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.
Ufisadi katika sekta ya maji umekomaa na unatia ndani jamii zote za watu wa kawaida kama vile watu wa kawaida, wanasiasa, vichwa vya Water Institutions na hata mashirika yasiyo ya kiserikali yakifanya kazi katika sekta hii.