Within the framework of the “Corruption Status Book” series, the “Partners for Transparency” PFT issued the sixteenth report, which included monitoring and analysis of corruption incidents in the month of October 2016. And various media.

The month of October 2016 witnessed several statements by parliamentarians and executives related to combating corruption, but without taking legislative measures or effective executive decisions. An exception may be made by Representative Anisa Hassouneh to present a bill to establish the National Anti-Corruption Commission, a demand that civil society organizations have been raising for a long time. As a reconciliation of the Egyptian reality with the provisions of the United Nations Convention against Corruption.

In terms of facts, the report monitored 94 incidents of corruption in October 2016, and as usual, the Ministry of Supply ranked first with a score of 35 incidents, followed by the Ministry of Health with 11 incidents of corruption, followed by the local sector with 8 incidents, then the Ministry of Agriculture with 7 incidents of corruption. The Ministry of Education has 6 incidents of corruption, followed by the Ministry of Petroleum with 5 incidents.
With regard to the judicial position, the facts under investigation came in first place in October 2016, where they received the largest percentage of 71% out of a total of 94 incidents, followed by the facts under trial with a score of 171 TP1T, then the facts that have been judged by the rate of 9 %, and finally come the facts that were not investigated. It ranked last with 3% percentage of total incidents.
Geographically, Cairo governorate still got the largest share of corruption incidents during the month of October 2016 with 29 incidents, followed by Giza governorate with 14 corruption incidents, followed by Sohag governorate with 7 corruption incidents, followed by Buhaira and Qalyoubia governorates with 6 incidents for each of them.