{"id":1535,"date":"2016-08-13T11:41:28","date_gmt":"2016-08-13T11:41:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pfort.org\/?p=1535"},"modified":"2016-08-13T11:41:28","modified_gmt":"2016-08-13T11:41:28","slug":"64-%d9%88%d8%a7%d9%82%d8%b9%d8%a9-%d9%81%d8%b3%d8%a7%d8%af-%d9%81%d9%8a-%d9%8a%d9%88%d9%84%d9%8a%d9%88-2016-%d9%88%d8%a7%d9%84%d8%aa%d9%88%d8%b1%d9%8a%d8%af-%d8%a7%d9%84%d9%88%d9%87%d9%85%d9%8a","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pfort.org\/en\/64-%d9%88%d8%a7%d9%82%d8%b9%d8%a9-%d9%81%d8%b3%d8%a7%d8%af-%d9%81%d9%8a-%d9%8a%d9%88%d9%84%d9%8a%d9%88-2016-%d9%88%d8%a7%d9%84%d8%aa%d9%88%d8%b1%d9%8a%d8%af-%d8%a7%d9%84%d9%88%d9%87%d9%85%d9%8a\/","title":{"rendered":"64 incidents of corruption in July 2016, the fake supply of wheat season issue"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>\u00a0Corruption Status Book <\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Thirteenth report \u201cJuly 2016\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>64 incidents of corruption in July 2016, the fake supply of wheat season issue \u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Introduction: \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Within the framework of the \u201cCorruption Status Book\u201d series, \u201cPartners for Transparency\u201d PFT continues to issue monthly reports to monitor and follow up incidents of corruption, and here is the thirteenth report issued by the institution, as it focuses on monitoring and analyzing legislative and procedural developments related to combating corruption, as well as counting the incidents that It was covered by various media during the month of July 2016.<\/p>\n<p>The month of July witnessed the discovery of the largest case of corruption in wheat silos, represented in a fake recording of the quantities of wheat in silos, which represented a waste of public money, which prompted Parliament to form a fact-finding committee to uncover corruption in wheat silos, where the committee made several visits and the committee clarified that the amount of money wasted during only nine visits is estimated With 600 million pounds until the end of July, and confirmed that it will issue a final report on the wasted money, which prompted the prosecution to summon approximately 36 people, including a senior official at the Ministry of Supply and a businessman, to be involved in this case, and the month also witnessed statements by some MPs about local corruption.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Legislative measures to combat corruption during July 2016:\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The month of July witnessed a remarkable parliamentary movement, as the parliament formed a fact-finding committee on wheat corruption, and on the other hand, Counselor Ahmed Naim, the head of the Administrative Prosecution, demanded the House of Representatives to tighten disciplinary penalties for deviant employees and dismiss them from service to eliminate job corruption and demanded that they adopt a proposal for an article in the current civil service law Discussing it in Parliament, and the month also witnessed statements by some MPs about the corruption of localities, and the following is a presentation of what was monitored in this regard: -<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>July 2016:<\/strong> The president of Beni Suef University, Mr. Dr. Amin Lotfi on the approval of the Supreme Council of Universities to change the name of the Center for Anti-Corruption Studies to the Center for Integrity, Transparency and the Study of Anti-Corruption as a unit of a special nature affiliated with Beni Suef University.<\/li>\n<li><strong>July 2, 2016: <\/strong>Representative Fawzi al-Sharbasi, a member of the House of Representatives from the Sherbin district and a member of the Housing Committee, said that the committee agreed to assign the right to grant new land licenses to the consulting offices approved in each governorate instead of extracting them through localities, in order to eliminate bureaucracy and corruption in the localities.<\/li>\n<li><strong>July 2, 2016: <\/strong>The fact-finding committee formed by a number of members of the House of Representatives to discuss issues of corruption in the supply of wheat decided during its first meeting to summon Dr. Magdy Abdullah, head of the central administration for directorates affairs, and the official of the wheat department at the Ministry of Agriculture.<\/li>\n<li><strong>July 11, 2016:<\/strong> Representative Ahmed El-Sigini, head of the local administration committee in the House of Representatives, affirmed that the elected local councils represent the main element in facing corruption and have the ability to eliminate it.