Corruption fight still has many enemies -Vigtel
Corruption fight still has many enemies -VigtelBy Masuzyo Chakwe
Monday October 22, 2007 [04:00]
Norwegian Ambassador to Zambia Terje Vigtel has said the fight against corruption in Zambia still has a lot of enemies. In an interview, Ambassador Vigtel said there were still people who were tempted to be involved in corruption. He said it was not easy to say whether corruption had reduced but there were many efforts to reduce it.
"Many people still have an advantage of living in a corrupt society, for those people taking advantage of the situation are not willing to fight. The Norwegian government is fully behind the government's efforts to fight corruption," he said.
"There are two types of corruption, there is petty corruption which is done to meet small service and there is big corruption which is now being looked after by the Task Force, it is a lot of money to be saved and could be used for social services."
And Ambassador Vigtel said the donor community had been following the debate on the National Constitutional Conference with interest.
Labels: CORRUPTION, TERJE VIGTEL
posted by MrK @ 3:34 AM
2 Comments:
Terje Vigtel is quite right - there are many enemies of the fight against corruption in Zambia. Why are whistle blowers and fighters against corruption targeted by the OP and the Ministry of Home Affairs; and why does Norway not say something more directly about it. Perhaps Norway should look at its own funding to see if they are not, unwittingly, sustaining bad governance and the very corruption they decry. The major source of the 'blood' used to sustain corruption comes from donor funds.
Every country that is paing 'donor aid' is in on it.
Too bad no one ever asks: Where is the development?
Zambia has received at least $600 million per year since 2004.
Of course, Zambia is losing a lot more through the loss of the mines. And 'donor aid' gives the donors power over the country's policy and policymakers.
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