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Dear Fellow Corruption Haters,
Guilty, Guilty, Guilty……. That’s what over 15,000 votes unanimously
screamed in the trial last month of Paul Biya. Read below as the
court now enters the sentencing phase. The Supreme Court’s, Higher
Judicial Council has ruled that the Public be allowed to have input
into the sentencing of this guilty criminal.
Well, its been another fascinating month for the Cameroon observer;
homosexual Ministers, embezzlers arrested, the US opens a new
Embassy, and all that big talk about cleaning out corruption and
stolen funds being returned! We can only live in hope.
This month the newsletter is a little late……Sorry. Besides
waiting till the end of the month for the complete voting tally, and
it being a short month, we have been waiting to verify some very
interesting information received during the month on some of Biya’s
hidden assets and also some illegal activities of SGBC bank.
Unfortunately we haven’t received the necessary confirmation yet to
make the information available as fact. But rest assured in the
coming weeks I’m sure to receive what’s necessary and shall bring it
to the newsletter. Please remember to feel free to contribute your
own issues or ideas.
All
the best, Glenn
Hall of Shame Supreme Court
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IN
THE INTERNATIONAL COURT OF JUSTICE
HOLDEN AT THE HAGUE.
BETWEEN;
THE PEOPLE OF CAMEROON...............APPLICANTS
AND
PAUL BARTHELEMY BIYA....................RESPONDENTS
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NOTICE
Take notice that the Court shall moved on the forenoon or soon
thereafter on behalf of the people of Cameroon for the following
crimes against humanity, genocide and embezzlement:
RULING OF THE COURT:
(I )
The court has
received an enormous amount of witness testimony from a variety of
sources. These outline a wide range of crimes for which this court
holds jurisdiction to hear the matter as it so chooses.
(II)
The court made
available to the Public (The Jury) the means for the participation
of a free and fair voting procedure. Independent scrutiny has
declared that no irregularities surfaced in the process and the
tally of votes is a true indication of the Publics choice in this
trial.
(III)
At close of voting on
midnight 28th January 2006, the court had received the
votes as declared below;
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GUILTY - 15,128 votes. |
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INNOCENT - 45
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(IV)
The Hall of Shame
Supreme Court declares that the jury has returned a vote of over
99.5% in favour of the guilty verdict, then this Court declares
without exception, the guilt of PAUL BARTHELEMY BIYA in the crimes
of genocide, embezzlement and crimes against humanity.
SENTENCING
(I)
The Higher Judicial Council of the Hall of Shame Supreme Court,
has in it’s infinite wisdom declared that the punishment to be
meted out to the criminal (PAUL BARTHELEMY BIYA) should be put
before his peers to select
the just & fair sentence.
(II)
The
Court declares that the sentencing options listed are all agreed
as acceptable punishment for the crimes committed. The court shall
with no negotiation declare that all (100%) assets belonging to
Paul Biya are immediately frozen and procedures put in place for
the assets to be returned to the people of Cameroon.
a)
Banishment from Cameroon.
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b)
Execution.
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c)
Imprisonment for life.
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d)
Tie him on a post
at Kumba markets, rub salt on his legs and let goats lick
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e)
Stringing him up by the balls and pierce him
piece meal until all the stolen wealth is returned. |
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(III)
Voting shall commence from today (updated each Monday) until the
final voting tally at midnight on the 31st March 2006.
The sentence shall then be passed, as declared by the Jury.
THIS SESSION OF “THE
HALL OF SHAME SUPREME COURT” IS CLOSED UNTIL THE SENTENCING DATE -
31st DAY OF MARCH 2006.
AS THE COURT
PLEASES.
Only one vote shall register when clicking on the Sentencing
button, (unless the page is refreshed between clicks). Voting must
be done at the website to register.
www.camerooninjustice.com/shame-9.htm
| Votes - A |
Results - B |
Results - C |
Results - D |
Results - E |
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448 |
1342 |
521 |
892 |
Voting now completed 31/03/06
Praise File #7
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Professor Cornelius Lambi Mbifung
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Professor Cornelius Lambi Mbifung is someone to reckon with. Taking
over UB under a state of emergency and military hold up decreed by
the dictatorial grand mother, Dorothy Njeuma, hater of dialogue,
Prof. Lambi made it clear that there were no taboo issues at UB.
