Fighting corruption beyond the 60 days

The much touted 60-day deadline to deal with 175 corruption cases, imposed by the President, lapsed two weeks ago. Of the 124 cases listed in the Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission report presented to Parliament by the President in March 2015, investigations had been concluded in 56 cases by the deadline date.

From a political perspective the President's gesture to release the EACC report dubbed the 'list of shame' may have been tactical, but the list was not comprehensive – several cases already in the public domain were not listed. EACC requested 30 more days to conclude investigations on 68 pending cases.