PCCB ‘foils’ plot to steal over Sh38bn
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- Speaking at the opening of the PCCB annual general meeting here yesterday, Dr Hoseah said the bureau had also filed 327 corruption cases, including three grand ones in which leaders featured.
Moshi. The Prevention and Combating of Corruption Bureau (PCCB) blocked a plot by unscrupulous officials to stash away Sh38.96 billion allocated to various development projects, the PCCB director general, Dr Edward Hoseah, said here yesterday.
Speaking at the opening of the PCCB annual general meeting here yesterday, Dr Hoseah said the bureau had also filed 327 corruption cases, including three grand ones in which leaders featured.
The anti-corruption agency boss said PCCB had stepped up its efforts in following up on corrupt practices in procurement and development projects.
The bureau inspected Sh20.594 billion worth of 215 development projects last fiscal year of which corruption was detected in projects valued at Sh9.59, he said.
“Much as many development projects are implemented in the districts, reports on the vice have been submitted at regional and district offices for investigation,” he said. Dr Hoseah said he was optimistic investigations conducted at regional and district level would save a large amount of public funds and property from being swindled.
He, however, said PCCB was facing a number of challenges, including failure among its stakeholders to timely plug corruption loopholes.
Another major challenge was submissiveness among Tanzanians who believed they should give bribes for them to get services they needed and which they ought to get free of charge, he added.
Dr Hoseah said African countries were losing $148 a year to corruption, conceding that the vice was a challenge that would continue haunting the country unless community members co-operated fully with the anti-corruption watchdog.
