Federal Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission

The Federal Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission (FEACC) is a commission headquartered in Addis Ababa by the Government of Ethiopia. 
Duty
FEACC is responsible for controlling Ethiopia's corruption problems and making the country less corrupt and more lawful. The Federal Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission is accountable to the Prime Minister of Ethiopia.

 Authority 
Under Proclamation No. 1236-2020 the Federal Ethic and Anti-Corruption Commission is charged with "it has become necessary to prevent corruption and impropriety and to create a society of good ethical values and moral which shall not condone but rather prepared to resolutely combat corruption; in order to arid, sustain the development, peace and democratic process in our country." The Federal Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission has had the authority to press charges to individuals and has had brought charges to high-ranking government officials to high courts and businessmen in 2013. But later the role of prosecuting and investigation went to the Federal Police Commission and the Ministry of Justice.

 Powers 

The FEACC has the powers to register assets and has had to disclose the names of government officials to denied registering their assets to the FEACC. The FEACC under No.668/2010 has the authority to demand anyone including the President and Prime Minister of the country to register their assets to the FEACC and coming to their headquarters to do so.

 Structure 
The Federal Ethics Commission is "The Commission is comprised of various Directorates and three Services. The Directorates are:
 Public and International Relations
 Ethics Liaison and Corruption Prevention
 Ethics building and Public Participation Coordination
 Training Study and Research
 Asset Disclosure and Registration
 Anti-Corruption legal Advice
 Implementation and Experience Formulation
 Regional Affairs Coordination
 Change Management and Capacity Building
 Plan and Budget Administration
 Human Resource Administration
 Procurement
 Finance and Property Administration
 Information Communication Technology
 Internal Audit
 Women and Children Affairs and General Services

The Commissioner’s Office and the Deputy Commissioner’s Office are also part of the Organizational set-up. The Commission currently has 282 staff members (164 male and 118 female)."

 References 

Category:Government of Ethiopia