The National Anti-Corruption Commission (Nazaha) has launched an extensive media campaign to curb the practice of using government vehicles for personal errands. We thank Nazaha for such campaign but we also say, is this the only corruption it has noticed? I feel like the campaign was not launched to fight real corruption. It seems that Nazaha's work is limited to showing us corruption only. I read Nazaha's information department's response regarding the faltering housing project in Al-Jaouf, which the media said had not been implemented for two years now. In its response, Nazaha focused on the value of the project. I think the value is not important here. Whether it is in millions or billions, the value is irrelevant. Nazaha should have focused on the causes of the delay and the failure of implementation. It should have revealed the truth to the general public. In fact, Nazaha does not focus on real corruption in some government agencies. Anyone who has read about its campaign against the use of government vehicles for personal reasons will realize that it has limited itself to this practice only. A few governmental officials said the Kingdom was not the only country with faltering projects, other countries had the same problem too. This is not true. Anyone who reads the local press realizes that Nazaha only focuses on corruption in remote projects such as a hospital or a polyclinic in a distant village. We have not read or heard that Nazaha has played a role in monitoring mega projects in main cities. The question that poses itself is this: is there something wrong with Nazaha's authorities? Is it just an authority that monitors projects and refers corruption cases to pertinent authorities? Is there something wrong with Nazaha's system? If Nazaha's role is to discover corruption in our institutions, I think printed newspapers and e-news play a more effective role than Nazaha. Most corruption cases we come to know about appear in published newspapers, not through Nazaha. Nazaha has recently participated in the Haj season, just like many government agencies. They did not have anything to do with Haj, but still they were there. I hope Nazaha tells us what was its mission and tasks during Haj. I believe it did not play any important role in Haj. It was there just like some other agencies that did not play any role in Haj. In order to fight corruption more effectively, Nazha should not deal with cases that do not impact a citizen's life. It should focus on the real administrative corruptors in order to gain government and public trust. To be frank and honest, I believe Nazaha should not hold overseas symposia and should not participate in such event because its mission is fighting corruption domestically. Nazaha can play an important role in awarding government projects and can be part of the committees in charge of awarding projects. Such things will guarantee transparency.
