6. The Rwandan Context

Corruption is a problem that exists all over the world. No country is immune from its consequences. Corruption occurs in all countries, regardless of whether they are rich or poor, dictatorships or democracies, socialist or capitalist (McLaughlin 2013). Rwanda is facing this problem too. In its overview of corruption in Rwanda, the U4 Anti-corruption resource centre (2011) says that various governance indicators indicate that Rwanda performs relatively well in terms of control of corruption, compared to many African countries. The country has also achieved significant progress over the last years in terms of government effectiveness and transparency of the regulatory framework. In spite of these efforts, corruption remains prevalent in the country. Corruption is still considered as one of the major challenges which need to be responded to in order to achieve the country’s development ambitions as stated in its Vision 2020. The government is reported to be conducting a firm fight against corruption and has put a number of measures and institutions in place in order to build a corruption-free country.