ACC Rates Sierra Leone Water Company Highly for Compliance in Ethics and Integrity

The Sierra Leone Water Company (SALWACO) has been recognized as one of the most compliant institutions regarding ethics and integrity, receiving a commendable compliance rating of 91% from the Sierra Leone Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC).

This assessment is part of the ACC’s ongoing efforts to ensure that public institutions adhere to ethical standards and integrity.

Chrisla Koroma, the Planning and Research Manager at SALWACO, indicated that this evaluation follows a previous compliance assessment conducted in October 2024. During that assessment, the ACC’s Prevention Department administered an ethics and integrity scorecard questionnaire to evaluate SALWACO’s adherence to ethical policies and structural frameworks.

Mr. Musa Kanteh, head of the Policy & Ethics Unit at the ACC, provided a detailed overview of SALWACO’s performance across four key compliance indicators:

• Management culture and structure: 93%
• Financial management system: 87%
• Administrative system: 85%
• National Anti-Corruption Action Plan implementation: 100%

With a total score of 365 points, SALWACO achieved an overall compliance rating of 91%, categorizing it as fully compliant.