This Bill is long overdue! The Bill titled Whistleblowing Bill, 2015, Bill No. 11 of 2015 is according to the Botswana Government Gazette dated 19th June 2015 meant to ìprovide for the manner in which a person may, in the public interest, disclose information adverse to the public interest; to provide for the manner of reporting and investigation of disclosures of impropriety and the protection against victimisation of person who make the disclosures; and to provide for related mattersî.
Part II provides for the type of disclosure which is protected by the Bill, Part III provides for the procedure for disclosing certain information relating impropriety and the action that should be taken and Part IV provides for the protection of persons who make disclosures relating to impropriety. The Bill also provides for the offences and penalties under the Bill and other subsidiary provisions. The Bill will be further unpacked and discussed during its debate or afterwards. However, it is that kind of Bill which seeks to convey a message to the public that the government is doing something about corruption while in actual fact it is not. The Bill, like others seeking to address the issue of corruption, is insipid and doesn’t go all out in addressing the problem.
