allAfrica.com
3 June 2009
Africans are among the most likely of the world's citizens to be forced to pay bribes - but they are also the most confident that their governments are trying to stop the practice, according to a new study.
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xuboom totally agree with you the people learn from their governmental leaders who are the chiefs of Bribery so the normal African only does what he/she has seen from their corrupt politicians..
Study like these tend to want to prove the negative. We heard in the past why democracy was not hear in Africa etc. But, I find such so-called research very limited in scope and many times more interested in proving the negative than positive. Be very sceptical about such studies!!!
phiri this study is very wrong I am not skeptical but realize the governments of this region want people to think they are against bribery. I live here day in and day out and yes it plagues the continent as a whole but it starts with the governments. It then pours down to many ordinary Africans and I am not saying all Africans do this or it is their fault but they do as their leaders do. It is the example they see even if it is a bad one...
I have seen it in the market place, police stops, customs and immigrations and well anyone connected with the government well it seems they teach them how to bribe before they start work in any governmental institution.
This makes me laugh because it is these so called governments who teach it to the people not as i class but corrupt politicians is all the people ever see so that in turn will make the everyday person think it is fine to cheat people. The governments are trying to stop this who was this study done by?????
Bribes are used against everyone especially strangers (people from other countries) so no matter where we go we can be bribed from the local market to police stops, border crossings and Customs and Immigration of the countries...
I live here and see it daily so you better go get your story straight before writing again and confirm your sources are accurate...
This is definately a view of a biased. Africans by nature learn from their leaders. They are not the regular "do as I say" type.Corruption in africa is embedded in the political system and so it shouldn't be strange if you expect them to be "do as i say" people.