Partners for Transparency Foundation issued its monthly report “Corruption Record Book for October 2024”, which revealed a significant increase in the number of corruption incidents recorded compared to last September, as 82 corruption incidents were recorded compared to 76 incidents in the previous month, representing an increase of 7.8%.
The report revealed that the financial and banking sector ranked first for the second time in a row as the most corrupt sector in Egypt, with 41,46% of the total corruption incidents recorded during this month, followed by the education sector in second place with 20,73%, then the local government and administrative corruption sector in third place with 18,29%. Meanwhile, Cairo governorate recorded the highest percentage of corruption incidents with 34,14%, followed by Giza and Alexandria governorates.
Commenting on the report, Ahmed Issa, Director of the Research and Studies Unit at Partners Foundation, said: “The Egyptian Parliament began the fifth and final session of the second legislative term with some legislative and oversight efforts aimed at combating corruption and enhancing integrity and transparency after an absence of about two months during the parliamentary vacation period.” He added that Parliament should quickly work on approving the local government law before the end of the fifth and final session of the second legislative term to enable local councils to play an effective oversight role over the various sectors that are witnessing an increase in corruption incidents, especially local government and education.
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