“Corruption Status Book”, October 2015 report

60 corruption incidents during October, and stagnation in legislative procedures

Smoothing

The month of October 2015 witnessed the conduct of the first phase of the Egyptian parliamentary elections. The elections received the attention of the media, executive bodies and civil society organizations, and on the other hand, there was relatively less interest in anti-corruption issues.

Within the framework of the “Corruption Status Book Observatory”, Partners for Transparency PFT continued to issue its monthly reports in which it monitors the 60 incidents of corruption that were revealed during the month of October 2015, and the monitoring process includes legislative developments, whether at the level of laws or decisions, as well as Procedural steps and governmental activities aimed at combating the phenomenon of corruption.

aLegislative and procedural developments related to corruption during the month of October:

The month of October 2015 did not witness the issuance of new anti-corruption legislation or laws, but this month witnessed a number of meetings and meetings in some governorates and ministries to discuss the state’s plans in combating corruption, in addition to the presence of various statements by government officials, headed by President “Abdel Fattah El-Sisi”, which included confirmation. On the need to combat corruption, linking it to development efforts and attracting various investments, the following is a review of what has been monitored in this regard: -

• Thursday, October 1The governor of Giza stated that the state is determined to combat corruption and the corrupt, and that no one is above the law, adding: that despite corruption cases that are seized, there are honorable employees who are asking for halal livelihood and staying away from the sites of suspicion.
• Saturday 3 October: The Minister of Local Development stated that the Ministry's work will continue during the next phase on the implementation of open projects that have already been worked out and completed, adding that the work plan focuses on several axes, most notably the development of local administration, combating corruption in localities, expansion of solid waste recycling projects and solving the garbage problem.
• Monday 12 October : “Counselor Hisham Geneina,” head of the Central Auditing Organization, stated that “President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi,” stands firmly in the back of the oversight and anti-corruption agencies.
• Tuesday 13 October: “Engineer Mohamed Abdel-Zahir,” the Governor of Qalyubia, stated that protecting public funds is a necessity, as protecting it is a national demand in which every individual in society, regardless of his rank and status, and that he will fight all forms of corruption in the governorate,
• Tuesday 13 October: “Major General Salah El-Din Ziada,” the governor of Minya, stated that the apex of justice is resolving with the corrupt, and that everyone is responsible for controlling corruption and there is no shame or fear in right, justice and responsibility.
• Thursday 15 October: “Dr. Khaled Zakaria Al-Adly”, Governor of Giza, stated that there is no place for corruption, and that combating corruption in all its forms and working to prevent it and limit its perpetration is among the priorities of the work of all executive bodies in the governorate.
• Sunday 18 October: The South Sinai Culture Branch organized an awareness-raising lecture entitled “Fighting Corruption”
• Sunday 18 October : “Dr. Reda Abdel Salam,” the governor of Sharqia, met with a group of young people from the Faqous Center “Youth Campaign Against Corruption” and a group of people, in the presence of the head of Faqous Center and City, and the youth exchanged dialogue with the governor about the results of the campaigns to remove street vendors and address corruption.
• Tuesday 20 OctoberThe General Administration of Organization and Administration at the University of Assiut organized an educational seminar to educate workers about the danger of corruption and strengthen their role in combating it and drying its sources in the various university bodies.
• Tuesday 20 October : “Dr. Saad Al-Jayoushi,” Minister of Transport, stated that the government is tasked with improving service and quality and combating corruption, pointing to full coordination between members of the government in order to achieve achievement and achieve the interest of the state.
• Wednesday 21 October: “Dr. Ismail Abdel Hamid,” Governor of Damietta, discussed the possibility of establishing technological centers to automate citizen services in the cities of “Damietta, Zarqa, Faraskour, Kafr al-Battikh, Ras al-Bar,” in addition to the opening of an electronic center to serve citizens at the governorate’s general office, indicating that this system aims To eliminate administrative corruption through transactions and services provided electronically in the governorate's centers and cities.
• October 22, 2015President Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi stated that the government is committed to adopting free market mechanisms and strengthening the role of the private sector as a locomotive for development. The President also stressed the state’s interest in combating corruption and activating all relevant monitoring means to ensure full transparency in commercial and investment transactions.
• October 22, 2015 : “Dr. Hussam Maghazi,” the Minister of Water Resources and Irrigation, issued a decision to form a committee to combat corruption and address it within the ministry.
• October 26, 2015General Mohsen Helmy, Assistant Secretary-General of the Ismailia Governorate, held a meeting with a large number of leaders and representatives of the executive agencies, neighborhoods, centers and cities of the governorate, under the title “Fighting Corruption,” to discuss the prevailing crisis in the governmental work system and ways to eliminate it.

