Corruption in the water sector is ripe and involves all classes of people ranging from the ordinary man, politicians, Heads of Water Institutions and even Non-Governmental organizations working in this sector.Report on "Corruption in the water sector" by Water Integrity Network in a book titled "Training Manual on Water Integrity" states that in the sub-Sahara Africa, forty-four percent (44%) of the countries are unlikely to attain the Millennium Development Goal target for drinking water eighty-five percent (85%) are unlikely to attain the sanitation aspect.
Utoaji rushwa katika sekta ya maji ni jambo la kawaida na inahusisha madaraja yote ya watu kuanzia mtu wa kawaida, wanasiasa, Wakuu wa Taasisi ya Maji na hata mashirika yasiyo ya serikali wanaofanya kazi katika hii sekta. Ripoti juu ya "Utoaji rushwa katika sekta ya maji" kupitia mtandao wa Uadilifu wa maji katika kitabu chenye jina la "Mafunzo ya Mwongozo wa Uadilifu wa maji " inasema kwamba katika jangwa la Sahara Afrika, asilimia arobaini na nne (44%) ya nchi haina uwezekano wa kufikia lengo la Maendeleo ya Milenia la upatikanaji wa maji ya kunywa, asilimia themanini na tano (85%) hawana uwezekano wa kufikia kipengele cha usafi wa mazingira.