RGS publishes findings on the state of governance in Rwanda. It also serves as a practical tool that drives policy reform in the domain of governance through the identification of areas of improvement and actionable recommendations.
Among eight pillars of the survey, safety and security scored highest at 94.97 % up from 92.62 % in 2016.
Pillar for rule of law scored 83.68 % up from 79.68 % last year while the right and freedom of citizens is at 83.83% up from 81.83%.
Participation and inclusiveness of citizens in government policies scored 76.79 % down from 77.01 % in 2016 while investing in human and social development is rated at 75.55 % up from 74.88% in 2016. Findings rank control of corruption, transparency and accountability at 83.72% down from 86.56%.
Quality of service delivery is at 74.25% up from72.93%, while economic and corporate governance is at 78.04% up from 76.82 %.
Rule of Law pillar is the most improved pillar with an increase of 4%, while the least performing pillar is the quality of service delivery with 74.25%.
RGB announced that what made control of corruption, transparency and accountability pillar to slow down are the low scores of how citizens are satisfied by the way corruption is controlled in local government institutions which is at 60.95% down from 83.5% in 2016. Citizens have also shown that they face corruption when they seek services, among others.
Minister for Justice Johnston Busingye said that before Rwanda embarked on its own governance survey, no one knew where things were done badly or well. He compared it to living without the hope to wake up alive the next day.
He said that it was done by foreigners for their own purposes while the government of Rwanda would take a lot of time explaining itself.
“We were defending ourselves for the research you did not contribute to, and it happened a lot like every three or six months in different institutions.” he said.
However, Busingye noted that since it was introduced, Rwanda Governance Scorecard has been very useful because it enables the country to know what goes wrong or well earlier.
“We have now found our own mirror. It is difficult to look at oneself in other people’s mirror every time. When you have the mirror in your own house, you are able to know the shape of your hair, you get to know everything,” he said.
Indicators of governance in Rwanda are based on information given by Rwandans from all walks of life including citizens, government institutions, non-governmental organizations, researchers and private entities.
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