General features of corruption incidents during August:

First: Incidents of corruption according to different sectors:

Sector	Number of incidents	Sector	Number of incidents
Ministryof Supply	14	Parliament	2
Localities	9	Ministry of Youth and Sports	2
The Ministry of Education	5	Ministry of Health	2
Ministry of housing	4	Ministry of petroleum	1
Ministry Of Agriculture	3	Ministry of Finance	1
Ministry of Justice	3	The Ministry of Manpower	1
The Ministry of Social Solidarity	3	Ministry of Culture	1
The ministry of communications	3	Ministry of Endowments	1
Ministry of Interior	2	Radio and Television Commission	1
Ministry of Irrigation and Water Resources	2
Total	60

The previous data indicate that the Ministry of Supply came first among the sectors that witnessed incidents of corruption during this month with a score of 14 incidents of corruption, after that the localities came in second place with 9 incidents of corruption, followed by the Ministry of Education with 5 incidents of corruption, followed by the Ministry of Housing There are 4 incidents of corruption, after that come the Ministry of Agriculture, the Ministry of Justice, the Ministry of Social Solidarity, and the Ministry of Communications, with 3 incidents of corruption each, and then comes the Ministry of Interior, the Ministry of Irrigation and Water Resources, Parliament, the Ministry of Youth and Sports, The Ministry of Health, with two corruption incidents each, and finally, the Ministry of Petroleum, the Ministry of Finance, the Ministry of Manpower, the Ministry of Culture, the Ministry of Endowments, and the Radio and Television Authority are ranked last, with a score of one corruption incident each.

Second: Incidents of corruption according to the cases' position:

Case position	Number of cases
under investigation	39
On trial	10
It has not been investigated	7
Were judged	4
Total	60

The previous data indicate that the incidents under investigation come first among the corruption incidents during the month of October with 39 incidents, followed by the facts under trial with 10 incidents, after that come the incidents that have not yet been investigated with 7 incidents, and finally, the incidents that have been The ruling is ranked last in the events that took place in October, with only 4 incidents.

Corruption facts during October:

