Born to fail? The plight of anti-graft watchdogs

Dirty money. Corruption is still a major challenge in Tanzania.For the fourth consecutive year ,the country fell on a global index released in january by Transparency International which says in 2015 Tanzania was No.117 out of the 168 countries. PHOTO|FILE

What you need to know:

  • In Tanzania, it is the Prevention and Combating of Corruption Bureau (PCCB), while it is the Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission (EACC) in Kenya. For the latter, the anti-graft agency has changed names several times in the last two decades.