<\/li>\n<li><strong>July 11, 2016:<\/strong> Yasser Omar, a member of the House of Representatives member of the Fact-Finding Committee, a member of the fact-finding committee that wasted public money by supplying wheat, during a phone call to the \u201cKalam Jarid\u201d program, stated that the committee does not hunt corruption or mistakes for anyone, but only plays its role. The minister&#039;s responsibility is political only.<\/li>\n<li><strong>July 15, 2016:<\/strong> The Undersecretary of the Ministry of Supply in Minya said that the committee for inspecting the silos had proven that there was no corruption or breaches in Minya silos from north to south, and that the committee confirmed the integrity of the supply and inspection process and proved the safety of the imported wheat and its conformity with specifications.<\/li>\n<li><strong>July 15, 2016: <\/strong>MP Khaled Abdel Aziz Fahmy, a member of Parliament, praised the House of Representatives opening the file of wheat corruption and stressed the need to open corruption files in both education, health and supply, pointing out that the parliament began to exercise its actual role, by forming fact-finding committees, within all ministries to uncover and fight corruption, indicating Until the MPs are determined to tackle corruption.<\/li>\n<li><strong>July 15, 2016:<\/strong> Representative Raef Tamraz, the deputy of the Agriculture Committee in the House of Representatives, said that the agricultural land protection sector has corruption to the knees and is the cause of encroachments on agricultural lands, while commenting on Egypt&#039;s loss of 68,000 acres and 308 acres of fertile land within 6 years.<\/li>\n<li><strong>July 16, 2016:<\/strong> MP Magdy Malek Maximus, head of the fact-finding committee formed by the House of Representatives to investigate the corruption of wheat silos, confirmed that all the violations that are monitored there are supervisory bodies concerned with this. They write minutes and deliver a copy of it to the Supply Investigation Department to take its role in looking into it and deliver it to the Public Prosecution, as he emphasized. Regulatory agencies&#039; cooperation with the committee.<\/li>\n<li><strong>July 17, 2016:<\/strong> The Ministry of Environment, through the General Administration of NGOs, held the fourth seminar for civil society organizations within the program (Civil Society Participation in Combating Corruption) in cooperation with the branch of the Agency in Alexandria, and the Director General of Inspection at the Environmental Affairs Agency emphasized the importance of concerted efforts between government agencies and civil society organizations to combat all Forms of corruption and limiting its spread, by reporting any violations or deviations that may threaten the environment.<\/li>\n<li><strong>July 17, 2016:<\/strong> Muhammad al-Sayed al-Husseini, a member of the House of Representatives for the Bulaq Dakrur district, said that there is corruption in the localities in the millions, calling on the Ministry of Finance to inspect and monitor neighborhoods to find out their proceeds and revenues.<\/li>\n<li><strong>July 18, 2016: <\/strong>Representative Margaret Azar, a member of the House of Representatives, called for the independence of the budget of the elected local councils from the local units so that the members of the local popular councils would not remain under the control of the local units of the executive authority for carrying out their supervisory role and eliminating corruption in the localities. <strong>.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>July 18, 2016: <\/strong>The spokesperson for the Ministry of Health announced that \u201cthe ministry has corruption, and the minister always seeks to eliminate it, as he makes a double effort, explaining that 514 integration hospitals were built in 1997 and they have not been optimally exploited so far, as 12 integrative hospitals have been converted into a central hospital. The ministry needs 30 million to run only one hospital.<\/li>\n<li><strong>July 20, 2016: <\/strong>The Administrative Prosecution issued a decision to summon a number of officials at the Ministry of Supply and supervisors of wheat supplies to the silos of the Cairo-Alexandria Desert Road, for questioning about their work tasks and the role they are entrusted with in monitoring supplies, to determine those responsible for the violations if the crime of inaction and negligence is proven.