INSTITUTE for Public Policy Research director executive Graham Hopwood called on the government to include the establishment of a whistleblower protection office to demonstrate their true commitment to fighting corruption in the country.
Hopwood said if president Hage Geingob is serious about his zero tolerance on corruption, he should demonstrate this by showing that there is political will to get this office established.
“I would like to call on the government as a demonstration of its political will, and we hear about zero tolerance for corruption from the president [Hage Geingob] towards explicitly including the cost of setting up a whistleblower protection office in the 2022/2023 budget,” he said at a press conference in Windhoek on Tuesday.
The IPPR launched its own anti-corruption project called Integrity Namibia.
“We are launching this because the government has delayed so long and shows no sign of actually implementing the Whistleblower Protection Act in the short to medium term,” he explained.
During last year's budget speech, finance minister Iipumbu Shiimi said they have allocated funds to the Ministry of Justice for the establishment of a skeleton office.
“But actually as far as I can work out, there was never any money allocated. And what happened was that the staffing structure was drawn up and sent to the office of the Public Service Commission for a whistleblower protection office where as far as I know it still lies,” Hopwood said.
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