The chairperson of Transparency International Rwanda (TIR), Ms Ingabire Marie Immaculeé has said that it is a lame excuse for people to attribute corruption to poverty levels as the former is an immoral not economically activated.
Ingabire made the observation yesterday as TIR presented the status of measures taken against corruption tendencies in 2016.
“Allow me to say that we should not do immoral practices like prostitution and attribute them to poverty. I would like to let you know that we are all poor in Rwanda; even the government of Rwanda is poor. People should not be involved in malpractices attributing it to poverty, stealing and bribery are outright immoral. There are people whose economic status is below that of corrupt officials but not involved in bribery,” she said.
The Minister of State in charge of Social Affairs and Social Protection in MINALOC,Vincent Munyeshyaka said that people should uphold integrity to deter corruption-related crimes.
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