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March 26, 2007
LUSAKA - Nixon Banda, the Director General of the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC), hosted a reception for a delegation of high-ranking American officials at the Taj Pamodzi Hotel. The event featured a presentation on the progress achieved by the ACC with the support of the Millennium Challenge Account's (MCA) Zambia Threshold Project.
The U.S. delegation is led by Rodney Bent, Deputy CEO of the Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC). He is accompanied by Maureen Harrington, the Vice President of Policy and International Relations for the MCC. Hosted by the U.S. Embassy and the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), Mr. Bent and Ms. Harrington are participating on a three-day tour of Zambia’s MCA Threshold Program.
Mr. Banda and the ACC delegation were joined by members of Zambia’s newly adopted Integrity Committees, which have been initiated by the ACC to lay the foundation for a corruption-free Zambia. Transparency International Zambia and the Zambia Business Forum, representing both civil society and the private sector, were also in attendance.
As a first step in laying the foundation for ethical service delivery, the Integrity Committees have adopted Codes of Ethics. These codes are intended to increase accountability and set internal expectations within the agencies and throughout the Government of Zambia.
With support from the MCA Threshold Project, the ACC and the Integrity Committees will then work on a citizens’ charter, which will set public expectations and commit the government to a higher standard of consistent service.
The MCA Zambia Threshold Project, funded through $22.7
million agreement between the Millennium Challenge Corporation, the Government
of Zambia and USAID, assists the government in preventing corruption in
targeted government institutions, improving public sector service delivery,
and improving border management and facilitating trade.
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