<\/li>\n<li><strong>July 20, 2016:<\/strong> The President of Damanhour University inaugurates the first training course for administrative development and combating corruption aimed at raising the efficiency of the university&#039;s administrative apparatus, as well as members of the faculty, the assisting body, graduate students, administrative workers and students at the university. These courses are aimed at establishing the principle of transparency, justice, integrity and combating corruption.<\/li>\n<li><strong>July 20, 2016:<\/strong> Dr. Abdel Qader Mohamed, Vice President of Aswan University and Head of the University&#039;s Anti-Corruption Committee, confirmed that there is a tendency to establish a permanent headquarters for combating corruption at the university, through subcommittees, which is a preventive rather than judicial measure, hinting that his role is to educate and raise awareness of all existing mechanisms represented in workshops A work that will be held in a practical rather than theoretical manner, so that the members of the subcommittees gain experience in curbing the phenomenon of corruption.<\/li>\n<li><strong>July 21, 2016: <\/strong>Suzy appealed to a member of the House of Representatives that a member of the local council should have the power to withdraw confidence from local executives, and that the local law include this, just as members of the House of Representatives have the right to question ministers and withdraw confidence from them, and she explained that responsibility without an account leads to corruption.<\/li>\n<li><strong>July 24, 2016:<\/strong> Moataz Mahmoud, head of the Parliament&#039;s Housing Committee, announced the formation of a committee consisting of some members to uncover the extent of corruption in the urban communities system, and the ministry in general, according to the report of the Central Auditing Organization, in order to find out the truth about the extent of corruption.<\/li>\n<li><strong>July 25, 2016: <\/strong>Counselor Ali Muhammad Rizk, Head of the Administrative Prosecution Authority, received Counselor Hossam Abdel Rahim, Minister of Justice, to congratulate him on assuming the presidency of the Administrative Prosecution Authority. During the meeting, Rizk confirmed that the members of the Administrative Prosecution had performed their role in combating financial and administrative corruption to the fullest extent.<\/li>\n<li><strong>July 25, 2016: <\/strong>Dr. Khaled Hanafi, Minister of Supply and Internal Trade, said that he takes the corruption crisis in the wheat supply files very seriously, and takes great care of it, despite his confidence that there is no significant waste of public money, with regard to the wheat sector.<\/li>\n<li><strong>July 27, 2016: <\/strong>Magda Nasrallah, a member of the Education Committee in the House of Representatives, threatened to withdraw confidence from the government of Dr. Sherif Ismail and topple it in the event that it did not comply with the implementation of what the parliament recommended to confront the high school crises that recently erupted before the results were announced due to the existence of the system of corruption for a long time, describing the Egyptian educational system as a failure It is not completely proportional to the era in which we live and with the global rate of progress.<\/li>\n<li><strong>July 28, 2016: <\/strong>Dr. Khaled Hanafi, Minister of Supply, confirmed that the total deficit in wheat, through the records written by the ministry&#039;s committees and &quot;fact-finding&quot;, does not exceed 4% of the total resource and not 50%, or about 230 thousand tons out of 5 million tons, estimated at 644 million pounds. These numbers are approximate, and he added, \u201cAnd no pounds in them are going to the country, because there are remaining dues for suppliers estimated at about one and a half billion pounds, and those who have a dispute in liquidation are obligated according to the contract financially and criminally to pay the difference with a fine estimated by the Supply Commodities Authority, meaning if there is a difference of 500 One million pounds will be paid 750 million, and there is an insurance policy against breach of trust of 5 billion pounds.<\/li>\n<li><strong>July 30, 2016<\/strong> Sources confirmed that the Public Prosecution began its investigations into the corruption of the wheat system and ordered a number of silos and wheat storage officials to be summoned to investigate them about the embezzlement in the size of the wheat stocks. The prosecution also ordered the formation of technical committees to examine and review the silo files, preserve all documents and files, and place heavy security on Silos and shawn, in which tampering and embezzlement was proven, after it became clear that there were attempts by officials to legalize the situation through attempts to restore the percentage of wheat stocks that had been misappropriated, and the prosecution also ordered the monitoring agencies to quickly investigate corruption incidents.