| Namibia: Integrity Scorecard Report > Sub-Category: Whistle-blowing Measures | ||
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| 45 | Are employees protected from recrimination or other negative consequences when reporting corruption (i.e. whistle-blowing)? | 75 |
| 46 | In law, is there an internal mechanism (i.e. phone hotline, e-mail address, local office) through which civil servants can report corruption? | 0 |
| 47 | In practice, is the internal mechanism (i.e. phone hotline, e-mail address, local office) through which civil servants can report corruption effective? | 44 |
Indicator and sub-Indicator Details
| 45 | Are employees protected from recrimination or other negative consequences when reporting corruption (i.e. whistle-blowing)? | |||||||
| 45a: In law, civil servants who report cases of corruption, graft, abuse of power, or abuse of resources are protected from recrimination or other negative consequences. | ||||||||
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Comments: References: Article 52 (more specifically subsection 4) of the Anti-Corruption Act (No. 8 of 2003), [ LINK ]
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| 45b: In practice, civil servants who report cases of corruption, graft, abuse of power, or abuse of resources are protected from recrimination or other negative consequences. | ||||||||
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Comments: A case in point attesting to the fact that employees who reports case of corruption, graft, abuse of power, or abuse of resources are not sufficiently protected from recrimination or other negative consequences is the alleged firing of an accountant of the ELECTRICITY Control Board (ECB), after he exposed his boss's abuse of company allowances and borrowing funds from the company without repayment. References: Tjombe N., Director, Legal Assistance Centre, Friday, Nov. 16, 2007, Windhoek Ndjarakana M., Director of the Namibia Democracy Support Centre; previously he served as Secretary to the National Assembly, Dec. 5, 2007, Windhoek Maamberua U., Senior Lecturer and Head of the Department of Accounting, Auditing and Taxation, University of Namibia; previously he served as Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Finance, President of SWANU (a political party) Monday, Nov. 19, 2007, Windhoek Informante, Hamata M and Ndjoze J, June 15, 2007, Simasiku Fires Whistleblower for Graft Expose, [ LINK ]
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| 45c: In law, private sector employees who report cases of corruption, graft, abuse of power, or abuse of resources are protected from recrimination or other negative consequences. | ||||||||
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Comments: References: Article 52 (more specifically subsection 4) of the Anti-Corruption Act (No. 8 of 2003), [ LINK ]
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| 45d: In practice, private sector employees who report cases of corruption, graft, abuse of power, or abuse of resources are protected from recrimination or other negative consequences. | ||||||||
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Comments: References: Tjombe N., Director, Legal Assistance Centre, Friday, Nov. 16, 2007, Windhoek Ndjarakana M., Director of the Namibia Democracy Support Centre; previously he served as Secretary to the National Assembly, Dec. 5, 2007, Windhoek Maamberua U., Senior Lecturer and Head of the Department of Accounting, Auditing and Taxation, University of Namibia; previously he served as Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Finance, President of SWANU (a political party) Monday, Nov. 19, 2007, Windhoek
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| 46 | In law, is there an internal mechanism (i.e. phone hotline, e-mail address, local office) through which civil servants can report corruption? | |||||||
| 46: In law, is there an internal mechanism (i.e. phone hotline, e-mail address, local office) through which civil servants can report corruption? | ||||||||
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Comments: References: There are no specific legal stipulations to this effect.
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| 47 | In practice, is the internal mechanism (i.e. phone hotline, e-mail address, local office) through which civil servants can report corruption effective? | |||||||
| 47a: In practice, the internal reporting mechanism for public sector corruption has a professional, full-time staff. | ||||||||
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Comments: Although such mechanisms have not been internalized within the context of the public service, there are, however, collaborative initiatives to this effect. The Report Centre is presented in good faith by the Namibia's Zero Tolerance for Corruption Campaign to enable the confidential reporting of instances of alleged corruption. The Report Centre is administered by the NID in co-operation with the Anti-Corruption Commission. References: Tjombe N., Director, Legal Assistance Centre, Friday, Nov. 16, 2007, Windhoek Ndjarakana M., Director of the Namibia Democracy Support Centre; previously he served as Secretary to the National Assembly, Dec. 5, 2007, Windhoek Maamberua U., Senior Lecturer and Head of the Department of Accounting, Auditing and Taxation, University of Namibia; previously he served as Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Finance, President of SWANU (a political party) Monday, Nov. 19, 2007, Windhoek Namibia's Zero Tolerance for Corruption Campaign [ LINK ]
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| 47b: In practice, the internal reporting mechanism for public sector corruption receives regular funding. | ||||||||
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Comments: The Namibia's Zero Tolerance for Corruption Campaign that fills this gap is primarily funded by international development partners. References: Tjombe N., Director, Legal Assistance Centre, Friday, Nov. 16, 2007, Windhoek Ndjarakana M., Director of the Namibia Democracy Support Centre; previously he served as Secretary to the National Assembly, Dec. 5, 2007, Windhoek Maamberua U., Senior Lecturer and Head of the Department of Accounting, Auditing and Taxation, University of Namibia; previously he served as Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Finance, President of SWANU (a political party) Monday, Nov. 19, 2007, Windhoek
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| 47c: In practice, the internal reporting mechanism for public sector corruption acts on complaints within a reasonable time period. | ||||||||
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Comments: This is difficult to gauge given the fact that most complaints may be lodged in confidence. References: Tjombe N., Director, Legal Assistance Centre, Friday, Nov. 16, 2007, Windhoek Ndjarakana M., Director of the Namibia Democracy Support Centre; previously he served as Secretary to the National Assembly, Dec. 5, 2007, Windhoek Maamberua U., Senior Lecturer and Head of the Department of Accounting, Auditing and Taxation, University of Namibia; previously he served as Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Finance, President of SWANU (a political party) Monday, Nov. 19, 2007, Windhoek
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| 47d: In practice, when necessary, the internal reporting mechanism for public sector corruption initiates investigations. | ||||||||
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Comments: The power to investigate is vested in the Anti-Corruption Commission, as per articles 20 - 21 of the Anti-Corruption Act (No. 8 of 2003), [ LINK ] References: Tjombe N., Director, Legal Assistance Centre, Friday, Nov. 16, 2007, Windhoek Ndjarakana M., Director of the Namibia Democracy Support Centre; previously he served as Secretary to the National Assembly, Dec. 5, 2007, Windhoek Maamberua U., Senior Lecturer and Head of the Department of Accounting, Auditing and Taxation, University of Namibia; previously he served as Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Finance, President of SWANU (a political party) Monday, Nov. 19, 2007, Windhoek
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