Laws and Rules
Codes of Conduct
It is an offense for an official to breach their code of conduct.
- For Public Officers, the Public Officers Ethics Act constitutes their Code of Conduct.
- For State Officers, the Leadership and Integrity Act is their Code of Conduct.
- In addition there are many other special codes of conduct for state institutions, as required by law. The Ethics and Anti Corruption Commission (EACC), has been issuing a monthly report of existing and missing Codes of Conduct on its web page. See our story suggestion on this issue
- Code of Conduct for Journalists