Partners for Transparency issues its monthly report, “Corruption Casebook,” for the month of October

110 corruption incidents in October, and there is still clear oversight and parliamentary lethargy

Within the framework of the “Corruption Casebook” series, the “Partners for Transparency” Foundation continues to issue monthly reports to monitor and follow up on corruption incidents in Egypt, which focus on monitoring and analyzing legislative and procedural developments related to combating corruption, as well as listing the incidents that were revealed during the month of October 2023. , and classify them sectorally and geographically, with the aim of identifying the sectors that witness the most corruption incidents, as well as the governorates in which these incidents are most concentrated.
October recorded a relative increase in the number of corruption incidents, as 110 incidents were recorded, compared to the 99 corruption incidents recorded last September, representing an increase of 10 % in the corruption rate, while supply-related corruption incidents remain at the forefront of the most corrupt incidents, as 46 were recorded. Corruption incidents accounted for 42 % of the total incidents witnessed in the month of October, followed closely by the agriculture and land encroachments sector with 32 incidents and 29 % of the total incidents under study. The health sector came in third place with 17 corruption incidents and 15 % of the total incidents of corruption.

Geographically, Beheira Governorate repeatedly ranked first among the Egyptian governorates in terms of corruption incidents during the month of October, by recording 11 incidents, representing 10 % of the total incidents, while 3 governorates combined recorded 23 % of the total incidents of corruption at the republic level. Which makes them the most corrupt governorates during October, and the governorates are “Beheira, Sharqia, and Kafr El-Sheikh.”