
Pombe Magufuli’s efforts in combating corruption and embezzlement of public funds.
Infantino extended
this appreciation during a media round table discussion after concluding a
one-day FIFA Executive Summit held at Julius Nyerere International Convention
Centre (JNICC) in Dar Es Salaam on Thursday.
“I really
appreciate the efforts done by the Government of Tanzania in fighting
corruption in the country and we in the soccer world have emulated that,” said
Infantino.
He said that
FIFA will have zero tolerance to any person who misuses football related funds especially
initiated by FIFA for football development adding that National Football Associations
should be transparent in any financial transactions.
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| If the momentum on anti-corruption is maintained, Magufuli will top the region on anti-graft records. |
Comments
from the FIFA top boss come hours after another report by the Transparency
International released on 21st February, 2018 revealed how the war
on graft in Tanzania is paying dividends.
According
to the report, Tanzania has climbed by 13 places to position number 103 in the
Corruption Perceptions Index 2017 from 116 in the previous year, with a score
of 36 points, up from 32 recorded in 2016, the highest score in over 10 years.
The
country has been ranked the second in the East African region with Rwanda
leading at position number 48 with a score of 55 in 2017. Rwanda has climbed 10
places from position 58 with a score of 54 in the previous index to 48 in 2017.
Kenya
and Uganda were ranked at 143 and 151, becoming the third and fourth corruption
free countries in the East African Region, while Burundi and South Sudan
performed rather poorly globally at position number 157 and 179, out 180
countries which were surveyed.
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| Presidents Magufuli and Kenyatta in a past press briefing |
Political
commentators in Dar es Salaam and Nairobi have commended Magufuli’s efforts adding
that if the momentum is maintained, Tanzania is set to top the Africa sub-region.
“These
are massive achievement for a country in a period of one year. We must acknowledge
and indeed East Africa must take note of what is happening in Tanzania,” said Dr.
James Okoth based in Nairobi.
“We
will never stop- the government of Tanzania under H.E John Pombe Magufuli is
determined to end corruption in Tanzania. The report is but another testimonial
that this war is a just one and has to be continued relentlessly,” Dr. Hassein Abbasi, a
spokesperson for Magufuli’s government was quoted in Dar es Salaam yesterday
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