Finance minister vows to fight corruption

Somalia’s finance minister, Abdirahaman Bayle on Saturday said his ministry would adopt a zero-tolerance policy towards corruption.

The minister pledged at the handing over ceremony in Mogadishu, the new finance minister pledged to fight corruption in his ministry and promote effective service delivery.

“I will not tolerate acts of corruption and dishonesty,” said Bayle.

Prime Minister Hassan Ali Kheire who attended the handover ceremony held at the Finance ministry, promised that his government would tackle corruption.

“I and the president will never accept public property embezzlement, and we will crusade against those involving corruption,” he said. “Where there is a corruption, there will never be an achievement.”

For nearly two decades, Somalia has been among the world’s most corrupt countries and on the top of the list of the corruption watchdog Transparency International.