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April 2006

interview of the month

Kenya's anti-corruption tsar

Transparency International interviews anti-corruption tsar John Githongo on his experience with corruption in Kenya, the values that spurred him to expose corruption at the highest levels of government, and life after blowing the whistle... >> read more

spotlight story

Corruption in Kenya's National AIDS Control Council

HIV/AIDS is one of the biggest challenges facing the health sector in Kenya, and was declared a national disaster in 1999. Today it is estimated that 1.3 million Kenyans are infected, that 300 of those infected die every day, while 250 new people contract HIV/AIDS every day. The National AIDS Control Council (NACC) was established to coordinate the prevention and control of HIV/AIDS, but has been plagued by corruption since its inception. This article combines an excerpt from the Global Corruption Report 2006, which describes the corruption in this institution, with developements since the its publication. >> read more

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Corruption q & a

Simon Channing-Williams talks about producing the film The Constant Gardener: what attracted him to the project, the reaction of the pharmaceutical industry, and how filming in Kenya prompted those involved to set up The Constant Gardener Trust.

The U4 Helpdesk, located at the TI Secretariat in Berlin, provides expert answers to questions regarding corruption. Here they put the relationship between corruption and HIV/AIDS into context.

Anti-Corruption Work Around the World

TI's Advocacy and Legal Advice Centre in Azerbaijan helped to reduce the extortion of bribes from prostitutes paid to police officials and doctors who threaten to charge them with disseminating venereal diseases. >> read more

Relief and reconstruction efforts following disaster situations present a heightened risk of corruption. Transparency International's anti-corruption network focuses on ways to control this risk in Pakistan and Guatemala. >> read more

Elections present a tempting opportunity for corruption through political party finance. Transparency International chapters throughout the Americas use this election year to carefully monitor political finance. >> read more

corruption in the news

The Cole Commission’s investigation of allegations that the Australian Wheat Board paid kickbacks to secure wheat imports to Iraq keeps the United Nations Oil For Food scandal on the international radar. >> read more

In a country where an estimated US$ 200 million is lost to mismanagement and fraud each year, the promise to end corruption helps Hamas win election victory in Palestine. >> read more

The background information necessary to understand the Anglo Leasing scandal in Kenya. >> read more

News from the Anti-Corruption Movement
Reports from Transparency International’s national chapters, members and Secretariat. Click here to read this month's highlights. >> read more

Corruption Quotes
Living Large in Kenya: The $12.5 million that was spent on luxury cars, largely for personal use by top Kenyan officials is enough to pay for eight years of school for 25,000 children. >> read more

Coming Up
APRIL: First Meeting of the Conference of the States Parties to the OAS, WEF in Latin America, Health Day, World Ethics Forum Leadership, K-PACT forum, African Union meeting >> read more