By Chernor Alimamy Kamara
The Anti-Corruption Commission has in a notice issued out on Thursday 3rd March 2022 stated that the Commission has re-introduced a reward and incentives scheme for informants, whistleblowers, and citizens who support them in the fight against corruption.
The Commission noted that anybody who provides cogent and useful information to them that leads to the successful prosecution of, and/ or recovery of funds or property from a corrupt person (including public officers) will be rewarded 10 percent of the total amount or value of the 10 percent withheld by the Commission for its operations as per law.
“For instance, where the information provided by an informant or whistleblower leads to the recovery of One Billion Leones, the ACC will, as stipulated in Section 139 of the Anti-Corruption Act, 2008 as amended in 2019, withhold One Hundred Million Leones of the said sum, which constitutes 10 percent of the proceeds,’’ the notice reads.
The Director of Public Education and Outreach, Patrick Sandi said that the Commission will pay the sum of Ten Million Leones in full to the informant or whistleblower, which would amount to 10 percent of the proceeds withheld as in the aforesaid example. He assures informants of their full protection as provided for in Sections 81 and 82 of the Anti-Corruption Act 2008 as amended in 2019 and the Witness and Whistleblower Protection Policy of the Commission including anonymity, identity masking, security, relocation, transfer, to name but a few.
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