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Procurement Processes in Fiji and Strategies for Curbing Corruption

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  Joseph Veramu CLCT: Integrity Fiji: Supported by Transparency International In the Financial Year from August 2020 to July 2021, a little more than $1.2 billion will be spent by the Fijian Government on various goods and services. This entails small items being purchased like stationeries to huge projects like the construction of roads and bridges. Like other states globally where so much money changes hands, there are always temptations to succumb to corrupt practices for personal gain. Fbc.news.com reported on 23/5/2020 that the Fiji Independent Commission Against Corruption (FICAC) revealed that more than $1.6 million has been lost due to corruption in the public procurement sector. FICAC cases involving alleged procurement scams make up approximately 18 percent of all their cases. They have 17 cases pending before the court. FICAC is in the process of preparing a comprehensive training program for those involved in public procurement. FICAC notes that it is evident that corru