The Department of Works and Building Inspectorate (44 percent), municipal licensing offices (43 percent) and the National Social Security Authority (NSSA 43 percent) complete the mid-table.
The Registrar of Companies, Zimbabwe National Water Authority and Zesa are tied at 31 percent, while the Environmental Management Authority comes in with a 30 percent corruption perception among the polled firms, ahead of the deeds office (26 percent) and the Zimbabwe Manpower Development Fund at 21 percent.
“Almost two-thirds of respondents consider that the level of corruption has increased substantially since 2013,” reads some of the survey’s findings.
“Almost a third are subjected to requests or demands for bribes, or what are felt to be unjust fines from public officials, in return for services on a daily basis, and almost half at least monthly.”
Government recently suspended the head of tax collector Zimra and several other senior executives, alleging that an audit had unearthed fraud and corruption that could have cost the state millions of dollars. Last month, Zimra chairperson Willia Bonyongwe said whistleblowers had averted $23 million in potential fraud involving Zimra officials.
The state procurement board, on the other hand, has been at the centre of several controversies involving the irregular award of government contracts.- The Source
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