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29.11.2018 at 20:21
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APA News
A conference on corruption in Africa currently being held in Botswana has attracted African policymakers who are fighting corruption in their respective countries. The plenary session of the High-level Dialogue began its second day with a session on Thursday morning, during which the keynote address was delivered. delivered by the Commissioner for Political Affairs of the African Union, Minata Samate Cessouma.
The AU official warned that far from reducing corruption, Africa continues at all levels through the utilities that are negotiating, whether in the context of a sectoral partnership public-private or contracts with governments and rural women seeking basic health services.
Inuka Kenya Trust's General Manager, John Githongo, who was doing a presentation on the political economy of corruption in Africa, observed that a good law does not serve its purpose if it does not happen. is not implemented.
He noted that it is no longer possible for a leader to be elected without having corruption at the top of his program.
Rwandan Minister of Local Government Anastashe Shyka said that corruption is not only an obstacle to Africa's socio-economic progress, it also weakens governance institutions and undermines democracy.
Earlier this year, Mokgweetsi Masisi, President of Botswana, worried that corruption is holding back Africa's economic growth.
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