Third of new civil servants yet to declare wealth

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A third of new civil servants are yet to declare their wealth. PHOTO | POOL

A third of new employees that joined the civil service in the year ended June 2022 failed to declare their wealth, blunting the ability of anti-corruption agencies to uncover embezzlement of public resources.

The Public Service Commission (PSC) in its annual report for the period under review says 176 State entities hired 7,567 officers but only 4,885 filed their initial financial disclosures.

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