On Wednesday October 13, 2021, Honorable Chief Ombudsman of Rwanda Madam NIRERE Madeleine, her Deputy in charge of preventing and fighting corruption Hon. Mukama Abbas received in courtesy call Honorable Minister Zoro Epiphane Ballo who led the delegation from the Ministry of Promotion of Good Governance, Capacity Building and Anti-Corruption of the Republic of Côte d'Ivoire.
Their discussions were in line of how Rwanda implemented Rwanda’s Anti-Corruption Policy, the practices and measures which have been put in place by the Government of Rwanda to prevent and fight against corruption.
Chief Ombudsman of Rwanda Honorable NIRERE Madeleine told the Minister Zoro and his delegation that the Government of Rwanda has undertaken a number of Anti-corruption measures and this was coupled with immense political will of zero tolerance to corruption.
She said: “Rwanda is doing well in fighting Corruption and this is the results of the best Leadership of H.E Paul Kagame, the President of the Republic of Rwanda who promoted the policy of zero Tolerance to Corruption”.
Chief Ombudsman  added that the Office of The Ombudsman did tremendous activities include but not limited to strengthen an annual anti -corruption campaign to promote public participation, awareness and ownership, identify and promote national values as core values for society, train and sensitize different categories of citizen on the evils of corruption, develop special awareness program for anti-corruption clubs in secondary, higher Institutions of learning and other youth clubs in local administration, decentralize the National Anticorruption Advisory Council up to the sector and cell level and build anti-corruption awareness program of its member etc.
Honorable Minister Zoro Epiphane Ballo, and his delegation appreciated the great work done by the Office of The Ombudsman.
The delegation commended the best practices learned from Rwanda’s experience especially Strategies and Measures taken by the Rwanda Government to prevent and fight against corruption.