Dingake talks corruption in Africa

Key Dingake.PIC: MORERI SEJAKGOMO
Key Dingake.PIC: MORERI SEJAKGOMO

Director of Proceedings, permit me to express my sincere gratitude to the organisers of this event for inviting me to participate in today's activities as a guest speaker.

It is a beautiful feeling – one difficult to describe to see you here in the Pacific – in PNG, contributing in one way or the other to the development of PNG as global citizens.

I am advised that the theme for this year is: “Winning the Fight Against Corruption: A Sustainable Path to Africa’s Transformation”.

Editor's Comment
Get back what was stolen, and lock the door

That a single private law firm pocketed P6.5 million for just four cases, out of a total P11.1 million paid for 25 matters, reeks of a system that was not merely disorganised but open to abuse.Bayford has taken a welcome first step by telling the Public Accounts Committee the truth. Now he must act decisively to ensure it never happens again and that any money lost to wrongdoing is recovered.The figures are staggering. Whilst ordinary Batswana...

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