Within the framework of the “Corruption Status Book” series, “Partners for Transparency” PFT issued the fourteenth report, which included monitoring and analysis of corruption incidents in the month of August 2016, as the Foundation monitored 83 corruption incidents during the month, which are the facts that were revealed through the investigation authorities and Parliament and various media.

The month of August 2016 witnessed the continued disclosure of the details of the corruption of wheat silos, as the fact-finding committee set up by Parliament estimated the amount of wheat supplied as a fake supply of approximately 2 million tons, which is equivalent to approximately 5.6 billion pounds, and accordingly the resignation of the former Minister of Supply Khaled was accepted. Hanafi, against whom several reports were submitted to the Attorney General accusing him of wasting public money, and an investigation is also underway with a group of officials in the Ministries of Supply and Agriculture and the Exports and Imports Authority and workers in the silos company, and the month witnessed the issuance of two Republican decisions, the first to appoint Counselor Hisham Badawi as head of the Central Auditing Organization with the rank of minister for a period of 4 years And the other is considering the recommendations of the State Land Restitution Committee headed by Ibrahim Mehleb, Assistant President of the Republic, binding on all government agencies with jurisdiction over the lands.

At the level of facts, the Ministry of Supply achieved the largest share of corruption incidents during August 2016 with 17 incidents of corruption out of a total of 64 incidents, followed by the Ministry of Agriculture with 10 incidents of corruption, after that comes the Ministry of Communications and Information Technology with a score of 9 incidents of corruption, followed by the Ministry of Interior with a score of 8 Incidents, followed by the local sector with 7 incidents, followed by the Ministry of Education and Investment with 5 incidents of corruption for each of them, and then the Ministry of Housing with 3 incidents of corruption.

As for the judicial position, the report revealed that the incidents under investigation came in first place among corruption incidents during August 2016, where it received the largest percentage of 78% out of a total of 83 incidents, followed by the incidents that were judged by 10 %, then the incidents under trial came at a rate of 8 % Finally, the incidents that were not investigated ranked last, with a ratio of 4 % of the total number of incidents.

As for the geographical distribution, Cairo governorate still occupies the largest share of corruption incidents during the month of August 2016 due to the concentration of administrative headquarters in it, where it received 24 corruption incidents, followed by Giza governorate with 13 incidents, then Sharkia and Qena with 6 incidents of corruption for each of them.

For his part, Dr. Walaa Jad Al-Karim, Director General of Partners for Transparency, says that the organization’s previous reports over the course of a whole year revealed that the Ministry of Supply issued the list of sectors that witness corruption, and then the departure of the Minister of Supply was expected, and indicated that Khaled Hanafi is “ The head ”is the second ministerial to be overthrown due to incidents of corruption and waste of public money during the era of President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi, after the former Minister of Agriculture Salah Hilal.

The General Director of Partners for Transparency wished to witness the second session of the Egyptian Parliament, which will launch next October, a legislative “revolution” to combat corruption, to bridge the terrible legal gaps that corrupt people exploit to tamper with public money, especially since Parliament had a tangible and positive role in uncovering a corruption case. Supplying wheat and forcing the former Minister of Supply to resign.