Tanzania offered a reward of $4,500 equivalent to 10 million shillings on Tuesday for the arrest of a former chief accountant of its anti-graft watchdog.
The reward is part of a new move to root out corruption in the country. President John Magufuli has launched a crackdown on high level corruption since he took office in November 2015.
Thousands of public officials have already lost their jobs since the crackdown.
The deputy director general of the state-run Prevention and Combating of Corruption Bureau (PCCB), John Mbungo, told reporters that the agency’s former chief accountant, Godfrey Gugai, is on the run after his assets were frozen in May as part of a graft investigation, Reuters reports.
The frozen assets include six vehicles and 40 apartments, houses and prime plots in the commercial capital Dar es Salaam and other urban centers.
Public officials convicted of possession of unexplained wealth face a sentence of up to seven years in jail, a fine or both.
Foreign investors have long complained that corruption is a big obstacle to doing business in the country.
