THE long-awaited Whistle Blower Protection bill has been approved by cabinet.
Addressing journalists at a press conference in Harare on Thursday, the Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (Zacc) chairperson Loice Matanda-Moyo said the legislation would protect the whistleblowers from being victimised by corruption suspects.
"Very soon there will be a Whistle Blower Protection Legislation. Before this, a lot of victimisation for whistle-blowers had been rampant. The coming in of this legislation will protect them and this will enhance their willingness to partake in testifying against suspects," Matanda-Moyo said.
"The principles for the whistle blower protection legislation have since been approved by the cabinet. In Zimbabwe, we had no such protection and there has been a lot of victimisation of witnesses and with the coming in of this legislation, our witnesses are going to feel protected and we believe that they are going to be willing to partake in testifying against the corrupt suspects as they will feel protected," Matanda-Moyo said.
Matanda-Moyo also highlighted that the National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) will this year deal with more than half of all reported corruption cases in order to clear the backlog of the cases that were still to be set down.
According to Justice Matanda-Moyo, so far 102 cases had been set down and were at various stages of prosecution.
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