Anti-Corruption Commission
The Anti-Corruption Commission of Namibia (ACC, German Anti-Corruption Commission of Namibia ) is an independent and impartial institution in Namibia , which is entrusted with the fight against corruption . It has officially existed since January 1, 2006.
The Commission sends the Prime Minister of Namibia an official report on its work once a year.
history
Anti-corruption legislation existed long before the country gained independence in 1990 . So was z. For example, in 1928, when the country was still a South African League of Nations mandate , the Prevention of Corruption Ordinance, aimed at preventing corruption, was passed. This was only replaced by the Anti-Corruption Act in 2003 - 13 years after independence was achieved .
In the years that followed Namibia's independence, there were repeated incidents of corruption and mismanagement , which led to fears that such situations would become more and more regular.
In addition, it was of the opinion that Namibia, which, as a comparatively young nation, was still intensely concerned with building its own national identity, could hardly afford a strong degree of corruption in this development phase. For these reasons, the government decided to take additional initiatives against the spread of corruption. At the same time, good governance , greater acceptance of general responsibility, more transparency and increased cooperation in the fight against corruption should be promoted with immediate effect. One of these initiatives was z. As the foundation took place off the cuff of a committee for the promotion of morality by Hage Geingob in 1997. Initiatives such as this ultimately led to the adoption of the Anti-Corruption Act in 2003, which consequently Anti-Corruption Commission was established in 2005 . In this regard, the then Chief Public Prosecutor Vekuii Rukoro recommended the establishment of an institution against corruption back in 1996.
The Anti-Corruption Commission officially began its work on January 1, 2006. The institution’s final “becoming active” falls during the early term of office of Namibian President Hifikepunye Pohamba . The first director and deputy director of the Anti-Corruption Commission were appointed in November 2005. The necessary personnel was also recruited before January 1, 2006.
The current director of the Anti-Corruption Commission is Paulus Kalombo Noa (2011). The commission resides in Windhoek . Regional branches do not exist to this day.
Before it was decided in 2008 to increase the workforce by a further 49 employees, who then filled these newly created positions in the course of 2009, the Anti-Corruption Commission had a constant 32 employees since it officially started work. The government decided on the extensive increase in staff in order to be able to offer the Namibian public an even more efficient protection against corruption in the future.
Todays situation
As an independent and impartial institution, the Anti-Corruption Commission is at least officially the most important tool in the fight against corruption in Namibia today.
Today she works closely with the Namibian police and the national supervisory and regulatory authorities of the financial sector.
However, due to various institutional and bureaucratic deficiencies, the actual effectiveness of the commission in the fight against corruption is still limited. With regard to this, the fact that it can only be found in the capital Windhoek with direct contact persons and that there are no regional branches to date represents a lasting problem of effectiveness.
The focus of the organization on the state capital is a problem, especially for people who live in rural regions of the country, because these people often have very limited means to report a corruption case in the capital.
Although the Anti-Corruption Commission was set up primarily to fight corruption, it is still very much concerned with cases of mismanagement. An investigation report by the Namibian Institute for Democracy (NID) shows that of the 184 corruption cases investigated by the Anti-Corruption Commission between 2004 and 2006 , more than half were related to semi-governmental or public organizations and companies .
The Zero Tolerance For Corruption Campaign , which was officially launched in 2005, one year before the Anti-Corruption Commission , on the initiative of the Namibian Institute for Democracy , can now be seen as the Commission's most important operational support become. However, the Namibian Institute for Democracy in particular has questioned the effectiveness of the Anti-Corruption Commission to this day.
Current events
In May 2012, the Anti-Corruption Commission revealed that several faculty members from the University of Namibia were giving students better grades in exchange for sexual services, which constitutes an academic fraud of the highest order.
Web links
- Official website of the ACC (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c d e f g h i j k Homepage of the Anti-Corruption Commission accnamibia.org ( Memento of September 3, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) (English)
- ↑ a b c d e f http://www.assetrecovery.org/kc/node/b0619282-2734-11dd-a5fa-994fad0d9d1f.0;jsessionid=D8DC14E641394B569869F126FE191C1C (link not available)
- ↑ a b c "Corruption and Namibia at 21" on primefocusmag.com ( Memento from May 3, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) (English)
- ↑ a b c d "Zero Tolerance For Corruption Campaign" of the Namibian Institute for Democracy on nid.org.na ( Memento from September 20, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) (English)
- ↑ Namibian Sun (May 3, 2012): Anti-Corruption Commission uncovers Unam sex scandal ( Memento of the original from September 5, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , accessed on December 5, 2012. (English)
