From The Editors Desk

Dear Fellow corruption Haters,

                The response to last month’s newsletter was phenomenal. Due to the large volume of traffic to the website, some readers experienced difficulties viewing the newsletter. Many thanks to the readers who promptly informed me of their difficulties. The problem was easily fixed with increased bandwidth being supplied to the website. This means that now, many viewers can simultaneously  view the material and no reader shall have any difficulty accessing the site in future. The website and newsletter is now being accessed daily by readers in the hundreds. To all those people I wish to say thank you, because without you there would be no newsletter.

            Last month we loaded the Hall of Shame shotgun and sprayed a few bullets around. Well nothing so frivolous as that this time. This month we’ve loaded the artillery with some high explosive shells, fed the coordinates into the weapon control. I wonder what happens next?  That’s right!  “Push the button”

            Please, everyone have a safe 1st October, so you’re in good shape for next months edition where we celebrate six months of Hall of Shame. That means the newsletter has lasted longer than I did eating my wife’s cooking. (and that’s no mean feat).

 Don’t miss the readers contribution in this months  “Glenn's Mail Bag”.

Praise File #3
 

Prince and PA Hamilton Ayuk

A young dynamic and theological scholar nicknamed Jesusman who is nothing less than a mobile Bible. Though controversial because of his objectivity, he is a show window of what a modern day preacher should be; versed in almost all fields. An intrepid man of his words that would shy not from his detractors no matter their number. The closer you get to know him, the more you want to be the friend of this jovial and always smiling preacher. He is changing the way the Bible was interpreted and preached with his practical Christianity of mentoring and assisting those who need help even at his expense. He is an author, poet, playwright, teacher, clergy and translator. May we end with his words “Plastic surgery may repair a damaged face but a plastic smile will not do for a miserable life” and “Life is like a mysterious highway. At times we bypass those who would have made us happy on the other side of the road either because of one sidetrack or myopia”.

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Gov't Admits Cameroon Merited Corruption Champion.
Contrary to its earlier stance, the government of Cameroon has admitted that the German Anti-Corruption NGO, Transparency International, TI, was right when it classified Cameroon as the most corrupt country in the world for two consecutive years.

IMF Says Corruption Is Still Stalling Cameroon's Economic Progress.
Speaking to journalists in Yaounde recently, Ross (IMF) said Cameroon needs to fight all the ills so as to trigger the kind of economic growth that will trickle down to the masses.

Cameroon's Human Development Drops.
Government's efforts in fighting poverty and raising the living standards of the population has proven to be insufficient as the situation is taking a downward trend.

Biya's Affection For Power.
It seems to me that African leaders are inflicted with an intractable germ that fuels their desire to overstay their welcome and remain in power indefinitely. Thus, instead of being admired and loved, sit-tight leaders end up being tolerated or endured like a stubborn plague.

PCC Moderator Wants Cameroonians To Dump Corruption, Immorality.
The Moderator of the Presbyterian Church in Cameroon, PCC, the Right Rev. Princewill Nyansako-ni-Nku, has said that Cameroon would not forge ahead or make any progress if its citizens hold on to their old habits of doing things the wrong way and perpetrating corruption and other forms of immorality.

Young Policemen Are Going Out Of Control- Retired Inspector.
Simon Esose Mwambo, retired police inspector, relives his days in the police force and regrets that young policemen commit crimes in public places with impunity, in this exclusive interview with The Post. “Some steal, gamble, and even get drunk and misbehave in their uniforms,” he says.

Delegate, Teachers Lament Deplorable School Situation.
The most appalling revelation came from Donga/Mantung. According to the account, there are 37 schools in Ako Subdivision with a total of 38 teachers only. Of this number, there are only four civil servants. Equally embarrassing were the revelations that in some areas one head teacher controls a chain of schools, and that due to lack of infrastructure, one room sometimes hosts four different classes. These are taught by a single teacher; there is no French teacher, despite the fact that pupils write French in end of course examinations. Some schools in this area score 100 percent in these examinations, several children passing French for which there are no teachers.

Cameroon: The Way Forward.
(Readers Comment) - This is excellent! Respect for the mind and what it can achieve, if developed and disciplined in the right way, is the way forward for our country and for Africa.

Human Rights Issues

Date: Mon, 26 Sep 2005 09:43:11 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: Arrest of Executive Secretary General Mr. Thomas Nwachan
To: fdr_southerncameroonspeople@yahoogroup.com, nationalgroup@yahoogroups.com, noticeboard@yahoogroup.com, SCNC_holland@hotmail.com, inter_sec@scylforfreedom.org,

We write to further inform you that Mr. Nwachan is still being held incommunicado in the Bamenda Central Prison.  On the 9^th of September, he appeared briefly before a magistrate, but there was no body to prosecute him since the Gendarmes who arrested him failed to present themselves in Court.  The matter was therefore adjourned for Friday the 16^th September 2005.  On that day once more, the prosecutors and alleged witnesses did not come to Court.   Again the trial Magistrate adjourned the matter for Friday the 23^rd September.  When the matter came up for hearing on the 23^rd this time, both the Gendarme prosecutor, his witnesses and the trial Magistrate were absent in court, so the matter was adjourned for Friday the 30^th September.  Now that the matter is suffering unjustified adjournments, it is not certain whether it would be heard on the 30^th September or not. 

