EACC taps into the energy of the youth in the fight against corruption
12th June,2025: The Commission has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the National Youth Council to deepen its collaboration and partnership in the fight against corruption and to promote good governance.
The MoU is aimed at establishing formal and structured ways of engagement between the Commission and the Youth in preventing and combating corruption and economic crimes, promoting of ethics and integrity and to promote sharing of knowledge, experience and resources that are mutually beneficial to both parties.
Further, the MoU will provide a platform for collaboration on the areas of empowerment and capacity building of the youth, information sharing, corruption prevention and review of policy and legal frameworks on good governance and the fight against corruption.
Speaking at the June 12th event at Integrity Centre, EACC Chairperson, Dr. David Oginde, termed the partnership as a strategic and critical step in the fight against corruption adding that the youth and the society at large suffer the corrosive effects of corruption and bad governance.
Dr. Oginde observed that corruption is a moral crisis and the youth provide the hope and opportunity to provide a collective effort to advocate for integrity in the society. He reiterated that the partnership with the youth is critical since they have the energy, the voice and creativity to innovative solutions to current challenges in the country and challenged them to use their numbers to stand for integrity.
The CEO, Mr. Abdi Mohamud, welcomed the partnership as timely and key as it is part of the Commission’s wider strategies in enlisting the support of the public in the fight against corruption. He assured of the Commission’s commitment in implementing the MoU so as to realize the objectives.
The Principal Secretary for the State Department of Youth Affairs and Creative Economy, Fikirini Jacobs, said that the Youth will provide an invaluable contribution in the fight against corruption through the creation of awareness and advocacy against corruption by using the social media. He affirmed the support of the Commission and the Council in implementing the MoU.
The signing of the MoU was witnessed by the EACC commissioners and senior officers of the National Youth Council.
