Magufuli Fires Minister, As Tanzania Continue to Be Second Least Corrupt EAC Economy

Suspended Minister Kangi Lugora

By Staff Reporters, Dar es Salaam and Nairobi

President John Magufuli’s high strides and performance has made Tanzania to scoop the second position against Corruption in the East African Region after Rwanda, the 2019 Corruption Perception Index (CPI) report has revealed.

The report released on 23^rd January, 20120 ranked Rwanda the least in corruption in the region by garnering 53 points followed by Tanzania with 37, Kenya and Uganda scoring 28, Burundi with 19 and South Sudan with 12 points (all points pegged against 100 mark).

In Sub- Saharan Africa, Seychelles and Botswana are leading with 66 and 61 points respectively. Other countries in Africa like Ethiopia scored 37, Zambia 34, Nigeria 26, Zimbabwe 24 and the Democratic Republic of Congo 18.

Denmark and New Zealand top the CPI 2019 with scores of 87. Somalia, South Sudan and Syria fall on the bottom rung with scores of 9, 12 and 13, respectively

The CPI measures the perceived levels of corruption in the public sector in countries and territories worldwide, drawing on 13 expert assessments and surveys of business executives. It uses a scale of zero (highly corrupt) to 100 (very clean).

The report ranks countries by their perceived levels of public sector corruption. It is a composite index, a combination of surveys and assessments of corruption which is collected by a variety of reputable institutions.

The 2019 Corruption Index Report has shown the continuation of the best performance of President Magufuli in fighting corruption in Tanzania. He has set up a special court to try corrupt public and private officials.

Just hours after the report circulated the social networks, President Magufuli suspended the Minister of Interior, Kangi Lugora, his Permanent Secretary, Major General Kingu, as well as a head of the National Fire and Rescue Department over a flawed contract some of the Department’s official signed with a Romanian company.

“The Minister if my best friend and I taught him at secondary school level; I love how the head of the Fire Department works and he even built a new office in Chato [Chato, a District where the President comes from], but I cannot tolerate mismanagement,” said President Magufuli in Dar es Salaam today.

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