Dialogue, he introduced with the Student Leaders and put a full-stop
to the strike and fear that had so far characterised life in UB.
Then, the Convocation outlawed by Dorothy was reintroduced on Jan
28th 2006.
"Human body" Lambi once said "one can only digest food not bullets
and killings that Njeuma had introduced in UB” and when proper
convocation or graduation ceremony took place there was a rich
package for the Anglophone populace. A University Teaching Centre
will now be opened in Buea for the training of medical Doctors and
by 2007, Distant learning for Nursery and Primary Schools'
practicing teachers leading to a BA in Education, as obtained all
over the world especially in this era of Information Technology will
commence in the University of Buea. Cameroon Injustice Hall of Shame
says "Kudos" Prof.
At UB Convocation Ceremony : Lambi Announces Takeoff
Of Medicine Dept.
Prof. Lambi saw in the 10th Convocation ceremony, a reconciliation
tool for the university community. "This convocation clearly
demonstrates that the university community has reconciled with
itself on the one hand, and has brought widespread satisfaction and
won the acclamation of the Cameroonian public on the other hand.
Ho Hum - Another
Biya led anti-corruption campaign!
I wonder if
anyone can be blamed for being somewhat sceptical of this latest
Biya led anti-corruption crusade, (if that’s what it is).
Cameroonians don’t have enough fingers or toes to count the amount
of times they’ve seen this before. I’ve been following corruption
in Cameroon
now for 5 years which equates to at least 5 times I’ve seen it
before. Who knows, maybe this time it’ll be different. The
previous times the anti corruption campaigns passed no further
that to be a few pathetic promises in a New Year speech. I would
like to ask Mr Biya if he has ever recovered one (1) franc CFA of
money stolen from Cameroon through corrupt practices? In 23 years
as President of a country often rated as the most corrupt in the
world, you would have to imagine that the opportunities to against
these thefts must be huge. He would only have to turn and look at
the person standing next to him at any time. So, amongst all this
misappropriation of funds, Mr Biya is busy
trying his best to present the citizens of his country as beggars.
Shame on you Mr Biya, begging with one hand while stealing
with the other. Thanks to your actions as Head of state, you have
almost made it impossible to bring Cameroon back from the brink of
disaster. It will take some very self sacrificing measures to even
begin putting Cameroon on a path of recovery, and I just don’t see
that you have it in you. You prefer holding the begging bowl!
I’m certainly
not against Cameroon reaching the HIPC criteria and having the
debts written off. Why should Cameroonians suffer for your
spending sprees and I have no sympathy for the World bank or the
IMF if they wish to haphazardly hand out money.
I also don’t
doubt that they have been repaid 10-fold in interest to this point
anyway. I think Mr Biya is foolish enough to believe that he can
continue talking the talk, he will probably still be giving
presidential New year speeches from the grave. But then that
wouldn’t be hard, you can just keep playing the same speech you’ve
used for 23 years. But if you do ever choose to act on the behalf
of the citizens of Cameroon, perhaps you can clean out the
Judiciary and actually allow the citizens to face and receive
justice in the courts rather than the current state sanctioned
corruption, theft & lawlessness.
So Cameroon is
trying to wipe out its 1400 billion FCFA external debt? How
about this shocker which I just discovered on www.dibussi.com -
a great website that needs more exposure? According to an
article titled "the ethos of ostentatious consumption", we learn
that:
"In the thirty
years since independence, an estimated, 1, 610 billion CFA
Francs (CFAF), roughly $5.31 billion [1995 exchange rates], have
been embezzled by Cameroonian public officials and safely
stashed away in European Banks. Of this amount, 650 billion
CFAF, or $2.145 billion [1995 exchange rates], left the state
during a four year period, 1986-1990. Putting these figures in
perspective, private Cameroonian wealth abroad essentially is
enough to wipe out the state's external debt."
