Chapter Fourteen
Leadership Code of Conduct.
233. Leadership Code of Conduct.
(1) Parliament shall by law establish a Leadership Code of Conduct
for persons holding such offices as may be specified by Parliament.
(2)
(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)
(e)
The Leadership Code of Conduct shall—
require specified officers to declare their incomes, assets and
liabilities from time to time and how they acquired or incurred
them, as the case may be;
prohibit conduct—
(i) likely to compromise the honesty, impartiality and integrity
of specified officers;
(ii) likely to lead to corruption in public affairs; or
(iii) which is detrimental to the public good or welfare or good
governance;
prescribe the penalties to be imposed for breach of the code,
without prejudice to the application of criminal penalties
prescribed for the breach in question;
prescribe powers, procedures and practices for ensuring the
effective enforcement of the code; and
make any other provision as may be necessary for ensuring the
promotion and maintenance of honesty, probity, impartiality and
integrity in public affairs and the protection of public funds and
other public property.
234. Enforcement of code.
The Leadership Code of Conduct shall be enforced by the Inspectorate of
Government or such other authority as Parliament may by law prescribe.
235. Disqualification for breach of code.
Parliament may, by law, provide that a person who has been dismissed or
removed from office by reason of breach of the code of conduct shall be
disqualified from holding any other public office whether appointive or
elective and either generally or for a prescribed period.