1. Detecting engineers in the Directorate of Housing and those responsible for the construction project of the governorate cemeteries while taking sums of money as a bribe in exchange for facilitating the procedures for disbursing business extracts (October 1, 2015, the Pharaohs).
2. Two employees of the Southern Giza District Works Department were arrested while receiving a bribe from a citizen in exchange for his assistance in the procedures of transferring his kiosk license to another distinguished location. (October 1, 2015, the Pharaohs).
3. Renewed imprisonment of two engineers in Manshiyet Nasser neighborhood, accused of falsifying land division maps in favor of a businessman. (October 2, 2015, the seventh day).
4. The managers of two bakeries in Beni Suef city were seized for their disposal of 27 tons of subsidized flour on the black market. (October 2, 2015, the seventh day).
5. Thwarting an attempt to smuggle 30,000 liters of diesel into a Fintas transport vehicle coming from Mostorod warehouse in Cairo on its way to Minya Governorate. (October 2, 2015, the seventh day).
6. An aide of the Peace Department investigation was imprisoned pending investigation, accusing him of asking for a bribe of 50,000 pounds from a pharmacy owner in exchange for his release after seizing narcotic drugs inside his pharmacy and bargaining with him. (October 2, 2015, beginning).
7. Accusing the Secretary General of the Supreme Council of Culture of wasting public money by hosting publishing houses for the Council. (October 2, 2015, Al-Bawaba News).
8. Accusations of the Ministry of Water Resources and Irrigation of wasting public money after it hired a Spanish company to monitor the Nile with cameras. (October 2, 2015, Al-Bawaba News).
9. Accusations of the Ministry of Endowments of the existence of more than 5 thousand fake mosques have no basis on the ground in various provinces. (October 4, 2015, morning).
10. Investigation with a school in "Martyr Walid Subhi" primary school, after it was proven that it received bribes from parents in return for providing services to them. (October 5, 2015, Vito Gate).
11. Referring 5 officials in Luxor Governorate and the Central Organization for Organization and Administration to trial for committing grave financial and administrative violations. (October 5, 2015, Vito Gate).
12. Investigating the existence of tampering with pension funds in the National Authority for Social Insurance, by losing the files of thousands of citizens at the Abdeen Insurance Office. (October 5, 2015, seventh day).
13. Punishing the Undersecretary of the Ministry of Housing in Kafr El Sheikhofni, urban planning, after it was proven that they had issued building permits in violation of the law. (October 5, 2015, Vito Gate).
14. A “driver” was arrested while trying to smuggle 18,000 liters of solar energy into a Fintas truck, while it was passing through the ambush of the Western Desert Road. (October 5, 2015, Vito Gate).
15. The owner of a bakery was seized for obtaining 70,630 pounds in exchange for seizing the subsidized bread money that he had not spent in the first place. (October 7, 2015, Al-Bawaba News).
16. The General Administration of Supply Investigations in Qalyubia Governorate managed to seize 3300 liters of diesel powered by the Obour region. (October 7, 2015, Al-Bawaba News).
17. Investigate the waste of public money in supplying school food to public government schools and language schools. (October 7, 2015, Al Bashayer).
18. Accusations of wasting public money in the "Red Crescent" hospital in Mitt Uqba, headed by Azza Sba`, director of the Red Crescent Society, with the assistance of Dr. Abdullah Hilmi Aliwa, director general of the hospital. (October 7, 2015, Al-Bawaba News).
19. Referral of the head of the engineering department at Faqous Disciplinary Center in 9 cases. (October 7, 2015, the seventh day).
20. 3 senior officials accused of social security for obtaining one billion pounds in the form of bonuses. (October 7, 2015, EgyPress).
21. 2000 liters of solar was seized in the possession of a worker in the village of “Kelahin Qeft,” in the Qus district, south of Qena. (October 8, 2015, homeland).
22. The formation of an engineering committee to examine the violations that marred the process of offering tender No. 1 of 2012 of the Directorate of Youth and Sports in Damietta. (October 8, 2015, homeland).
23. A senior clerk in the Directorate of Manpower in Ismailia was arrested on charges of fraud and defrauding citizens, and incorrectly accusing them of hiring in oil companies. (October 8, 2015, homeland).
24. The Associate Director of Damira Post Office of Dakahlia Post Office was caught for having embezzled 932 pounds from the social security pension accounts in the office where he worked. (October 9, 2015, Vito Gate).
25. The agent of the post office of Aboul Gheit, affiliated to the Qanater Charity Post office, was seized for having embezzled 5,378 pounds from social security pension accounts. (October 9, 2015, Vito Gate).
26. Investigation into wasting about 5 million pounds of public money in the process of constructing about 20 buildings in the silos in Sadat City Center. (October 10, 2015, The Constitution).
27. The owner of a food-processing company was arrested in October, for manufacturing halva, unfit for human use. (October 11, 2015, the seventh day).
28. Investigating with a former advisor in the Illicit Profit Authority after submitting several complaints against him, including his salary of up to one million pounds per month. (October 11, 2015, Vito Gate).
29. The director of the Cemeteries Department in Giza Governorate, and his assistant, Engineer (M.A.), were seized for receiving an amount of 70,000 pounds and a fully finished apartment from a contractor, Q.K., as a bribe in exchange for tampering with his financial extracts and facilitating their disbursement. (October 11, 2015, Al-Masry Al-Youm).
