Identifier
Created
Classification
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07LUSAKA144
2007-02-09 10:36:00
UNCLASSIFIED
Embassy Lusaka
Cable title:
ZAMBIA LAUNCHES INTEGRITY COMMITTEES TO FIGHT
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UNCLAS LUSAKA 000144
SIPDIS
SENSITIVE BUT UNCLASSIFIED
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E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: PGOV ZA
SUBJECT: ZAMBIA LAUNCHES INTEGRITY COMMITTEES TO FIGHT
ADMINISTRATIVE CORRUPTION
(U) SUMMARY. Zambia's Anti-Corruption Commission has launched eight
Integrity Committees to fight administrative corruption, with plans
to appoint additional committees in the future. The Committees are
located within various ministries and agencies and will conduct
training and introduce procedures to prevent, monitor and report
corruption. The USG will continue to support the Anti-Corruption
Commission (and its Integrity Committees) through USAID and the
Millennium Challenge Account Threshold Program. END SUMMARY.
2. (SBU) On February 7, Zambia's Anti-Corruption Commission held a
swearing in ceremony for members of eight newly created Integrity
Committees. Secretary to the Cabinet, Joshua Kanganja, as the head
of Zambia's civil service, officiated the event. The attendance of
Kanganja, who also participated in the Integrity Committee's
training exercises in Siavonga, was a positive sign of State House
interest and support.
3. (U) The Integrity Committees (ICs) play a significant role in
Zambia's National Corruption Strategy, which aims to eliminate
administrative corruption, particularly graft, from its civil
service. The ICs endeavor to ensure that individual organizations
are responsible for corruption prevention in their respective
organizations by conducting training and by introducing procedures
to prevent, monitor and report corruption.
4. (U) The eight ICs, consisting of four to five members each, will
be located in the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC),Public Service
Pension Fund, Zambia Revenue Authority, Ministry of Lands,
Immigration Department, Zambia Police Service, and the Lusaka and
Ndola City Councils. The GRZ intends to appoint additional
committees in other ministries, agencies and "public points of
service delivery" after the successful implementation and training
of the current eight committees.
5. (SBU) Following the ceremony, Kanganja approached the Ambassador
to thank her for supporting the event and to acknowledge U.S.
assistance to Zambia's anti-corruption efforts, including USAID
funding and training to the Integrity Committees through the
Millennium Challenge Account Threshold Program (MCATP). He also
expressed interest in meeting with the Ambassador to discuss
anti-corruption and presumably opportunities for increased
cooperation.
6. (U) USAID/MCATP assistance to the ACC and ICs consists of
training and the development of an improved information management
system, including a case management system. USAID/MCATP are also
strengthening the ACC's relationship with civil society by
facilitating cooperation with Transparency International Zambia
(TIZ). With USG assistance, TIZ is establishing a citizens'
complaint mechanism, complementary to the one currently at ACC,
which will incorporate an Advisory and Legal Advocacy Center to
screen complaints from the public about corruption in government
that will be analyzed, compiled, and communicated as feedback to the
ACC. TIZ will also introduce a telephone hotline to receive
complaints that, if credible, will be passed on to ACC for
investigation. Although the ACC has its own hotline, the TIZ
hotline will be available for those who do not wish to contact the
ACC directly.
MARTINEZ
SIPDIS
SENSITIVE BUT UNCLASSIFIED
SIPDIS
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: PGOV ZA
SUBJECT: ZAMBIA LAUNCHES INTEGRITY COMMITTEES TO FIGHT
ADMINISTRATIVE CORRUPTION
(U) SUMMARY. Zambia's Anti-Corruption Commission has launched eight
Integrity Committees to fight administrative corruption, with plans
to appoint additional committees in the future. The Committees are
located within various ministries and agencies and will conduct
training and introduce procedures to prevent, monitor and report
corruption. The USG will continue to support the Anti-Corruption
Commission (and its Integrity Committees) through USAID and the
Millennium Challenge Account Threshold Program. END SUMMARY.
2. (SBU) On February 7, Zambia's Anti-Corruption Commission held a
swearing in ceremony for members of eight newly created Integrity
Committees. Secretary to the Cabinet, Joshua Kanganja, as the head
of Zambia's civil service, officiated the event. The attendance of
Kanganja, who also participated in the Integrity Committee's
training exercises in Siavonga, was a positive sign of State House
interest and support.
3. (U) The Integrity Committees (ICs) play a significant role in
Zambia's National Corruption Strategy, which aims to eliminate
administrative corruption, particularly graft, from its civil
service. The ICs endeavor to ensure that individual organizations
are responsible for corruption prevention in their respective
organizations by conducting training and by introducing procedures
to prevent, monitor and report corruption.
4. (U) The eight ICs, consisting of four to five members each, will
be located in the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC),Public Service
Pension Fund, Zambia Revenue Authority, Ministry of Lands,
Immigration Department, Zambia Police Service, and the Lusaka and
Ndola City Councils. The GRZ intends to appoint additional
committees in other ministries, agencies and "public points of
service delivery" after the successful implementation and training
of the current eight committees.
5. (SBU) Following the ceremony, Kanganja approached the Ambassador
to thank her for supporting the event and to acknowledge U.S.
assistance to Zambia's anti-corruption efforts, including USAID
funding and training to the Integrity Committees through the
Millennium Challenge Account Threshold Program (MCATP). He also
expressed interest in meeting with the Ambassador to discuss
anti-corruption and presumably opportunities for increased
cooperation.
6. (U) USAID/MCATP assistance to the ACC and ICs consists of
training and the development of an improved information management
system, including a case management system. USAID/MCATP are also
strengthening the ACC's relationship with civil society by
facilitating cooperation with Transparency International Zambia
(TIZ). With USG assistance, TIZ is establishing a citizens'
complaint mechanism, complementary to the one currently at ACC,
which will incorporate an Advisory and Legal Advocacy Center to
screen complaints from the public about corruption in government
that will be analyzed, compiled, and communicated as feedback to the
ACC. TIZ will also introduce a telephone hotline to receive
complaints that, if credible, will be passed on to ACC for
investigation. Although the ACC has its own hotline, the TIZ
hotline will be available for those who do not wish to contact the
ACC directly.
MARTINEZ