- Posted by Modou S. Joof on March 21, 2010 at 5:59pm
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Banjul, The Gambia (TNBES) For many countries in Africa, corruption remains pervasive because the laws and institutions which exist to combat it are either inadequate or ineffective. The problem sometimes is that corrupt leaders, who are lawmakers, do not make laws to curb corruption because they would by so doing be creating problems for themselves.
On the other hand, the fight against corruption goes beyond merely enacting laws that states corruption is illegal and once discovered is punishable under the country's law. However, the legislative framework is the starting point in the fight against corruption, “if the laws are to be implemented," coupled with it is the need to have political will on the part of political leadership of a country.
