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EACC Wants Public Servants to Declare Wealth

Public and state officers must declare their wealth or quit, the Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission has said.

EACC chief executive officer Twalib Mbarak such declarations are important in the fight against corruption.

Mbarak spoke at a workshop in Nairobi to validate administrative procedures on declaration of income, assets and liabilities.

He said the workshop is part of strategies the commission has put in place to fight corruption in the national and county governments.

The EACC boss said the commission faces a lot of resistance from corrupt individuals who try to implicate the commissioners as they carry out their duties.

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