The Tanzanian water and sewerage authority ranks fifth in the corruption ‘List of Shame” published by the regional NGO Concern for Development Initiatives in Africa (ForDIA).

ForDIA carried out a corruption perception study between March and July 2009. The study focused on service delivery by local government authorities in the 40 districts of 10 out of Tanzania’s 26 regions, namely Mwanza, Tabora, Singida, Iringa, Arusha, Dodoma, Coast, Kigoma, Shinyanga and Ruvuma.

The Tanzania Electric Supply Company (Tanesco) is the most corrupt public institution according to the report, followed by the police, judiciary, and licensing and revenue.

The findings suggest that law enforcement agencies are virtually non-existent at the village level, making it difficult for ordinary people to report corruption.

Tanzania has dropped 24 places in the annual Global perception Index (CPI) published by Transparency International (TI) in November 2009 [1].

[1] Corruption Perceptions Index 2009

Related news:

• Kenya: water ministry has lost millions, Source Weekly, 16 Nov 2009
• Ghana: inadequate water hampers school feeding programme, Source Weekly, 19 Oct 2009

Related web sites:

• U4 Anti-Corruption Resource Centre – Tanzania
• Water Integrity Network (WIN)
• IRC - Transparency and Accountability

Contact: Concern for Development Initiatives in Africa (ForDIA), Tanzania, e-mail: fordia@ud.co.tz, info@fordia.org, pesenet@yahoo.com, web site: http://www.fordia.org

Source: The Citizen / allAfrica.com, 31 Dec 2009

Tags: africa, transparency, water supply