Corruption Prevention in Supply Chain Management Program Offered at National Integrity Academy

The National Integrity Academy (NIAca) held the first Supply Chain Management Course for twenty-three (23) county procurement officers drawn from Ten (10) counties. The training was held from 16th – 20th December, 2019 at the Travellers Beach Resort, Mombasa.

The hosting of the workshop was informed by the fact that corruption has become endemic in Kenya. This cancerous economic disease has affected investor confidence, service delivery, professionalism, tourism and security among other facets of our individual and collective lives.

Evidence based on findings of the National Ethics and Corruption Surveys conducted by the Commission annually suggests that corruption, unethical practices and other malpractices are taking root and increasing with the uptake and spread of devolved services and devolved functions at the County level in Kenya. These levels of corruption have resulted in County underdevelopment, poor service delivery at the counties, poor road construction, budget deficits, denial of public participation in project selection and budgeting process, unfair recruitment process, hampering service delivery as public funds are embezzled, widened gap between the rich and the poor and enormous loss of Government funds.

The aim of the Corruption Prevention in Supply Chain Management training is to equip the participants with knowledge,
skills and attitudes on ethics, integrity and anti-corruption
competencies required to promote integrity in public procurement.

The
training also aims at providing participants with a clear understanding
of how to recognize, reduce and detect corrupt behaviour and unethical
conduct in public procurement, and to increase awareness of the
importance of ethical conduct throughout the procurement process.

The establishment of the National Integrity Academy by the Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission (EACC) stems from Commission’s mandate to combat and prevent corruption, economic crime and unethical practices as stipulated in Sections 11 and 13 of the EACC Act, 2011. In addition, Section 53 of the Leadership and Integrity Act, ... read more