National anti-corruption commission to be set up

The Rwandan government is planning to set up a national anti-corruption commission, “which will be a tool in uprooting the evil in the Rwandan society”, the Rwandan News Agency (RNA) reported on Thursday. It quoted the president of the current anti-corruption commission, Justice Minister Jean de Dieu Mucyo, as saying his commission has up to now been dealing with corruption in the judicial sector where a number of prosecutors and other judicial officials have been either expelled or arrested on charges of bribery. “Corruption which seems to be taking root in all sectors, is a result mainly of greed and the wish to get rich in the shortest time possible, as it has been realised that most common form of corruption is bribery,” he said.

A code of conduct is being prepared and will soon be presented to the cabinet for approval. “If it is adopted, it will require every candidate to an official post to declare his or her property before taking up the post,” RNA said. “The additional property the person will gain after assuming power will be accounted for,” it added.