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APNAC Zimbabwe and TI-Zimbabwe prepared to join hands with the central bank
Transparency International – Zimbabwe (TI-Z)
January 26, 2006

Transparency International-Zimbabwe (TI-Z) and the African Parliamentarian Network Against Corruption Zimbabwe (APNAC) welcomed the Reserve Bank Governor, Dr. Gideon Gono’s remarks on the fight against corruption in his forth quarter monetary policy review statement yesterday. As Parliamentarians and TI-Z we are prepared and willing to compliment the efforts by the RBZ towards eliminating corruption in our nation.

However, we are deeply concerned that although there has been much talk about nabbing corrupt high-ranking officials, there is very little to show on the ground regarding their arrest and prosecutions of the said culprits.

We also note with concern that since the appointment of the Commissioners in September 2005, the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) has remained silent leaving the public with great anxiety and anticipation about the unresolved cases back dating to as far as 1987 and other emerging cases of corruption.

We are concerned by the fact that high-ranking officials in the government and parastatals continue to cling to their offices while they are now A2 farmers, a circumstance which has led to abuse of power.

We also observe that meager salaries of junior government employees continue to fuel corruption.

The existence of multiple fuel prices continue to induce corruption in the country

APNAC and TI-Z therefore calls for the parties concerned:

• To expose the ‘high ranking officials’ and bring them to book with speed and action.
• To urge the Anti-Corruption Commission to begin to exercise their oath.
• To propel beneficiaries of the land redistribution programme who are in high offices to declare their assets and interests to avoid a conflict of interest

TI-Z and APNAC-Zimbabwe further calls upon the government to cause the ratification of the African Union Convention on Prevention and Combating Corruption and Related Offences an instrument that will further empower the Anti-Corruption Commission to deal with corruption fugitives.

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