I heard that on the case of delimitation report against ZEC raised by the President of MDC Alliance Mr Douglas Mwonzora, there was a legal guru who also applied to the constitutional court to be the friend of the court, that legal possibility excited me , hence was motivated to become a friend to all institutions that fight corruption in our beloved country Zimbabwe and l shall fight corruption through writing newspaper articles from my view point (As far as l can see it).
The legal guru Mr Jeremiah Bhamu was qualified for the task on the account of his professional career and came as a friend, l am qualified by my patriotic stance and remotely as a student of corporate governance. The whole of my tertiary education (8 ½years), was preoccupied studying how best to run firms optimally.
When we think of institutions that are on the fore front to fight corruption like Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Corruption, Zimbabwe Republic Police and National Prosecuting Authority thus top the list while other significant entities like Zimbabwe Revenue Authority, Judiciary Service Commission, Auditor General Office and Financial Intelligence Unit need mention.
Yes, Public Service Commission and Procurement Regulatory Authority of Zimbabwe are of paramount importance regards the fight against corruption. As a friend to their cause, I would point out two government Ministries I regard as paramount to the fight against corruption thus the Ministry of finance and the Ministry of Legal and Parliamentary affairs.
The journey to fight corruption at least meaning fully can be traced to 2004 were upon the government of Zimbabwe promulgated the anti-corruption Act, and enhance in the Constitution amendment number 20 of 2013 and the new dispensation took the fight to another level by appointing current commissioners who are dedicated to fight the vice and documented record is there for all who care to see. Zimbabwe anti-corruption commission have performed much better as compared to previous effort especially by formulating the Zimbabwe National Anti-Corruption Strategy (2020-2024) and the asset recovery efforts which we shall explore in the weeks to come.
The generic hindrances to strategy implementation are: Resources, Politics, Motivation and Cognitive. All engagements will be in this context, thus anti-corruption strategic and the general hinderance to strategy implementation for feedback one can still exchange their knowledge with the writer because he is a pure student of good corporate governance as it were.
Transparency International Zimbabwe on 21 August 2020 wrote a paper headed “The success of National Anti-corruption Strategy Requires; A coordinated Approach in the fight against corruption” ZACC has done well to provide that coordinated approach by producing the National Anti-corruption Strategy (NACS) on the 11th of July 2020.
As a friend I celebrate ZACC on this score for adhering to the provisions of article 5 of the Untied National Convention against anti-corruption (UNCAC) to which Zimbabwe is a signatory.
The take away from you a good friend is to celebrate ZACC on its successful formulation of NACS and as we approach the end of the strategic period which is now 13 months to expire. A good strategy is good just to the extend of its implementation, as we journey together, we shall appraise the National anti-corruption strategy to see how far we have performed for the past four years, those who are friendly to figures will expect the nation to have achieved 80% of the outputs outlined in the strategic document.
Next, we shall pick items for discussion and try each of the strategic objectives, mandate against societal expectation as the “catch and release phrase”, seems to have gained prominence in the court of public opinion, as of public court l will present my heads of arguments. Dr Makasi, my lecturer for Strategic Information management module, pushed us to always want to make a decision from an informed position if we are to grow our businesses, so l shall provide information that will allow at list for the public court to judge the fight against corruption objectively.
Remember “nyika inovakwa nevene vayo” and that will assist as to attain upper middle-income economy by 2030.
Charumbira Victor Batanai
Former Board member- Institute of Internal Auditors, Former National Chairperson Internal auditors Forum-Association of Rural Councils, Former Board member-Audit Committee for Reformed Church of Zimbabwe, Practicing Internal Auditor for more than 10 years, Consultant- Strategy formulation and Implementation