<\/li>\n<li><strong>July 31, 2016:<\/strong> Prime Minister Sherif Ismail held a meeting of the Anti-Corruption Coordination Committee and some ministers and representatives of the supervisory agencies, where he praised Egypt&#039;s progress in the anti-corruption index, according to what was announced by Transparency International, where it ranked 84, and stressed that the state will not allow any corruption practices to be passed on to the next generation. It will face these practices in a decisive and deterrent manner, indicating that this requires tougher penalties, the application of prompt justice, and the observance of the principles of transparency in all government dealings, chief among them the recruitment competitions in the state, and the automation of government services.<br \/>\n<strong>\u00a0General features of corruption incidents during July 2016:<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong><u>First: Distribution of corruption incidents according to sectors: <\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1536 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/pfort.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/\u062a\u0648\u0632\u064a\u0639-\u0648\u0642\u0627\u0626\u0639-\u0627\u0644\u0641\u0633\u0627\u062f-\u0648\u0641\u0642\u0644-\u0644\u0644\u0642\u0637\u0627\u0639\u0627\u062a-\u0623\u063a\u0633\u0637\u0633-2016-300x163.png\" alt=\"Distribution of corruption incidents and sectors, August 2016\" width=\"539\" height=\"293\" data-wp-pid=\"1536\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pfort.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/\u062a\u0648\u0632\u064a\u0639-\u0648\u0642\u0627\u0626\u0639-\u0627\u0644\u0641\u0633\u0627\u062f-\u0648\u0641\u0642\u0644-\u0644\u0644\u0642\u0637\u0627\u0639\u0627\u062a-\u0623\u063a\u0633\u0637\u0633-2016-300x163.png 300w, https:\/\/pfort.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/\u062a\u0648\u0632\u064a\u0639-\u0648\u0642\u0627\u0626\u0639-\u0627\u0644\u0641\u0633\u0627\u062f-\u0648\u0641\u0642\u0644-\u0644\u0644\u0642\u0637\u0627\u0639\u0627\u062a-\u0623\u063a\u0633\u0637\u0633-2016.png 688w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 539px) 100vw, 539px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The previous data indicate that the Ministry of Supply still ranks first among corruption incidents with a score of 15 out of a total of 64 corruption incidents during the month of July 2016, followed by the Ministry of Agriculture with 10 incidents of corruption, followed by the local sector with 9 incidents, followed by the health sector with 8 incidents of corruption. The Ministry of Electricity and Justice come with 3 incidents for each of them, after that comes the Ministry of Interior, the Ministry of Education and the Ministry of Housing with two incidents of corruption for each of them, then comes the Ministry of Trade and Industry, the Ministry of Environment, the Ministry of Irrigation and Water Resources, the Radio and Television Union and Investment, the Presidency Institution, the Prime Ministry, the Ministry of Communications and Information Technology, the regulatory agencies, and the Ministry of Culture with only one incident out of a total of 64 corruption incidents during the month of July 2016.<\/p>\n<p><strong><u>\u00a0Second: Distribution of corruption incidents according to the position of the case: <\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1537 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/pfort.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/\u062a\u0648\u0632\u064a\u0639-\u0648\u0642\u0627\u0626\u0639-\u0627\u0644\u0641\u0633\u0627\u062f-\u0648\u0641\u0642\u0627-\u0644\u0645\u0648\u0642\u0641-\u0627\u0644\u0642\u0636\u064a\u0629-\u0623\u063a\u0633\u0637\u0633-2016-300x223.png\" alt=\"Distribution of corruption facts according to the case&#039;s position, August 2016\" width=\"557\" height=\"414\" data-wp-pid=\"1537\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pfort.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/\u062a\u0648\u0632\u064a\u0639-\u0648\u0642\u0627\u0626\u0639-\u0627\u0644\u0641\u0633\u0627\u062f-\u0648\u0641\u0642\u0627-\u0644\u0645\u0648\u0642\u0641-\u0627\u0644\u0642\u0636\u064a\u0629-\u0623\u063a\u0633\u0637\u0633-2016-300x223.png 300w, https:\/\/pfort.