Corruption Perception Index 2020, Performance of EAAACA member Countries.

(Transparency International CPI Report 2020.)

The CPI aggregates data from a number of different sources that provide perceptions
among business-people and country experts of the level of corruption in the public
sector.
The table below shows how EAAACA/ARIN-EA member countries performed in the
assessment carried out by Transparency International for the year 2020.

No. Country 2020 2019 2020 2019

Score out of Score out of Rank out of Rank out of
100% 100% 180 countries 180 countries
1. Rwanda 54 53 49 51
2. Tanzania 38 37 94 196
3. Ethiopia 38 37 94 196
4. Kenya 31 28 124 137
5. Djibouti 27 30 142 126
6. Uganda 27 28 142 137
7. Burundi 19 19 165 165
8. South 12 12 179 179
Sudan

According to Transparency International research, across the region the

COVID-19 pandemic highlights structural in national health care
systems, corruption risks associated with public procurement and
the misappropriation of emergency funds.
More generally, bribery continues to impede access to basic services. In
2019, the Global Corruption Barometer – revealed that more than
one out of four people – or approximately 130 million citizens in the 35
African countries surveyed – paid a bribe to access essential public
services, like health care.
Unless these corruption challenges are addressed, many countries in
Sub-Saharan Africa risk
come 2030.
Recommendations by Transparency International.
To reverse the region’s position as the worst performing on the CPI,
governments in Eastern Africa must take decisive action, particularly in
those economies already weakened by the ongoing economic recession
stemming from COVID-19.
Rather than add pledges, countries must enforce numerous existing anti-
corruption commitments, including Agenda 2063, the transformative
agenda of the African Union for inclusive growth and sustainable
development.
These commitments can only be successfully realized if the continent is
rooted in good governance, democratic values, gender equality, respect
for human rights, justice and the rule of law.