That was in 1995 and it still holds true today. Embezzled funds
can wipe out Cameroon's debt in an instant!!! If the IMF, the US
and even that Biya fellow is serious, let them organize the
repartriation of this money. Anything short of that will be
"wool over our eyes".
Comment excerpt taken from “The Post” website - reader comment.
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Law Without Boundaries:Corruption, Embezzlement, Misappropriation Of
Public Funds
Cameroon Penal Code contains provisions to punish persons guilty of
corruption and misappropriation. If Cameroon were a state governed by
the rule of law, save error or omission, 90 percent of our top civil
servants, managers of state corporations, customs officials, mayors,
judicial officials, governors, ministers, tax officials, directors and
diplomats, and so on, could have been effectively languishing in jail
and their assets confiscated.
Direct Current - Stop Deluding Our Children, Mr. President
I am
inviting all parents to join me to tell the President of the Republic to
stop deceiving our children. His rhetoric and falsehoods are
counter-productive to us as parents invested with the natural
responsibility of moulding the children into upright people and
citizens.
“Begging won't make a future for Africa.”
~Libyan
leader Moammar Gadhafi
Photographs Wanted ($200 US each)
We are still missing a
few “Shame File” photos. In the interest of seeing that none of these
crooks escape under the Hall of Shame radar, we
decided to double the incentive to (US $200). Barrister
Mbi (Solomon Chambers) is still in Kumba for some lucky photographer.
The last I knew, the SGBC Manager & Assistant Manager were both at the
Limbe SGBC branch. As for the Chief of Territorial Surveillance in Buea,
he is a large Bayangi man and was there in 2002 / 2003 (Governors Office
building). He can be identified by Inspector Enow Stephen Etengeneng of
Buea Judicial Police. Further helpful information on these “Shame File
Fugitives” locations can be requested by contacting me at the address
below. Photos must be of similar quality to those used in previous shame
files. Good luck with the snapping. If you can send me a photograph of
any of those people listed below, and it is published on the shame file,
a payment of $200 US shall be made to the sender. The personal details
of any senders shall remain completely confidential and shall be known
only by myself. Photos can be forwarded to
Camerooninjustice@hotmail.com.
Why not get some cash and at the same time let me expose them for their
corrupt ways?
Like I said, “This is your site too”.
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WANTED
SGBC, Limbe. Manager -
Ndoumbe Lottin.
SGBC, Limbe. Assistant Manager
- Francois Ngouania.
Justice J. F. Fonkwe -
Fako Appeals Court Judge. Buea
Barrister Mbi – Solomon
Chambers, Kumba.
Chief of Territorial
Surveillance, Buea. (Governors Office - large Bayangi man)
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NEWS -
March 2006
"Le
Front" Publishes the "Hit Parade of Billionaire Civil Servants" in
Cameroon
 Le
Front,
a biweekly French-language newspaper, has published what it describes as
the ""Hit Parade of Billionaire Civil Servants" in Cameroon in its
February 9, 2006 issue (no. 065). According to the newspaper, the names,
banks, and accounts of the civil servants involved were revealed by
"American financial networks" who have traced the bulk of the accounts
to banks in Spain, South Africa, Portugal, Switzerland and Monaco. Le
Front claims to have obtained the list from “most reliable sources
at the very top of the Cameroonian State.”
According to the paper, it is publishing the list in order to bring back
the focus on issue of corruption in high places which was placed on the
backburner thanks to the list of homosexuals that was “maliciously”
served to the public as a distraction.
It is
worth noting that Le Front also publishes the names of 17 “rigorous and
incorruptible/honest” top government officials "by order of merit".
According to the
BBC, "copies of Le
Front sold out quickly on Friday morning, as everyone was keen to see
the millionaire list, which has become the talk of the country".
