Adopt 2010 Bribery Act to combat corruption - British High Commissioner

The British High Commissioner to Cameroon, Brian Olley, has urged Cameroonians to quickly create an anti-corruption law to combat corruption which is inhibiting the country’s economic growth.

He made the statement recently during a meeting held on challenges associated with corruption in Cameroon. He pointed out that it should go to check corruption within Government, British businesses in Cameroon as well as the private sector.

Accord to Brian Olley, the British Government happened to have enacted the strongest anti-corruption law in the world, known as the 2010 Bribery Act and any British company is subjected to the law.

“Since corruption hinders countries from making progress, we have come together to find a way of making our fight against corruption more efficient. We are very ready to share the positive and negative experiences of what is happening in UK with regards to the anti corruption law which would benefit the business climate in Cameroon,” he said.

The diplomat further explained that the British Council against Corruption is looking for how it could improve training and awareness on corruption by organising regular discussions with Heads of British businesses in Cameroon, stakeholders from Cameroon Government and CONAC.

“We are looking on how we could improve training by explaining to people what is corruption, how to fight corruption and ways that businesses can bring new processes to reduce the amount of cash used and make the processes more profitable and corruption-free,” he added.

It should be recalled that, recently, the Chair of National Anti-Corruption Commission, CONAC Rev. Dieudonne Massi Gams, said the organisation received 2.089 complaints in 2012 against 1.247 in 2001.