The Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) has encouraged citizens to continue working with the Bureau in the fight against corruption.
Senior Public Relations at ACB, Egrita Ndala made the call ahead of International Anti-Corruption Day commemorations scheduled for 17th December 2015 at Chisitu ground in Mulanje district.
Speaking in an interview, Ndala noted with gratitude the encouraging support and participation the Bureau got from people this year in the fight against corruption. Among others she said people were able to provide the Bureau with tips, able to cooperate when being interviewed as well as being available to Court when asked to.
“We see that there is that participation from people, but what we would want to ask is patriotism because this fight is not for ACB alone, but is for everyone. So we would like everyone to be patriotic, to love their country and take part in the fight against corruption by not engaging in it.” She said
While adding encouraging people to continue reporting to ACB on any suspected corruption acts, Ndala also urged Malawians to take part in civic educating others on dangers of corruption to the country.
“They can also educate others on importance of desisting, rejecting and reporting corruption because sometimes people do things out of ignorance, so they should us help in educating people that practicing corruption is evil and bad to our country.” urged Ndala
The ACB is commemorating International Anti-Corruption Day on 17th December 2015 at Chisitu ground in Mulanje district under theme ‘Patriotism Key to Fighting Corruption’. Initially the Bureau planned to commemorate this year’s event on 9th December at the same venue.
The Bureau used to commemorate the National Anti-Corruption Day on February 5, but they changed to December 9 to match with the World Corruption Day.