So is
this another bloody chapter in what increasingly appears to be a "war of
clans" currently taking place within the Biya regime where rivals are
destroying each other by proxy, or is the list for real? Only time will
tell.
In the
meantime, Scribbles from the Den has obtained a PDF version of the
much-sought after issue no. 065 of "Le Front". Read the report
accompanying the lists to decide if this is another hoax or the real
deal.
(Article courtesy of
www.dibussi.com)
Click here to print or download Le Front in PDF
format (473 kb)
Anti-Corruption Net Catches 15 Big Fish
There
are speculations amongst journalistic circles that a cabinet reshuffle
is imminent because some of those targeted for arrest are ministers who
may have to be sacked before being thrown behind bars.
Biya's Anti-Corruption Drive: The Great Clean-up... Or Wool Over Our
Eyes?
As
Cameroonians watch the drama unfold with a mixture of skepticism and
hope, questions still remain about the extent of the ongoing
campaign. Will it end with a few symbolic arrests and trials – as in the
past - or is a revolution at hand – as the government media claims?
Uncertainty Still Clouds Cameroon's Debt Relief Bid
There
is still uncertainty whether Cameroon will reach the Completion Point of
the Heavily Indebted Poor Country Initiative, HIPC-I in June. After a
two-week review of the country's economic performance, the International
Monetary Fund, IMF, mission simply stated that Cameroon has prospects of
reaching the debt relief target.
‘The Corrupt Still Run Gov’t’
- Haman Garga
I have
proof that there are still many Ministers in government who are highly
corrupt because I am working with the NGO Bonne Conscience, which is
following up the issue of corruption in our country.
Cameroon: Corrupt Practices In High Places
The
turnover of every Biya government is about 6 months. What this means
concretely is that persons appointed ministers are given a very short
time and the license to steal before they are kicked out again.
PM Cautious Of HIPC Completion Point
The PM
cautioned the people against harbouring too much expectation on the
Completion Point. He said Cameroonians would only feel the impact of the
HIPC if the money is retained for proper use.
Motion Of No Confidence Dogs Government
Cameroonians hope that the government thieves will rent rooms at the
Five Star Kondengui Royal Hotel and stay there for a long time; and that
the Head of State, will not stop at arresting only. But that the
'thieves' will be prosecuted, jailed and the monies they have salted in
foreign accounts repatriated back into the country to support
development.
CPDM Disowns Thieving Officials
The
ruling Cameron People's Democratic Movement, CPDM, has disassociated
itself from the corrupt practices of some of its officials that were
arrested last week.
CAMAIR Sale Begins
How
come CAMAIR is on sale and the
 Cameroonian
media is not commenting on this? How can you announce the privatisation
of a company on the 27th of January 2006 and you intend to close the
sale in February 13 2006? Apart from being a secret deal, that is to
tell the world that Cameroon is the property of certain individuals.
(Readers comment)
Retrenched CAMAIR Workers Protest Unpaid Dues
It is
not understood how the Minister could have openly announced that money
had been allocated to pay up the retrenched workers, and over six months
later, only part of that money had actually been disbursed.
United States, Cameroon Sign Open-Skies Aviation Agreement
Open-Skies agreements permit unrestricted air service by the airlines of
both sides between and beyond the other’s territory, without
restrictions on how often the carriers can fly, the prices they charge,
or the kind of aircraft they use
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Human
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It was a
chilling afternoon in Brussels. Southern Cameroonians and members of the
Southern Cameroons National Council Belgium branch braved the rains and
went out demonstrating in front of the United nations Office in Brussels
Demonstration started at 14.00pm and lasted till 15.00pm, with prayers for
the repose of the soul of late PP Nwenti and other fallen heros.
