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Too big to jail? Why EACC struggles to get multi-billion cases to trial

More than two-thirds of corruption cases forwarded to authorities for prosecution fail to proceed, despite the government regularly highlighting its commitment to fight graft.

The latest report from the Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission (EACC) indicates that out of 52 cases forwarded to the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions (ODPP) between July and September 2019, only one has been brought before the courts.

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