African Anti-Corruption Day - 11 July
African Anti-Corruption Day is celebrated annually on 11 July. The theme this year is “Effective Whistleblowers Protection Mechanism: A Critical Tool in the Fight Against Corruption".
In view of this the IPPR*, through its Integrity Namibia project, calls on the government to urgently operationalise the Whistleblower Protection Act which was passed in 2017. Seven years later this crucial law remains unimplemented - demonstrating a lack of political will to fight corruption.
The recently released Afrobarometer findings on corruption in Namibia found that since 2017, more than six in 10 Namibians consistently report that ordinary people risk retaliation or other negative consequences if they report corruption.
This demonstrates the urgent need to set up the Whistleblower Protection Office as soon as possible.
*https://www.civic264.org.na/human-rights-and-democracy/ippr
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