The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) will assist the Ugandan Parliament’s bid to enact better and concise legislations to tackle the scourge of corruption in the East African country.
The EFCC Chairman, Mr Ibrahim Magu, made this known when he received members of the Parliament of Uganda’s Sectoral Committee on Legal and Parliamentary Affairs in Abuja on Thursday.
The Parliament were on a benchmarking visit to the commission’s Head Office.
The 8-man delegation of parliamentarians was at EFCC headquarters to fashion out ways of strengthening integrity and proper conduct in government.
Magu said that corruption had long transcended national boundaries and it was imperative for African countries to synergise in combating the scourge.
The head of the delegation, Samo Bitangaro said that since the promulgation of the Ugandan Constitution in 2005; the country had struggled with issues of probity and accountability in its public service.
This, Bitangaro said, necessitated the visit to tap from EFCC’s wealth of experience.
Bitangaro added that they were at the EFCC because of the reputation of the agency and to learn from the successes that the commission had recorded over the years.
Another member of the delegation, Ibrahim Ssemujju, said the committee had the mandate to amend the Ugandan Code of Conduct Act and establish a Tribunal to try offenders of prescribed laws.
Ssemujju said that was why they needed to understudy the Laws establishing the EFCC, EFCC’s mode and scope of operations and most importantly internalise EFCC’s robust anti-corruption agenda. (NAN)
