Partners for Transparency calls for the creation of digital platforms that follow each ministry separately

 Partners for Transparency Foundation continues to issue monthly reports to monitor and follow up on corruption incidents in Egypt, as part of the Foundation’s monthly Corruption Records Journal, which focuses on monitoring and analyzing legislative and procedural developments related to combating corruption. This comes in the context of Partners’ extended interest over the past years in working on the file of combating corruption and illegal practices and enhancing integrity and good governance.

The July Partners report showed an increase in the number of corruption incidents, with 97 corruption incidents recorded compared to 84 corruption incidents recorded last June, representing an increase of 15.4%. The education sector was the most corrupt sector in July, with 30 incidents, representing 30%, followed by the supply sector with 28 corruption incidents, representing 28.8%, then the financial and banking sector with 23.7%, followed by the agriculture and land encroachments sector with 14.4%, then the electricity and police sectors with one corruption incident each, representing 1%.

Partners indicated in its report that Cairo Governorate came at the forefront of the governorates - contrary to the norm - that witnessed the recording of corruption incidents in July 2024, as it recorded 9 corruption incidents, at a rate of 9.2 %, while 4 governorates recorded a combined number of 28 corruption incidents, at a rate of 28.8 %, making them the governorates that recorded the most corruption incidents during this month, and these governorates are Cairo, Alexandria, Minya, and Gharbia.

In this context, Mohamed Abdel Hadi, Executive Director of Partners for Transparency, calls for the creation of digital platforms that follow each ministry separately, with access to complaints limited to regulatory bodies such as the Administrative Control Authority.

Partners for Transparency then reaffirmed the importance of issuing the Local Government Law, which allows local councils to play their oversight role over all parties, thus enhancing local oversight over sectors, especially the education and supply sectors.