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/\u062a\u0648\u0632\u064a\u0639-\u0648\u0642\u0627\u0626\u0639-\u0627\u0644\u0641\u0633\u0627\u062f-\u0648\u0641\u0642\u0627-\u0644\u0645\u0648\u0642\u0641-\u0627\u0644\u0642\u0636\u064a\u0629-\u0623\u063a\u0633\u0637\u0633-2016-80x60.png 80w, https:\/\/pfort.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/\u062a\u0648\u0632\u064a\u0639-\u0648\u0642\u0627\u0626\u0639-\u0627\u0644\u0641\u0633\u0627\u062f-\u0648\u0641\u0642\u0627-\u0644\u0645\u0648\u0642\u0641-\u0627\u0644\u0642\u0636\u064a\u0629-\u0623\u063a\u0633\u0637\u0633-2016.png 628w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 557px) 100vw, 557px\" \/><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Previous data indicate that <\/strong>The incidents under investigation came first among the corruption incidents during July 2016, where the largest percentage was recorded at 66 % out of a total of 64 incidents, followed by the cases under trial with 11 %, then the incidents that were not investigated came with a score of 17 %. Ranking last with 6% percentage of total facts.<\/p>\n<p><strong><u>Third: The distribution of corruption incidents according to the governorates: <\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1538 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/pfort.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/\u062a\u0648\u0632\u064a\u0639-\u0648\u0642\u0627\u0626\u0639-\u0627\u0644\u0641\u0633\u0627\u062f-\u0648\u0641\u0642\u0627-\u0644\u0644\u0645\u062d\u0627\u0641\u0638\u0627\u062a-\u0623\u063a\u0633\u0637\u0633-2016-300x155.png\" alt=\"Distribution of corruption incidents according to the governorates, August 2016\" width=\"552\" height=\"285\" data-wp-pid=\"1538\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pfort.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/\u062a\u0648\u0632\u064a\u0639-\u0648\u0642\u0627\u0626\u0639-\u0627\u0644\u0641\u0633\u0627\u062f-\u0648\u0641\u0642\u0627-\u0644\u0644\u0645\u062d\u0627\u0641\u0638\u0627\u062a-\u0623\u063a\u0633\u0637\u0633-2016-300x155.png 300w, https:\/\/pfort.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/\u062a\u0648\u0632\u064a\u0639-\u0648\u0642\u0627\u0626\u0639-\u0627\u0644\u0641\u0633\u0627\u062f-\u0648\u0641\u0642\u0627-\u0644\u0644\u0645\u062d\u0627\u0641\u0638\u0627\u062a-\u0623\u063a\u0633\u0637\u0633-2016.png 664w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 552px) 100vw, 552px\" \/><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Cairo governorate still occupies the largest share of corruption incidents during the month of July 2016 due to the concentration of administrative headquarters in it, where it received 23 corruption incidents, followed by Sharkia governorate with 5 incidents of corruption, followed by Minya and Sohag governorates with 4 incidents for each of them, followed by Alexandria and Qena, Gharbia and Dakahlia with 3 incidents of corruption, then Qaliubiya, Beheira, Giza and Ismailia governorates come with a score of two for each of them, and Fayoum, Assiut, Port Said, Qalyubia, Menoufia, Aswan, Kafr El Sheikh and Luxor come in last place with only one incident. During the month of July 2016.<\/p>\n<p><strong><u><br \/>\n<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><u>Incidents of corruption that were detected during<\/u><\/strong> <strong><u>July 2016: <\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Seized the head of the catering office on charges of seizing support funds. (2 July 2016 - News Portal)<\/li>\n<li>Renewing the detention of the Minister of Health\u2019s advisor and his personal secretary, for 15 days, pending investigation into their accusations of taking a bribe. (July 2, 2016 - Al-Bawaba News)<\/li>\n<li>Journalist Mohamed Moussa revealed that the Minister of Supply, Dr. Khaled Hanafi, spends annual bonuses amounting to 289 thousand Egyptian pounds annually on personal guards, which is a waste of public money (2 July 2016 - Al-Bashaer)<\/li>\n<li>The Supply Investigator in Alexandria arrested an official in the Supply Directorate in Frankincense who seized 2000 cards to sell for his own account (July 2, 2016 - Vito)<\/li>\n<li>Renewal of the detention of the security director of the Cairo Governorate Bureau for 15 days on charges of taking bribes and exploiting influence. (July 3, 2016 - The Seventh Day)<\/li>\n<li>The arrest of the head of a supply office and the owner of a store who seized the support money in Cairo (3 July 2016 - Al Youm Al Sabea)<\/li>\n<li>Referring officials of the Directorate of Education in Fayoum Governorate to trial after they are proven to have committed gross financial and administrative violations (July 5, 2016 - Veto).