Anti-corruption agency probes queries from Auditor General’s report

She noted that the 2025 Auditor General Report had highlighted a reduction in unresolved audit findings from 33 in 2024 to 27 at the conclusion of the 2025 audits.

“While this reduction is encouraging, the reported figures underscore the continued need for strengthened efforts to address financial crimes and safeguard the country’s financial and economic systems,” Chabu said.

“To the Commission, this reduction is an encouraging development and a positive indication that collective efforts by law enforcement agencies and other stakeholders to combat corruption are making progress,” she stated.

She also acknowledged a reported reduction in suspected illicit financial flows from US$3.5 billion in 2024 to US$1.8 billion in 2025.

Chabu said five individuals, including the Chama District Board Secretary and bank officials, had been arrested for alleged corrupt practices relating to the handling of funds under the school feeding programme.

She said the reduction in suspected illicit financial flows demonstrated the importance of sustained enforcement, stronger institutional controls and increased public awareness in addressing corruption and related financial crimes.

“As an investigative institution, the Commission is required to conduct thorough investigations, establish the facts and gather sufficient evidence before taking appropriate action in accordance with the law,” Chabu said.

She further disclosed that the Commission had received six corruption-related cases from the Financial Intelligence Centre in 2025. Of these, one case involving more than K2 million had been concluded, while the remaining five were still under investigation.

Chabu said follow-up investigations into such reports had previously resulted in arrests and prosecutions.

She cautioned against the misconception that anyone named in an audit or financial intelligence report was automatically guilty of corruption, emphasising the need for investigations to establish wrongdoing before appropriate legal action could be taken.

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