Singing and cultural occupied the event with banners and placards with
messages like,“ Free Southern Cameroons, Southern Cameroonians are
stateless, Free all Southern Cameroons’ prisoners, where was the UN at the
Foumban conference ,Why is the UN sleeping while Southern Cameroons
suffer? Etc etc
At 2.30pm a Delegation of the SCNC led by Morfaw Rene was received by the
deputy director of the United Nations in Belgium, Mr Pierre Harle. In
receiving a memorandum from the SCNC the deputy director said he would do
well to transmit the memo to the UN scribe that same day. He said he was
particularly versed with Southern Cameroons issue and prayed that. He
regretted the death of PP Nwenti and other Southern Cameroons activist and
said, the UN can not afford to have another blood bath in Africa .
In return we told him, “because the UN was part of the problem it must be
part of the solution.”
(Click below to read the full petition to U.N Sec General - Kofi Annan.)
Subject: MEMORANDUM
PRESENTED BY THE SOUTHERN CAMEROONS NATIONAL COUNCIL (SCNC), BELGIUM TO
THE SECRETARY GENERAL OF THE UNITED NATIONS
AND THE COMMISSION ON HUMAN RIGHTS ON THE OCCASION OF THE 45TH ANNIVERSARY OF
THE UNITED NATIONS SPONSORED PLEBISCITE IN BRITISH SOUTHERN CAMEROONS
DEMONSTRATION AT No. 10 DOWNING STREET: 11 February, 2006
The Southern Cameroons Youth League (SCYL) and the Southern Cameroons
National Council (SCNC) in partnership with the Southern Cameroons Interim
Government-In-Exile, invites all Southern Cameroonians and friends of the
Southern Cameroons to a demonstration on the 11th of February at No. 10
Downing Street in London.
This demonstration is to highlight the role of Britain in the continuous
brutal colonization of the Southern Cameroons by France, masquerading as
la République du Cameroun.
SOUTHERN CAMEROONS 11 FEBRUARY, 2006 PETITION TO THE UK GOVERNMENT
Today,
the bruised and tormented people of the former UN trust territory of the
Southern Cameroons under UK administration hold a peaceful demonstration
at Downing Street. We do so to call attention to the historical wrong that
was done to the Southern Cameroons, when the UK transferred the territory
to the French-controlled State of Cameroun Republic.
(Click on the above link to read the complete petition)
Southern Cameroons: 45 Lost Years
The
political systems that have been imposed on the Southern Cameroons since
the first independence have, by and large, been oppressive and
exploitative. The more these systems have been unpopular with the people
of the Southern Cameroons, the more the agents of the system have used
ruthless methods and brute force to keep their victims down and out.
Language as a Tool for Exclusion: Reflections on Cameroon's National
Bilingualism Day
Over the
years, English-speaking students in ASMAC just like other higher education
institutions in Yaoundé receive lectures almost exclusively in French.
Some English-speaking students have described this situation as
'deplorable'. Yes, that is the real Cameroon where the English language
and English-speaking Cameroonians are treated like inconvenient
stepchildren who are barely tolerated.
SCNC Coordinator's Death Linked To Torture
Hon.
Nkweti, a former Parliamentarian in the West Cameroon House of Assembly,
died in a hospital in Kutaba, on Monday, January 30. Confirming this to
The Post, Pauline Venowoh Nkweti, wife of the deceased, said he developed
swellings on his feet and body while in detention and had never recovered
from them.
She attributed this to the very inhuman conditions under which he was
detained. He died after spending three weeks in hospital.
CAMEROON: Tuberculosis and AIDS soaring in prisons
Twelve
people live in the tiny cell which adjoins a row of latrines, their meagre
possessions hanging on nails on the grime-blackened wall. No matter that
some are sick with a highly contagious disease, the prison is packed and
there is not a single spare space to quarantine TB sufferers.
