It is good to see that the CIAA is operating in a more transparent way by using Social media such as Facebook. You can visit it's FB page at https://www.facebook.com/NepalCIAA?hc_location=stream where they list their investigations.

This is a great achievement and I hope they will continue in their quest to curb corruption, but this makes me curious about something.

It's okay to go after small fishes, but when will they go after the sharks and the whales. Corrupt politicians who came to power without any assets now hold billions of Rupees. When will CIAA have balls to investigate the whales and hold them accountable?







मितिः२०७०।१२।५ - प्रेस विज्ञप्ति


वैदेशिक रोजगार विभागका कर्मचारीहरुले वैदेशिक रोजगारमा जाने व्यक्तिहरुलाई श्रम स्वीकृति प्रदान गर्ने सन्दर्भमा कतार गएका १०९ जनालाई मिति २०७०।९।२८ गते र दुबई गएका ६३ जनालाई मिति २०७०।१०।३ गते गैरकानूनी ढंगबाट गलत कागजातहरुको आधारमा अन्तिम श्रम स्वीकृति प्रदान गरी अनियमितता गरेको सम्बन्धमा आयोगबाट अनुसन्धानको सिलसिलामा वैदेशिक रोजगार विभागका निर्देशक चिरन्जीवी अधिकारी, शाखा अधिकृतहरु कुमारप्रसाद पोखरेल, गम्भीरसिंह बिष्ट, लवराज जोशी, बाबुलाल रेग्मी, नायब सुब्बाहरु भीमबहादुर बस्नेत र लक्ष्मी प्रसाद ढुंगाना, कम्प्युटर अपरेटरहरु संजीव नेपाल र सुशील शाक्य समेतका ९ जना कर्मचारीहरुलाई आज मिति २०७०।१२।५ गते आयोगले हिरासतमा लिई अनुसन्धान तहकिकात सुरु गरेको छ ।

(श्रीधर सापकोटा)
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its always a good idea to start bottom up especially when there is power involved...there is no need to hurry and worry...if corruption on lower level is taken into control it has huge influence on the service provided to public...also these small fishes are the right hand of sharks.....

Very apt question. Another big concern is how easy are people released after CIAA arrests them.

To address these concerns, I think two questions need to be answered:
1. How immune is CIAA from our elected leaders' reach?
2. Who is conducting check & balance on CIAA's action.

I am not sure who appoints CIAA, but I am guessing the elected leaders or the cabinet assigns them. If that's the case, CIAA can easily be persuaded by the elected officials. This could be a reason why CIAA cannot go after the big guns. One solution could be conducting a fair election for the position of CIAA Head and executives. Much like how DAs and some judges in US are elected, but they shouldn't be affiliated with any political parties. Without this process, CIAA's reach will be severely limited.

The second question is about potential autonomous power bestowed to CIAA. This could be dangerous as well, there has to be a way to ensure that CIAA is not acting on its head's interest alone. Instead of giving this power to the cabinet, I suggest our judiciary system having the power to reconduct a poll for CIAA head if it deems, after extensive legal analysis, that the head needs to be impeached.