Assessing the Settlement of Laws Related to Corruption: Tanzania
RESEARCH PROPOSAL
1. INTRODUCTION
This paper is critically assess the settlement of the laws related to the corruption. Corruption at this context simply means misuse of public office for private gain.
According to Black law dictionary [1] corruption means the act of doing something with an intent to give some advantage inconsistent with official duty and the rights of others
Now are the Tanzanian laws settled to ensure that there is free corrupt society so that to create better environment and good governance in the public offices in Tanzania
1.1BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY
There are many unsolved problem in Tanzania , but the issue of upsurge of corruption is troubling. The notion of the fight against corruption in Tanzania can be traced from the colonial era whereby during the the colonial time several legislations was enacted to combat the corrupt practises which existed then. Among other things legislations enacted to combat corruption include the penal code of 1938[2] , the second peanl code of 1945 and prevention of corruption ordinance (PCO) of 1958
The 1958 ordinance re enacted and expanded corruption offences that was contained in the penal codes
Soon after independence in 1961 the new Tanganyika government had no any other law which could be used to combat corruption which insteady adopted the prevention of corruption ordinance of 1958 to continue the fight against corruption
In may 1971 the prevention of corruption ordinances was repealed and replaced by prevention of corruption Act (PCA) which later on led to the establishment of the anti- corruption squad (ACS) of 1974 due to the amendment of tha Act
Anti- corruption squad changed its name to Prevention of Corruption Bureau (PCB) the changes which resulted from the amendment of the prevention of corruption Act (PCA) of 1991 and those changes led to the establishment of its offices at the rigional level and even district level which
1. INTRODUCTION
This paper is critically assess the settlement of the laws related to the corruption. Corruption at this context simply means misuse of public office for private gain.
According to Black law dictionary [1] corruption means the act of doing something with an intent to give some advantage inconsistent with official duty and the rights of others
Now are the Tanzanian laws settled to ensure that there is free corrupt society so that to create better environment and good governance in the public offices in Tanzania
1.1BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY
There are many unsolved problem in Tanzania , but the issue of upsurge of corruption is troubling. The notion of the fight against corruption in Tanzania can be traced from the colonial era whereby during the the colonial time several legislations was enacted to combat the corrupt practises which existed then. Among other things legislations enacted to combat corruption include the penal code of 1938[2] , the second peanl code of 1945 and prevention of corruption ordinance (PCO) of 1958
The 1958 ordinance re enacted and expanded corruption offences that was contained in the penal codes
Soon after independence in 1961 the new Tanganyika government had no any other law which could be used to combat corruption which insteady adopted the prevention of corruption ordinance of 1958 to continue the fight against corruption
In may 1971 the prevention of corruption ordinances was repealed and replaced by prevention of corruption Act (PCA) which later on led to the establishment of the anti- corruption squad (ACS) of 1974 due to the amendment of tha Act
Anti- corruption squad changed its name to Prevention of Corruption Bureau (PCB) the changes which resulted from the amendment of the prevention of corruption Act (PCA) of 1991 and those changes led to the establishment of its offices at the rigional level and even district level which