<\/li>\n<li>The removal of 8 cases of encroachment on agricultural lands in Assiut (July 9, 2016 - Vito)<\/li>\n<li>A gas station director seized 24,000 liters of petroleum products in Kafr Shukr (July 9, 2016 - Vito)<\/li>\n<li>22 cases before the Administrative Prosecution in Minya, representing the total financial and administrative violations that the Planning Department of the Village Council faces, represented in fraud, embezzlement, bribes, theft of custody and equipment, seizure of state property, drug use inside labor offices, fabrication of cases (July 10, 2016 - Al-Alternative).<\/li>\n<li>5-year maximum imprisonment for an officer and a police secretary for stealing money from a citizen under duress. (July 10, 2016 - The Seventh Day)<\/li>\n<li>The report of the General Administration of Field Follow-up and Control at the Ministry of Agriculture in Qena Governorate revealed that 3 facilities in the city of Naga Hammadi have stopped working since their establishment in 2011 due to licenses, which is considered a waste of public money. (10 July 2016 - Al-Ahram)<\/li>\n<li>The Administrative Prosecution referred each of the Undersecretary of the Ministry of Industry and Trade and 3 others to disciplinary proceedings, for committing serious financial and administrative violations that led to the theft of a government car. (July 10, 2016 - Echo Country)<\/li>\n<li>The head of a catering office in Al-Zawiya Al-Hamra and a grocery store owner were arrested for seizing support money (July 10, 2016 - the seventh day)<\/li>\n<li>The Public Funds Investigation Department in the West revealed a major corruption incident represented in allocating agricultural lands for the purpose of establishing investment projects, as those decisions were exploited to divert areas of land to convert them into built land and sell them to achieve financial profits by circumventing the law. (10 July 2016 - Al Shorouk)<\/li>\n<li>Referring 7 officials of the Environmental Affairs Agency to trial after it was proven that they had tampered with the lists of workers borrowed from banks and seized public money (11 July 2016 - Veto)<\/li>\n<li>Removing 19 encroachments on agricultural lands in Sharqia (July 11, 2016 - Vito)<\/li>\n<li>\u201cSharara Village\u201d hospital affiliated to the local unit in Al-Husseinyeh Center, a frequent picture of the waste of public money and lack of follow-up by government officials and the Ministry of Health, despite spending more than 10 million in its establishment in a period of 17 years, it has not yet started work. (July 11, 2016 - Vito)<\/li>\n<li>The Public Prosecution in Alexandria is investigating the former head of Sharq district on charges of taking a bribe. (11 July 2016 - Al Bawaba News)<\/li>\n<li>The Ibrahimiyyah Prosecution Office has launched an investigation into the misappropriation of 1,400 tons of wheat in Bashouneh Al-Shaheedi in Al-Ibrahimiyyah (11 July 2016 - Al-Bawaba News)<\/li>\n<li>Referral of each of the head of the East Mansoura neighborhood and 6 of his assistants for investigation, accusing them of failing to work to stop the construction of a tower that violates the building (12 July 2016 - Al-Watan)<\/li>\n<li>Referral of the Gharbia health agent and 4 others to the prosecution for seizing one million pounds in rewards from the Health Improvement Center fund, which is a waste of public money. (14 July 2016 - Al-Youm Al-Sabea)<\/li>\n<li>The Attorney General decided to imprison the owners of silos, the owners of Shun, and the members of the committee overseeing the receipt of wheat, who were found guilty of crimes of manipulation in the supply of local quantities of wheat, and the seizure of public money by manipulating wheat silos (July 14, 2016 - Al-Ahram Al-Zeraei).<\/li>\n<li>Dismissal of the director in charge of the Nile Corniche in Qena city due to financial corruption, irregularities, negligence, and poor service provision (15 July 2016 - Veto)<\/li>\n<li>The Parliament&#039;s Fact-Finding Committee reveals manipulation of quantities and tax evasion in a silo in Sharkia, a final inspection reveals the existence of a fake stock of 3,700 tons at 10.5 million pounds. (July 16, 2016 - Parliament)<\/li>\n<li>A member of the General Syndicate of Physicians submitted a memorandum to Parliament accusing &quot;Health&quot; of wasting 156 million pounds in establishing and rebuilding health facilities, and then the Minister announced the privatization of those facilities. (July 17, 2016 - Al-Ahram)<\/li>\n<li>The Central Cairo Prosecutor&#039;s Office has expedited the report of the Radio and Television Union in the documents and recordings submitted by the Prosecution in an incident where Brigadier General Mustafa Hussein, Director of Security of the Cairo Governorate Bureau received a financial bribe and the abuse of influence. (17 July 2016 - Al