30. Referring 3 officials of the General Authority for Projects and Agricultural Development, to trial, after they were proven involved in facilitating the takeover of EGP 34.6 million by a company. (October 11, 2015, Vito Gate).
31. Refer postal customs officials for trial; For having committed grave financial and administrative violations, which resulted in damage to public money. (October 12, 2015, Vito Gate).
32. Punishment of the heads of the cities of Manzala and Al-Sinbilawin after it was proven that they committed grave financial and administrative violations during their work in the center and city of Bani Ubaid. (October 12, 2015, Vito Gate).
33. Punishing the Director General of Legal Affairs in Qalyubia Governorate, and three of his assistants, with severe penalties after it is proven that they have approved the entry of facilities to real estate built without a permit. (October 14, 2015, Vito Gate).
34. The referral of the head of Channel Two of Egyptian TV, and two of the channel's broadcasters, to trial on charges of committing administrative offenses that resulted in wasting public money. (October 15, 2015, Arab Egypt).
35. Punishing a high school agent with a salary deduction after he misappropriated his attendance and departure records. (October 16, 2015, Vito Gate).
36. The seizure of a station manager selling petroleum products on the black market for notes. (October 19, 2015, the seventh day).
37. The seizure of 3 tons of smuggled clothes inside a car in Port Said. (October 20, 2015, Vito Gate).
38. An employee of the General Company for Cairo Bakeries was seized for reloading ration cards to citizens with 500 pounds per day in exchange for receiving 20 pounds for charging each card. (October 20, 2015, Al-Masry Al-Youm).
39. Arrest of a police officer and an employee at Kattameya Traffic, for accusing them of swindling the drivers. (October 20, 2015, seventh day).
40. Investigate irregularities related to the allocation and seizure of state land, after businessman Suleiman Amer complied with the decision to be investigated, against the background of his accusation of harming and wasting public money. (October 20, 2015, seventh day).
41. The seizure of 3 tons of coarse bran of unknown source in Menoufia. (October 21, 2015, Vito Gate).
42. Seizing 42 million liters of subsidized fuel before they were sold on the black market. (October 21, 2015, the seventh day).
43. Thwarted the smuggling of 545 gas cooker cylinders to the black market. (October 21, 2015, the seventh day).
44. Seizing 7490 packages of unknown source veterinary medicines in Minya. (October 23, 2015, The Constitution).
45. Referring the sports education advisor at the former Ministry of Education, and three officials of the Egyptian Consulate in Milan, to urgent trial, on the grounds of accusing them of facilitating collective cheating in the exams of Egyptians in the state of Italy. (October 25, 2015, Vito Gate).
46. Referral of the former Undersecretary of the Ministry of Social Solidarity in Al-Gharbia Governorate and his assistant to trial for committing serious financial and administrative violations and manipulating the funds of the Social Solidarity Foundation. (October 25, 2015, Vito Gate).
47. 9700 liters of contraband petroleum were seized. (October 26, 2015, Al-Bawaba News).
48. Referring 10 employees of the October Educational Administration to trial on charges of seizing more than 147 million pounds. (October 26, 2015, the seventh day).
49. Investigating the involvement of a number of leaders of the Irrigation Department at the Ministry of Water Resources in misleading the Ministry of Transport by submitting a technical study at a cost higher than required, which resulted in a waste of 15 million pounds. (October 26, 2015, homeland).
50. The administrative prosecution referred the former public prosecutor's financial comptroller to trial after it was found that he had committed grave financial irregularities. (October 27, 2015, word of truth).
51. The owner of a pharmacy in the Qasr El Nile region was seized for possessing and collecting a large quantity of drugs for patients with liver disease, which is prohibited from being marketed. (October 28, 2015, Al-Bawaba News).
52. The trial of 3 counselors was postponed, accusing them of seizing an amount of 15 million and 120 thousand pounds in the case known in the media as “The Land of Consultants” of the Justice Association. (October 29, 2015, Al-Bawaba News).
53. Assiut Petroleum Club filed an official report with the Attorney General's office against the Football Association accusing it of participating in and facilitating the seizure of public money. (October 28, 2015, Al-Gate Sport).
54. The Undersecretary of the Ministry of Health in Sharkia Governorate was accused of issuing arbitrary transfer decisions regarding a number of employees. (October 28, 2015, The Constitution).
55. The agent of one of the candidates was arrested in the Fifth District in Sohag Governorate, located in Juhayna Center, in possession of 13 thousand pounds, while distributing money to voters to influence them and direct their votes. (October 28, 2015, The Constitution).
56. A citizen supporter of a candidate in the Etsa district district of the Fayoum governorate, in possession of 4,600 pounds, was seized while distributing sums of money as electoral bribes. (October 28, 2015, The Constitution).
57. Refer the head of the Agouza neighborhood and the director of the Contracts and Procurement Department to trial after they are proven to have committed gross financial and administrative violations. (October 29, 2015, Vito Gate).
58. Referring 3 advisors for investigation in the case of addressing the President of the Republic regarding the judges ’housing crisis without notifying the Council. (October 29, 2015, Vito Gate).
59. Seizure of adulterated and expired agricultural pesticides. (October 30, 2015, Vito Gate).
60. Arresting some butchers for their transport and possession of dead livestock that are not suitable for human consumption. (October 30, 2015, Al-Bawaba News).