How Corruption has effect the development of Africa

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CORRUPTION , FRAUD AND MISMANAGEMENT IN AFRICA

In trying to understand the central issue of corruption , one needs to understand the complex and intricate nature of corruption . If we ask what is corruption ? The American Heritage English Language Dictionary (Pickett , 2000 ) defines corruption as the art or process of corruption , the state of being corrupt , decay , and rot ' As indicated above , corruption comes in many forms . In the least developed countries (LDC 's ) such as Africa , all types of corruption are prevalent . The

br following brief case histories of these three companies will present the magnitude of the scandals , corruption , and deceit these companies perpetrated on the unsuspecting public and their business partners

Other countries of the world have similar problems of corruption , fraud and mismanagement . From time to time , stories appear about the corruption trial of a government official , a banker , or corporate head in other parts of the world . My personal experience also left me with no doubt that police corruption in South Africa was daunting task for the new democratic government of South Africa . Corruption in Kenya and more particularly among the police has reached unprecedented levels . Thieves have been set free from police cells because of corruption . The ministry of public works : This is the second most corrupt institution in Kenya Finding found that this is the Ministry that has the highest rent corruption in Kenya . A large population of the Kenyan people expressed disgust at the corruption in this ministry . The corruption at the ministry of public works is more sophisticated than meets the eye . It is actually a key ministry in any government

Income tax department : African Revenue Authority is the main government agency for collecting all government revenue . No government can run on its own without taxes . Money collected from taxes is what the government uses to provide public services like Education , Health , Infrastructure security and policing , a forestation , public service employment , defence and many others (Transparency International Report , 2006

Over Kenya Shillings 250 billion taxes (Transparency International Report , 2006 , are collected annually by the Kenya Revenue Authority Corruption at the African Revenue Authority is a matter of great concern . There is corruption in the organization both corporate and individual taxpayers . Tax evasion is very high in this sector and the government loses millions of shillings through fraud and tax evasion The company employed more than 30 ,000 people in 30 countries The anti-corruption war in Africa . In Africa , the government system allows for unfettered discretion in matters of public finance . This of course promotes extensive corruption and rent seeking behavior amongst market participants and government officials . Africa is crying out for economic development and many billions of dollars are generated in oil revenues and taxes for African governments . The chief officers are appointed by the Public Service Commission , through the Ministry of Local Government Corruption in local authorities has reached unprecedented levels . Many observers think that corruption in local authorities is even worse than...