BY THE ARUSHA NEWS REPORTER
The Ethics Commissioner in the President’s Office – Ethics Secretariat, retired Judge Sivangilwa Mwangesi has noted that ethical public leadership was a key pillar of good governance and sustainable national development.
Judge Mwangesi made the remarks when opening a meeting for facilitators of ethics training for public leaders at the Institute of Accountancy of Arusha (IAA) recently.
He explained that ethics in public leadership emphasised integrity and accountability among leaders and public servants, qualities essential for building strong institutions and ensuring that the government truly served the interests of the people.
He said that public service was built on a culture of observing ethics that required leaders and public servants to make decisions and perform their duties without the need for constant supervision.
IAA Rector, Prof Eliamani Sedoyeka, said the workshop aimed to evaluate and improve the training that the participants received last year after an agreement with the Public Leaders’ Ethics Secretariat to provide ethics training for public leaders.
Retired Colonel, Joseph Simbakalia, said the training reminded leaders of the ethical foundations laid by the nation’s founders, noting that Mwalimu Julius Nyerere emphasised the importance of constitutions, still held that strong national ethics were the true safeguards of freedom, unity and development.
