The hands-on officers are said to have already developed suspicions where they are stationed to interrogate all transactions of procurement, an Anti-Corruption Officer at DCEC, Maureen Bome revealed at a private sector workshop on Tuesday.She expressed hope that it will be a deterrent to potential corrupt practices in the ministries.According to Bome the Gaborone City Council (GCC) has also fallen under the radar of the DCEC as they have dispatched an officer to be stationed there on a permanent basis.
The ministries, local government, finance and development planning, infrastructure, science and technology, lands and housing and health are said to have recorded high incidents of corruption.She added that they also carry out corruption conduct audits where they identify a government department to investigate and they recently did the same with the Mogoditshane Sub-Land Board. However, Bome said they are yet to conduct a survey to assert the impact that the strategy has had in rooting out corruption in the said ministries.