From Newspaper publications and the pronouncements of top officials of the Biya’s Regime, it is now certain that members of the SCNC have been targeted for arrest and humiliation.  Mr. Thomas Nwachan is not the only SCNC activist who is in detention.  There are so many people targeted and arrested both in the South West and North West Provinces of the Southern Cameroons who are presently languishing in Prisons whose fait is not known and it appears many more people will be arrested in the days to come.  The regime has thus instilled fear in the people who are already sweating under the weight of terrible poverty.  The future is very uncertain.

The Regime is panicking principally from the fear that Southern Cameroons are likely to come out en mass to march and demonstrate on the 1^st October, 2005.   Every year that is how  they panic and reign hell on innocent people who go about their daily toils to try to make a living because these people venture to speak out against the injustices meted out on them by a regime that they would very gladly want to be free from.    
 

AMBAZONIA  Liberation Party

Weriwo Murder:Inspector Says It's Professional To Torture Suspects.

The prosecutors asked Ngu if he was taught in the police school to torture suspects and whether he has been torturing them for his 23 years as policeman. In response, Ngu said he was not taught to torture suspects but that it is a very professional practice, which he cannot explain in court.

Glenn’s
MAIL BAG

To: Camerooninjustice@hotmail.com

DEAR GLENN,

As a Cameroonian living in Europe, I’m pleased to see your brave efforts in tackling the thug president and his tribe. Cameroon was one of the wealthiest countries in Africa. Now it’s a rump tinpot dictatorship, acting in the guise of a democracy. It’s not even a shadow of one. When I settled in Europe, I thanked God, because I couldn’t believe life could be so good. Instead of waiting for years for my wages, I got it every week. in Europe- that’s the law, and it is enforced. I have access to free health services, and payment if I can’t get work.

But recently I was able to travel to your country of Australia. I still get tears in my eyes when I think of its wealth, beauty, and most importantly, it’s courts and democracy. Imagine the Prime Minister of this vastly wealthy country of twenty million, lives in a modest house in Canberra. People can visit him with an appointment. He walks the streets with no more than a couple of unarmed assistants. Every morning he goes jogging around Sydney harbour, with just a couple of fellow joggers. People can walk up and shake hands with him.

Compare that to the fat fool in Unity palace. Gates dipped in gold, machine guns at every twenty metres. I remember the times I saw him going to Paris or other European cities to feed on the wealth of being a visiting president.

Yaounde will go quiet, sharpshooters are seen on city buildings, then with a roar, a vast cavalcade headed by a massive white car with a sign on it stating presidential escort, roars through, get out of the way, or be run over, then a motorcycle convoy, then several trucks of heavily armed troops, then a convoy of cars with darkened windows, presumably one carrying ‘him’ and an escort of more troops. All this to allow the fat fool from the palace to head off to party in Paris is his gold plated jet.

Meanwhile the Australian Prime Minister uses a modest air force jet, which is also available to other ministers, and visiting dignitaries including the Queen of England. And when he travels, he is going away on serious business, and has a busy schedule to cover. Not fat Paul’s usual appearance by television, of shaking hands with perhaps a former president of France. In fact I often wonder if he is still alive. Has anyone actually seen him? The last time he was supposed to attend parliament to speak to an array of parliamentary visitors, he didn’t make it. Once the great Mandela called off on his way to London, to be honoured by the world at large. He waited in his aircraft, but Biya didn’t show, he WAS ACTUALLY TOO DRUNK to appear. To demonstrate the Great Man’s class (Mandela), he called back on his way back home. Presumably Biya had gotten over his hangover by then.       

So, compare this mess to the great democracies, where courts mean justice. The Australian Courts are acknowledged as of the equal highest standard in the world, and THE REAL STORY OF SUCCESS IS THAT IT IS THE SECOND BEST COUNTRY IN TERMS OF BEING CLEAR OF CORRUPTION! You see similar things every day in Europe, like in Australia, any official, including presidents or prime ministers, are accountable for their actions.

I dream of an Africa, cleaned of these tribal thugs, where honesty can take root. I dream of an Africa with hope for the 800 million people, to begin to live in modest conditions, where the country’s wealth belongs to the people, not a tribal thug and his cronies. Dare I dream? Alas, I think it will take centuries, and in the meantime I’ll live in Europe, grateful for the opportunity, and dream of the promised land,

Australia.…………(signed Jean….. Family name withheld)

P.s. I hope the barrister from the Buea court, who told outrageous lies about you, will read this. The things he claimed you had done would not be possible in Australia. Otherwise you would quickly be in gaol. That man would never get a visa to Australia, they don’t accept crooks.

Dear Chief
Ephraim Inoni.

Please, Inoni, head of government,

Before you try to tell people to come back and invest at home, create a conducive environment for them to invest.
Why should I leave Britain to invest in Cameroon where tax officials will harass me when they like and how they like?
Why should I invest where my company can be closed at anytime the Government likes to do so.
Why should I invest in a place where if my company is visited by robbers and I call the police they will tell me they don’t have petrol in their car to come, but they are on the highway taking 500frs from Clando and taxi drivers?

Please, look at what is keeping us out of Cameroon, before you tell us to come back.
 

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