“Le Cameroun c’est le Cameroun”
I’ve read several Human Rights reports on Cameroon and one reoccurring
theme is citizens being detained on Fridays, thus suffering a weekend in
the cells before any chance of release can be arranged. I thought I would
share with you my own near experience of this abuse. The above convocation
is signed by the notoriously corrupt Magistrate, Ketuanze Jacob. Luckily a
friend arranged that I attended this meeting with a lawyer. Three pages of
charges made against me on this day, disappeared shortly after from this
office (Limbe State Counsel). While this attempt to have me locked up and
deported didn’t succeed, it was two days later that I was accosted by
soldiers with rifles at SGBC, denying me entry to the bank and accusing me
of attempted murder….. This was just the beginning. Fourteen
months later, it almost seemed normal to incinerate the vehicle at the US
Embassy in Yaounde. Glenn.
“Le Cameroun c’est le Cameroun”
UPDATES
As Kohtem Murder Trial Opens:Fon Doh, 11 Others Docked
Three
judges handled the matter .The courtroom was full to capacity. If found
guilty, Fon Doh and fellow suspects, could serve jail terms of between six
and 20 years each, following Section 278 of the Penal Code with no option
of a fine.
After Gunfire in Balikumbat: Court Told "Fon Doh Missed Assassination
Attempt"
But Fon
Doh's lawyer declined to push forward his request which many believed was
made only as a means of discrediting Kohtem's sympathizers. A majority
wondered in muttered voices how shooting could go on for four hours
without any casualty being registered. "Why were gendarmes who have a
brigade in Balikumbat not invited for assistance?" They asked.
Kohtem Murder:Witness Fears For Life As Trial Accelerates
One of
the key witnesses in the trial of Fon Doh and 11 others implicated in the
murder of late Kohtem has cried out that he may not live to give his
testimony. James Tega, who spoke to The Post over the weekend, said he and
fellow witnesses are under constant threats of elimination from Fon Doh
and supporters.
A Review of Notable Political Rumors from Cameroon
It was
also rumoured that Chantal Vigouroux had been a prostitute as bar
attendant, and that her twin boys had been conceived with a taxi-driver
boyfriend from Bafut in the North West Province, who was shot dead by the
traffic police after the wedding and the children’s birth certificates
doctored to preserve presidential prestige.
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Dear Mr Ambassador
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Ambassador to Cameroon, Neils Marquardt,
Dear Ambassador Marquardt,
Please accept my congratulations on the recent opening of your new
Embassy complex in Yaounde. I certainly can understand that there
were some security issues surrounding the previous premises. I was a
little disappointed not to receive an invitation to the opening
ceremony, as I would have gladly prepared a barbeque for everyone to
feast as a small “House warming” gift to make up for my past
indiscretion.
O ne
can only hope that half of what we read about US pressure on the
Cameroon government in this latest push against corruption, is true.
In a recent interview with the Post news,
(Interview) you mention the promising future
prospects in Cameroon for US investors if current corruption can be
dealt a deadly blow. There are many American companies already
operating in Cameroon as we speak, operating under the current
levels of corruption and this begs me to ask you a few questions
regarding how these investors fare and what benefit they bring to
Cameroonians.
1) Can you name one
current American run business in Cameroon that does not participate
in the grubby business of corruption as a means to exist, while
actually making a profit for the investors? What investment
practices will you be advising US investors?
2) The Judiciary in
Cameroon excels in corrupt activities and ploys to dupe investors.
Under present circumstances this leaves Cameroon as a lawless
society under the guidance of a government that has worked freely
for over 20 years relieving the country of its wealth. Can you, with
any conscience invite investors into Cameroon, where there is no
independent judiciary and the courts are known as the most shameful
and corrupt in the world?
3) What position
does the US take regarding the human right atrocities and sufferings
meted out by Paul Biya and his government on the people of Southern
Cameroons? Equally, as you have spoken out against the corruption,
do you plan to speak out against the governments abuses and killings
carried out against these citizens?
4) What benefit
will the
“US/Cameroon - Open Sky agreement”
bring Cameroonians, given that Camair is a failed and derelict
airline that is not welcome at many airports due to C.A.A.
Restrictions and air safety rules?
Warmest Regards,
Glenn Wilson
PS: Please do not
take the comment about the barbeque to seriously, it’s
just a bit of a joke - sort of. This is the type of sense of humour
you must warn your investors to bring to Cameroon, because they’re going to need it!
