Global Integrity Report

Tanzania Home

Facts

Timeline

Notebook

Integrity Scorecard

2007 Assessment

Tanzania: Integrity Indicators Scorecard

Tanzania: Integrity Scorecard Report > Sub-Category: Whistle-blowing Measures
Indicators		Score
45	Are employees protected from recrimination or other negative consequences when reporting corruption (i.e. whistle-blowing)?	63
46	In law, is there an internal mechanism (i.e. phone hotline, e-mail address, local office) through which civil servants can report corruption?	100
47	In practice, is the internal mechanism (i.e. phone hotline, e-mail address, local office) through which civil servants can report corruption effective?	25

Indicator and sub-Indicator Details

Are employees protected from recrimination or other negative consequences when reporting corruption (i.e. whistle-blowing)?

45a: In law, civil servants who report cases of corruption, graft, abuse of power, or abuse of resources are protected from recrimination or other negative consequences.

Score:

YES

Comments:

References: Prevention and Combating of Corruption Act 2007, Section 54 [ LINK ]

45b: In practice, civil servants who report cases of corruption, graft, abuse of power, or abuse of resources are protected from recrimination or other negative consequences.

Score:

100

Comments: Few civil servants will inform on corrupt activities by colleagues. If they do, they would be at risk of negative consequences if the ones accused have more powerful connections than themselves have. This is unlikely to change with recent legislation.

References: ESRF/Faceit 2002 State of Corruption in Tanzania Report 2002 Commissioned by PCB Dar es Salaam, Tanzania

Interviews

45c: In law, private sector employees who report cases of corruption, graft, abuse of power, or abuse of resources are protected from recrimination or other negative consequences.

Score:

YES

Comments:

References: Prevention and Combating of Corruption Act 2007 Section 54 [ LINK ]

45d: In practice, private sector employees who report cases of corruption, graft, abuse of power, or abuse of resources are protected from recrimination or other negative consequences.

Score:

100

Comments:

References: ESRF/Faceit 2002 State of Corruption in Tanzania Report 2002 Commissioned by PCB Dar es Salaam, Tanzania

Interviews

In law, is there an internal mechanism (i.e. phone hotline, e-mail address, local office) through which civil servants can report corruption?

46: In law, is there an internal mechanism (i.e. phone hotline, e-mail address, local office) through which civil servants can report corruption?

Score:

YES

Comments:

References: There is a toll-free hotiline (113) for all to report suspected corruption to the Prevention and Combating of Corruption Bureau.

In practice, is the internal mechanism (i.e. phone hotline, e-mail address, local office) through which civil servants can report corruption effective?

47a: In practice, the internal reporting mechanism for public sector corruption has a professional, full-time staff.

Score:

100

Comments: There are officials at PCCB responsible for maintaining the hotline, and despite some hiccups, it has been working, although not always for all mobile-phone providers.

References: Rakesh Rajani Founding Chairman of Policy Forum Sept. 20, 2007 Dar es Salaam, Tanzania

47b: In practice, the internal reporting mechanism for public sector corruption receives regular funding.

Score:

100

Comments: The PCCB hotline is available for all to use, and there are also the internal mechanisms meant to work with reporting to the Ethics Inspectorate Unit.

References: Rakesh Rajani Founding Chairman of Policy Forum Sept. 20, 2007 Dar es Salaam, Tanzania

Mrs. Nyondo Director Ethics Inspectorate Unit PO-PSM May 2003 Dar es Salaam. Tanzania

47c: In practice, the internal reporting mechanism for public sector corruption acts on complaints within a reasonable time period.

Score:

100

Comments:

References: Brian Cooksey Sept. 20, 2007 Dar es Salaam, Tanzania

Peer Review Comments: The Prevention and Combating of Corruption Bureau has recently been reconstituted to address past challenges, including lethargic responses. The recent inquiry and public reporting of suspicions regarding corruption involving a Richmond power supply company and also regarding bribery related to the electricity supply, even though not entirely clear in the former case, point to the need to improve the reporting mechanism and the speed of investigations.

47d: In practice, when necessary, the internal reporting mechanism for public sector corruption initiates investigations.

Score:

100

$Scoring Criteria :: 100 Score Criteria: When irregularities are discovered, the agency/entity is aggressive in investigating the government or in cooperating with other agencies\' investigations. <p>50 Score Criteria: The agency/entity starts investigations, but is limited in its effectiveness. The agency/entity may be slow to act, unwilling to take on politically powerful offenders, reluctant to cooperate with other investigative agencies, or occasionally unable to enforce its judgments. <p>0 Score Criteria: The agency/entity does not effectively investigate. The agency/entity may start investigations but not complete them, may refuse to cooperate with other investigative agencies, or may fail to detect offenders. The agency/entity may be partisan in its application of power.$

Comments:

References: Brian Cooksey Sept. 20, 2007 Dar es Salaam, Tanzania

Peer Review Comments: Rarely have we heard of a case in which the investigation was engineered through the public service's own reporting mechanism without pressure from other sources (e.g., the media or anti-corruption groups). In a very small number of cases, the investigation was influenced by direct intervention on the part of the executive.