Bawaba News)<\/li>\n<li>The Disciplinary Court in Sohag decided to allow Musharraf in the East Sohag district to suspend him for 6 months from work, for having received a bribe from a citizen to appoint him at the governorate\u2019s general office (17 July 2016 - Al-Wafd)<\/li>\n<li>Submit a complaint to the Supreme Public Funds Prosecution against the Minister of Supply and the Smart Company responsible for issuing ration cards, accusing him of facilitating the seizure of one billion pounds of state funds. (July 18, 2016 - Al Bawaba News)<\/li>\n<li>Referral of a general manager in Cairo governorate and 3 engineers in Dar Al-Salam neighborhood to trial after it was proven that they were out of duty and committed grave financial and administrative violations (July 18, 2016 - Veto)<\/li>\n<li>The CAO report revealed that the Egyptian Electricity Transmission Company caused a waste of public money in the amount of 850,000 EGP as rewards to the Egyptian Electricity Holding Company (19 July 2016 - Al-Wafd)<\/li>\n<li>The seizure of 1200 kilograms of subsidized agricultural pesticides before selling them on the black market in Kafr El-Zayat (July 19, 2016 - the seventh day)<\/li>\n<li>The delegation of the Truth Commission in Parliament in the Beheira revealed the moment it entered the silo that some documents for the years 2015 and 2016 were hidden, which prove the involvement of the silo owners in incidents of waste of public money exceeding 150 million pounds, and these documents were represented in the suppliers&#039; lists, the actual entry permits, and the actual electronic balance cards. Electronic truck scale before the arrival of the committee. (July 19, 2016 - Parliament)<\/li>\n<li>A petrol station owner seized 50,000 liters of petroleum products, which he sold on the black market in Old Cairo (July 19, 2016 - Al-Youm Al-Sabea)<\/li>\n<li>The General Administration of Environment and Surface Police removed 44 counting cases on the Nile River (July 20, 2016 - Vito)<\/li>\n<li>The governor of Dakahlia referred those responsible for stopping the operations apparatus at Gamasa Hospital for more than three months without taking advantage of the investigation on charges of wasting public money. (20 July 2016 - Journal)<\/li>\n<li>The Eastern Health Directorate detected violations of 26 filters for expired dialysis machines inside a private hospital in Zagazig. (July 21, 2016 - Al-Bawaba News)<\/li>\n<li>Seizing a gang formation consisting of five individuals, including two employees of the Real Estate Registry, who managed to forge contracts for the sale of about 118 feddans in the New Ikhmim city in Sohag, and they were referred to the prosecution (July 21, 2016 - Al Mal).<\/li>\n<li>Damanhour Criminal Court has decided to postpone the trial of the former chief of Al-Buhaira Electricity in waste of public money to 17 September. (July 21, 2016 - The Journal)<\/li>\n<li>Removing 14 cases of encroachment on an area of three thousand meters in Qalyubia (July 21, 2016 - Vito)<\/li>\n<li>10 thousand gas cylinders were seized before they were sold on the black market in Sohag. (July 22, 2016 - Vito)<\/li>\n<li>Administrative control agencies have arrested the vice president of the Canal Electricity Company and accountable at the Bureau for their involvement in a major bribery case (July 22, 2016 - veto)<\/li>\n<li>The Administrative Prosecution Authority issued an administrative decision to suspend the director general of the Egyptian Wholesale Trade Company, against the background of accusing him of exploiting his position in selling strategic sugar, converting it into free sugar and selling it on the black market. (July 22, 2016 - Vito)<\/li>\n<li>The Governor of Port Said revealed the Minister of Justice\u2019s decision to assign 12 judges to investigate construction and organizational violations in the Engineering Department in the East District (July 22, 2016 - Al-Ahram Al-Masai)<\/li>\n<li>Documents revealed that Dr. Essam Fayed, Minister of Agriculture, appointed two leaderships in the Reconstruction Authority, one of which was assigned to the Supreme Disciplinary Court and the other an organizational leader in the Brotherhood, according to security reports (July 22, 2016 - Al Bawaba News)<\/li>\n<li>Seizing 7.5 tons of subsidized fertilizer before it was sold on the black market in Minya (July 24, 2016 - Al-Bawaba News)<\/li>\n<li>The Ministry of Justice referred a Director General of the Financial Supervisory Authority to the Supreme Disciplinary Court after it was proven that he committed gross financial and administrative violations (July 23, 2016 - Veto).