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Why The US Supports Fight Against Corruption In Cameroon
We are
not, as taxpayers from the United States, going to put money in any
country in which we think that there is a chance that the money we give or
loan or invest, is not going to be safeguarded against embezzlement or
theft.
United States, Cameroon Sign Open-Skies Aviation Agreement
Open-Skies agreements permit unrestricted air service by the airlines of
both sides between and beyond the other’s territory, without restrictions
on how often the carriers can fly, the prices they charge, or the kind of
aircraft they use
Americans Say They Are Here To Stay
Speaking
during the inauguration of the new $ 54 million (about FCFA 27 billion) US
Embassy complex in Bastos, Yaounde. Dr. Frazer (US Assistant Secretary of
State for African Affairs) first indicated America's permanent interest in
Cameroon during a press conference minutes before the official start of
the inauguration ceremony that was attended by President Paul Biya.
Investor’s Corner
Reforming The Cameroon Judicial System And Corruption
This
egoistic system of governance is partially responsible or accountable for
the vices we are entangled with today, such as corruption, embezzlement,
misappropriation of state funds, cash flight, and swindling, human right
abuse, promulgation of laws with defects which have given rise to a
judicial system that is highly unpredictable and unreliable.
General Manager Admits Corruption In Customs
The
General Manager of the Directorate General of Customs, Antoine Manga
Massina, has admitted that corruption is rocking the sector. Massina added
that fraud, smuggling, and dealing in contraband are a major headache too,
in the Customs administration.
 World
Bank Official Highlights Cameroon's Investment Hostility
A senior
visiting World Bank official has stated that Cameroon is not attracting
enough foreign investment because of the country's harsh investment
climate.
High Taxes Kill Investments And Jobs
Cameroon's economy is in decline. The knock-on effect for the ordinary man
has meant reduced expenditure, a drastic cut on the disposable income and
reduced levels of investment and trade. The country is facing many
pressing problems from the inequalities between the rich and the poor,
unemployment, education issues, the AIDS crisis, corruption and graft.
HIPC-I Completion Point Is Not Panacea - Hubert Kamgang
Cameroon's foremost economic critic Hubert Kamgang has stated that debt
cancellation will never help Cameroon so long as its economy remains at
the beck and call of its colonial master - France. "Even if all of
Cameroon's debts are cancelled, the country will not move an inch because
of the poor neo-colonial economy prevailing in the country," he said.
Corruption in Cameroon: A State of the Art.
The sheer number of Cameroonian children who have fled from this
horrendous situation under Mr. Biya and are in “voluntary exile” in the
Diaspora is incredible.
Next Months Newsletter.
There has
been a promise that “Hall of Shame” shall be receiving the photo of the
Solomon Chamber Barrister - Kumba (Mr Mbi) and also I believe I shall be
sent a photo of the SGBC Bank manager. Once we receive the bank managers
photo we shall proceed with the trial of Societe Generale. But next month
it looks like we’ll be offering up a very interesting “Shame File” from
Solomon Chambers.
Next month months feature articles:
Biya
and his Generals! Who’s really pulling the strings?
Plots to
silence SCNC activists!
How Banks In Cameroon Frustrate Clients.
Until
government intervenes directly to make things better for the public, the
latter will continue to writhe in the frustration of unscrupulous "bank"
managers and their colleagues.
Take
care, Glenn
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Cameroon began through the glazed eyes of a tourist. After a sham marriage
and the loss of my life savings to the corrupt judiciary, I now see the
plight of Cameroonians through much clearer eyes. It is through fiercely
protected anonymity, by those involved, that corruption heads down its
unbending path. These are the same people sitting in the pew next to you
in church on Sundays, who are stealing the food from your mouth and your
children’s education on Mondays. I say, lets take a look at these people
and let them enjoy the sleepless nights that they inflict upon others.
Exposure of these peoples' acts of shame is the strongest tool to drive
others away from these evil practices. 
