Africa Backs Anti-Graft Law
Sep 24, 2002
African Union (AU) ministers meeting in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, backed the tough new laws aimed at wiping out corruption that has cost the continent an estimated US$148b, IRIN has reported.
By Richard Mutumba
African Union (AU) ministers meeting in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, backed the tough new laws aimed at wiping out corruption that has cost the continent an estimated US$148b, IRIN has reported.
Ethics and integrity state minister Miria Matembe said Uganda was among other African Union countries that approved the proposed anti-corruption law last week.
Matembe yesterday said African ministers including herself signed up to 26 articles which were expected to be adopted as a convention by African heads of state at the AU summit in Maputo, Mozambique, next year.
According to IRIN, the move will see countries agreeing to extradite officials who are suspected or have been convicted of corruption.
Governments will have the power to confiscate documents from banks to help with convictions.
AU also wants both civil society and the media to play a role in the fight, the agency said.
The agency said within the anti-corruption blueprint is an article guaranteeing fair trials to those arrested for corruption.
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African Union (AU) ministers meeting in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, backed the tough new laws aimed at wiping out corruption that has cost the continent an estimated US$148b, IRIN has reported.
Ethics and integrity state minister Miria Matembe said Uganda was among other African Union countries that approved the proposed anti-corruption law last week.
Matembe yesterday said African ministers including herself signed up to 26 articles which were expected to be adopted as a convention by African heads of state at the AU summit in Maputo, Mozambique, next year.
According to IRIN, the move will see countries agreeing to extradite officials who are suspected or have been convicted of corruption.
Governments will have the power to confiscate documents from banks to help with convictions.
AU also wants both civil society and the media to play a role in the fight, the agency said.
The agency said within the anti-corruption blueprint is an article guaranteeing fair trials to those arrested for corruption.
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