Anti-corruption Systems and its Impact in the Economy 05 OCT 16 Felix NAMUHORANYE Commissioner of Police
INTRODUCTION Fight against corruption is evident on GoR s agenda and the country has made tremendous progress due to political will Challenges to eradicate corruption still exist. This calls for joint efforts and common understanding to forge a way forward in tackling it.
AIM The aim of this presentation is to discuss the anti-corruption systems in Rwanda and its impact on the economy with a view to forge a common understanding of way forwar
SCOPE General View Negative Impacts (Econ Perspective) Anti-corruption systems in Rwanda Challenges
1. Eat what is eatable. 2. Don t pursue what will destroy you. 5
GENERAL VIEW Various definitions and understandings Abuse of public office for private gain Penal Code (art 633-648): Illegal use of legitimate authority characterized by misconduct in which one seeks personal gain through the abuse of Power/Office 6
NEGATIVE IMPACTS "The price of corruption is not measured in terms of millions of dollars stolen, but in terms of lack of Hosptals, Schools, Roads & Bridges, Electricity, Clean Water which would be built with those millions, and certainly changed the lives of our people"
NEGATIVE IMPACTS Leads to unfair & inequitable distribution of scarce public resources Sale of contracts through bribery means that the highest bidder always wins; Leakage of revenue Leads to lower quality of public services Merit and best potential outcome versus highest rent-seeking opportunities Government is less able to spend on genuine development projects 8
IMPACTS (Cont..) Affects investment Investors would prefer a non-corrupt environment It increases transaction costs Increases business risk Uncertainty as to whether officials will actually provide services for which they have been bribed Lack of transparency/absence of accountability create a system of practices which can not support itself in long term Widens rich-poor gap Leading to extreme inequality within the society 9
RWANDA 10
POLITICAL WILL "Rwanda fihgts against corruption not to satisify others but because its Leadership considers that all ressources should be shared among all Rwandans"..We chose to be accountable to ourselves.. The anti corruption battle is only intensifying and those who thought government could lose the momentum are in for a surprise. 11
NATIONAL ANTI-CORRUPTION POLICY Sets ambitious agenda to achieve public service that appreciates and embraces integrity; accepts need for transparency & accountability; ensures full compliance with regulatory/legal requirement Seeks to achieve a well informed public that demands high standards from officials & private sector that operates on a level playing field and acts as a partner in the fight against corruption. 12
NATIONAL ANTI-CORRUPTION POLICY Is set within the overall policy framework of Zero Tolerance; Is set with institutional framework that includes law enforcement and oversight institutions under the umbrella of the National Anticorruption Advisory Council (provides a key coordination mechanism for all anticorruption institutions) 13
LEGAL FRAMEWORK Law instituting penal code Law on leadership code of conduct Law on prevention, suppression & punishment of corruption & related offences Law on prevention and penalizing the crime of money laundering and financing terrorism Law establishing the organization/functioning of the Office of the Ombudsman Law on public procurement Law on state finance UN & AU Conventions against Corruption 14
INSTITUTIONAL ARRANGEMENTS Constitution (art.182 & 183) established different institutions (both enforcement and oversight) to deal with corruption Office of the Ombudsman Constitutionally independent Wide mandate in fight against corruption Office of the Auditor General PAC RPPA There is also NPPA and RNP 15
CROSS-CUTTING SET OF ACTIONS Strengthened E-Services (eg Irembo for service delivery,..) Punishment: Zero tolerance Strengthened Legislative/Judicial framework (PC art. 633 652; Law N 42/2014 of 27/01/2015, ) Awareness campaigns Involvement of civil society, private sector, citizens (How?) 16
CIVIL SOCIETY & PRIVATE SECTOR Advocacy Monitoring of compliance Awareness Reporting 17
RNP? Ownership of fight against corruption by the RNP Leadership. Establishment of Anti-Corruption department Anticorruption campaigns within/outside Strengthened existing partnership with Local Government through community policing; MoU s with other Institutions/Organizations 18
Cont.
RNP (Cont..) Improvement of service delivery (eg: MIC-Decentralization of Mobile lane) Introducing toll free lines in receiving information related to corruption (997) Strengthened E-Services (e.g. Traffic exams registration) 20
NO CORRUPTION = DVPMT
Kigali Marriot NYANZA Irrigation KCC KIVU Watt Project
CHALLENGES Transnational aspects of corruption versus poor regional coordination mechanisms Corruption fighting back Retribution Corruption tendencies of some Police Officers, Prosecutors, Judges, Local leaders Synergy among stakeholders?
Cont d High expectations from the public Resistance to adjust to change by some community members/business community, Civil servants, some Police Officers, Prosecutors, Judges, Local leaders and other government Officials Secrecy of corruption (credible reports)
Isn t difficult to investigate? 25
When you are fighting on the side of truth, you don t give up or expect others to fight your battles. Don t be afraid to face challenges
CONCLUSION Corruption encourages competition in bribery, rather than in quality We may not need to compete to fight it, we need to cooperate 27
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