Bukhara province’s Openness Index rating has risen from ‘yellow’ to ‘green’ since 2022, with zero corruption offences recorded in healthcare hiring, 2,778 civil servants trained and a district-level pilot rotating long-serving officials and digitalising markets.
A Vobkent driver lost his licence for three years and was fined 16.48 million soums after three courts upheld a drink-driving conviction based solely on an unregistered breathalyser, while ignoring laboratory evidence that found no alcohol in his blood or urine.
