DODOMA, July 31 -- DIRECTOR General of the Prevention and Combating of Corruption Bureau (PCCB), Mr Crispin Chalamila has said the lack of ethics at the family level is the root cause of the widespread corruption observed among government officials and in other sectors.

To address the matter, the anti-corruption watchdog czar has called on the institutional ethics oversight bodies and professional ethics regulatory authorities to explore and deliberate comprehensively on the issue of ethical erosion and jointly formulate strategies that will enable us to curb corrupt practices within the public service.

Officiating a two-day working session on experience and information sharing between institutional ethics oversight bodies and professio...