The relevant changes are introduced by an order of the Chairman of the National Security Committee of the Republic of Kazakhstan dated August 5, 2026, No. 84/қе, which will enter into force on August 22, 2026.
The order amends the existing Rules for Rewarding Persons Who Report a Corruption Offense or Otherwise Assist in Combating Corruption.
In particular, responsibility for granting rewards will be transferred to the Anti-Corruption Service of Kazakhstan’s National Security Committee (NSC) and the Committee’s territorial bodies.
As before, a person seeking a reward must apply to the authority that conducted the pre-trial investigation of the corruption offense or initiated proceedings in an administrative corruption case. Within 10 working days, that authority must forward the required documents to the NSC Anti-Corruption Service or the relevant territorial body.
Assistance in combating corruption includes not only reporting a corruption offense, but also providing information on the whereabouts of a person wanted for a corruption crime, as well as other assistance relevant to the detection, prevention, solving, or investigation of a corruption offense.
The submitted materials are reviewed by a commission consisting of at least five employees of the Anti-Corruption Service or the relevant territorial body. A decision to grant or refuse a reward must be made no later than 15 working days after receipt of the application or request. If the decision is positive, the head of the relevant unit issues an order granting the reward, and the monetary payment is transferred to the recipient’s bank account.
The amendments do not change the amounts of the rewards. If the amount of the bribe or damage caused, or the value of benefits or services provided, does not exceed 1,000 monthly calculation indices (MCI), the reward depends on the seriousness of the offense and ranges from 30 to 100 MCI: 30 MCI for administrative cases, 40 or 50 MCI for criminal cases involving minor or medium-gravity offenses, 70 MCI for serious crimes, and 100 MCI for especially serious corruption crimes.
If the amount of the bribe or damage, or the value of benefits or services provided, exceeds 1,000 MCI, the reward amounts to 10% of the relevant sum, but may not exceed 4,000 MCI. With the MCI set at 4,325 tenge for 2026, the maximum reward is 17.3 million tenge.
At the same time, civil servants who are required to report corruption offenses that come to their attention are not eligible for monetary rewards: they may instead receive a certificate of merit or a letter of appreciation.
According to Kazakhstan’s NSC, in 2025, 61 people received rewards for reporting corruption, with total payments amounting to 24.2 million tenge.
