{"id":187269,"date":"2013-07-15T23:00:00","date_gmt":"2013-07-15T23:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dabangasudan.preview.websight.nl\/corruption-experience-differs-distrust-of-religious-bodies-shared-in-sudans-report\/"},"modified":"2013-07-15T23:00:00","modified_gmt":"2013-07-15T23:00:00","slug":"corruption-experience-differs-distrust-of-religious-bodies-shared-in-sudans-report","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dabangasudan.org\/en\/all-news\/article\/corruption-experience-differs-distrust-of-religious-bodies-shared-in-sudans-report","title":{"rendered":"Corruption experience differs, distrust of ‘religious bodies’ shared in Sudans: report"},"content":{"rendered":"

Globally, one person in four has paid a bribe to a public body in the last year, according to a survey carried out in 95 countries by Transparency International.<\/p>\n

Traditionally and \u201calmost stereotypically\u201d, as eloquently confirmed by unimpeachable internal critics of the stature of Nobel laureate Archbishop Desmond Tutu, “sub-Saharan Africa does not score major points in the area of corruption”.<\/p>\n

According to the Global Corruption Barometer 2013, issued this month by the Berlin-based NGO Transparency International, Sierra Leone has \u201cthe highest number of respondents admitting to having paid a bribe (84 per cent)\u201d and \u201cseven out of nine countries with the highest reported bribery rate are in sub-Saharan Africa\u201d.<\/p>\n

The report rates \u201cthe countries with the lowest reported bribery rate\u201d as Denmark, Finland, Japan and Australia, all with a bribery rate of one per cent.<\/p>\n

Sub-Saharan African countries unenviably vie, year-on-year, for the dubious title of \u201cmost corrupt country\u201d, and the report states that citizens of South Sudan are particularly sceptical about the effectiveness of their government\u2019s \u201cefforts to combat corruption\u201d.<\/p>\n

According to the report, South Sudanese citizens believe that 70 per cent of “religious bodies”, 63 per cent of business, 60 per cent of the judiciary and 62 per cent of NGOs are \u201ctainted with corruption\u201d. Similarly in Sudan, 79 per cent said that “religious bodies” are corrupt \u2013 the highest figure in the world \u2013 however, 47 per cent of Sudanese say that \u201ccorruption has decreased”.<\/p>\n

About 64 per cent of Sudanese people believe that their country is governed \u201cby few big entities acting in their own best interests\u201d.<\/p>\n

The Sudanese assessment of business (71 per cent), and the judiciary (66 per cent), shows a marginally lower level of trust in the country\u2019s civil and judicial institutions than their southern neighbour (62 per cent for business and 60 per cent for the judiciary).<\/p>\n

See the entire report<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n

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