Government Agencies Fail To Implement Anti-corruption Strategies Until Sept 2021 End, Except ‘interior’

The government agencies concerned with enhancing integrity to combat corruption compared to their target until the end of last September have failed to achieve their commitments according to official data.

It can be said that both the Central Agency for Public Tenders and the Central Agency for Information Technology recorded the lowest commitment since the achievement of each of them reached one-tenth of the target, by 0.1 percent out of one percent, reports Al-Rai daily.

The Ministry of Interior ranked first among the government agencies concerned with implementing the strategy, after it had fulfilled its targeted commitments in full for the allocated period, which was set at 3%, and the Audit Bureau came in second place in terms of implementing its commitments with1.7 percent out of 2% of the target.

While the Ministry of Higher Education came close to the “Integrity” securing one percent of the 1.4 percent targeted for it, which digitally means its implementation was about 68 percent.

It is clear that “Nazaha” itself did not succeed in achieving its targeted commitment to the strategy until the end of last September, when it implemented 18% of its target rate of 27%, which digitally means that the authority recorded only about two-thirds of its commitments from the strategy to enhance integrity and combat corruption.

It is noteworthy to mention that the number of priorities included in the axis of protecting integrity of the public sector and developing the effectiveness and efficiency of public services it provides within the framework of transparency and accountability in the “Integrity” report were 5 priorities, while the total achieved by these priorities averaged 29% last September, compared to the target achievement rate of 55 percent, meaning the gap between the achieved and the target amounted to 26 percent, while the achievement in this axis increased since December of last year by 15 percent.

For its part, the Kuwait Institute for Judicial Studies fulfilled half of its commitments for the specified period at 1%, out of a targeted 2%, which is the same percentage recorded by the “Joint Education” which implemented 1% out of 2% targeted, while The Supreme Judicial Council implemented 0.9 percent of its obligations out of 1.5 percent.

It seems that the Ministry of Education was not far from the scope of the weak performance in implementing its commitments to the strategy, compared to the target, as it implemented less than half of the target by 0.4 percent out of one percent.

Perhaps the same situation applies to the Civil Service Commission, which has implemented 4 percent of its obligations, compared to the 9 percent targeted by it.

The Ministry of Information recorded a poor performance in implementing its commitments by 0.6 percent out of a target of 2 percent, which means that it implemented a little more than a quarter of its commitments, while the Ministry of Commerce and Industry implemented 3 percent out of 5 percent of its commitments of enhancing integrity and combating corruption.

Nazaha stated that Kuwait’s strategy to enhance integrity and combat corruption faces a number of challenges, most notably the delay in approving laws by the National Assembly, the lack of coordination between the authorities in the integrative initiatives, in addition to the delay and in some cases the failure to receive achievement reports from the implementing agencies.

In its report, the commission recommended the need to develop a follow-up mechanism with the National Assembly to approve relevant laws, such as the law prohibiting conflicts of interest and other laws, explaining that they are entitlements that must be implemented under the United Nations Convention.

 

 

 

SOURCE  TIMESKUWAIT

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