Lift the veil of secrecy

Thursday, August 03, 2017

Specially Elected MP, Bogolo Kenewendo is asking the right questions in Parliament, demanding greater transparency and debate over fiscal policy decisions and processes that authorities have thus far maintained secret.

For far too long, the inner workings of the Ministry of Finance have been hidden from view – and thus scrutiny – behind a veil of officialdom, where authorities have often cited the seemingly sensible need for sensitivity in fiscal policy dealings.

Sensitivities aside, it is plain to see how the veil of secrecy behind which fiscal and monetary authorities operate, could easily lend itself to imprudent management of taxpayer resources.

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Lift the veil of secrecy

Specially Elected MP, Bogolo Kenewendo is asking the right questions in Parliament, demanding greater transparency and debate over fiscal policy decisions and processes that authorities have thus far maintained secret.

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