What are the causes of corruption in Namibia?

The country’s public procurement sector is particularly susceptible to corruption due to the monopoly of state-owned companies (parastatals). The Anti-Corruption Act is Namibia’s primary anti-corruption law, covering passive bribery, active bribery, attempted corruption, extortion and bribing a foreign public official.

What is the Fishrot scandal?

The United States has announced an entrance ban on two former Namibian cabinet ministers implicated in the Fishrot corruption scandal. Samherji was alleged to have paid bribes to Namibian politicians and businessmen to gain unfair advantage and access to Namibian horse mackerel quotas.

When did Fishrot start in Namibia?

Fishrot scandal The country’s charismatic leader has strenuously denied any implication in what many consider to be the country’s biggest corruption scandal since its independence in 1990.

What is the meaning of Fishrot?

On 12 November 2019, WikiLeaks began publishing what it called the Fishrot Files (Icelandic: Samherjaskjölin), a collection of thousands of documents and email communication by employees of one of Iceland’s largest fish industry companies, Samherji, that indicated that the company had paid hundreds of millions ISK to …

How much does the president of Namibia get paid?

President of Namibia

President of the Republic of Namibia
Formation	21 March 1990
Deputy	Vice-President of Namibia
Salary	99,241 USD annually
Website	http://www.op.gov.na/

What does a fish stinks from the head down mean?

leadership
The statement “a fish rots from the head down” means that leadership is the root cause of an organizations failure and demise. This is true whether that organization is a country, a company, or a sales force.

Does a fish actually rot from the head down?

The Turks have a homely proverb applied on such occasions: they say “the fish stinks first at the head”, meaning, that if the servant is disorderly, it is because the master is so. That’s just as well as, in reality, it is the guts of fish that rot and stink before the head.

What are the 3 types of corruption?

Forms of corruption vary, but can include bribery, lobbying, extortion, cronyism, nepotism, parochialism, patronage, influence peddling, graft, and embezzlement.

How old is Sam Nujoma?

92 years (May 12, 1929)
Sam Nujoma/Age