<\/li>\n<li>Referring 5 officials in the Directorate of Education in Qena Governorate to disciplinary trial, accusing them of interruption from work and unlawful appropriation of public funds. (July 24, 2016 - Vito)<\/li>\n<li>The Supreme Disciplinary Court ruled that 5 officials of the Voice of Cairo Company for Audio and Visuals affiliated to the Radio and Television Union were found guilty of committing grave financial and administrative violations that resulted in the loss and seizure of public money. (24 July 2016 - Veto)<\/li>\n<li>Removing 21 cases of building violations on agricultural lands in Menoufia (26 July 2016 - Al-Bawaba News)<\/li>\n<li>A complaint has been submitted to the Public Prosecutor and the Supreme Public Funds Prosecution, accusing Ahmed Zaki Badr, Minister of Local Development, and Muhammad Abdel Zahir, Governor of Alexandria, of wasting public money to sell state lands to an investor of circumventing the law. (26 July 2016 - Al Wafd)<\/li>\n<li>The trial of Zakaria Azmy, former chief of the Presidency of the Republic, on charges of graft and illegally making huge fortunes for graft experts postponed to the September 29 session to discuss the experts who drafted the report. (26 July 2016 - Al Bawaba News)<\/li>\n<li>The waste of public money in the health unit in the village of Balana in Aswan Governorate, where nearly 5 million were spent to develop it, but negligence and failure of officials led to the destruction of medical devices and the spread of garbage inside them. (26 July 2016 - Al-Wafd)<\/li>\n<li>Renewal of the detention of a guardian in the Traffic Court for 15 days pending an investigation into his request for a financial bribe from citizens for allegedly being able to reduce the amounts of traffic violations. (27 July 2016 - Al-Bawaba News)<\/li>\n<li>Stopping the lifting of the ban on the funds of former Prime Minister Ahmed Nazif despite his acquittal in the cases of illicit gain, so that the Public Prosecution received a report from the Administrative Prosecution accusing him of participating with the then Minister of Finance Youssef Boutros Ghali in the largest case of financial and administrative corruption within the National Authority for Social Insurance in which they wasted hundreds of millions From the funds of widows, orphans, the elderly and the injured. (July 28, 2016 - Al Bawaba News)<\/li>\n<li>The arrest of a postal employee for embezzling 366,000 pounds from savings accounts in Minya (28 July 2016 - Al-Bawaba News)<\/li>\n<li>Seizing 16 ration cases in Sohag, which varied between manipulating bread dispensing machines and selling subsidized flour on the black market. (July 27, 2016 - Vito)<\/li>\n<li>The New Cairo Misdemeanor Court decided to imprison the former head of the accounting system, Counselor Hisham Geneina, with a bond of 10 thousand pounds to cancel the imprisonment and a fine of 20 thousand pounds, and to refer the civil case to the competent court. (28 July 2016 - Al-Shorouk)<\/li>\n<li>Parliamentarian Ghada Saqr will present a statement to the Speaker of Parliament to direct the Prime Minister and the Minister of Culture regarding the financial and administrative irregularities in the restoration of the Mansoura Palace of Culture, which is considered corruption and a waste of public money. (29 July 2016 - Parliament)<\/li>\n<li>Arresting two bakery owners in Kafr El Sheikh for tampering with the cards for dispensing bread rations to citizens (July 29, 2016 - Al-Wafd)<\/li>\n<li>Journalist Muhammad Musa revealed a corruption case in one of the villages of Minya Governorate, by selling 5 acres of agricultural reform, estimated at 50 million pounds, for a very small fee (July 29, 2016 - Al-Bawaba News)<\/li>\n<li>Representative Alaa Wali, a member of the Parliament&#039;s Housing Committee, submitted a request to the Speaker of Parliament for a briefing to the Minister of Housing, Utilities and Urban Communities regarding the waste of 36 million pounds of public money, as the ministry resold an area of 24 acres at a price of 110 pounds per square meter for the cooperative housing association for workers of the Sumed Petroleum Pipeline Company in 2005. At the same price in 1996 (July 30, 2016 - Al-Watan)<\/li>\n<li>The Minister of Health accused Qurna Hospital officials of wasting public money, as 5 million were paid to appoint doctors and perform maintenance, and nothing was implemented (July 30, 2016 - Show)<\/li>\n<li>A report issued by the Central Auditing Organization for the fiscal year ending 2015 revealed a waste of 365 billion pounds in the units and equipment of the Urban Communities Authority, which prompted the Parliament&#039;s Housing Committee to form a committee to examine these violations. 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