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Mozambique: Inspection is Not 'Harassment'
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Agencia de Informacao de Mocambique (Maputo)
7 August 2008
Posted to the web 7 August 2008
Maputo
Mozambique's Minister of State Administration, Lucas Chomera, on Thursday lamented that there are still leading figures in the state apparatus who regard inspection as "harassment".
Speaking at the ceremony inaugurating the new premises of his Ministry's Local Administration Inspectorate, Chomera insisted that leaders should regard inspection as an instrument that verifies good practices and checks abuses.
"Inspections help leaders assess whether work in their area is going normally, and whether the staff are complying with their tasks or not", he said. "It also has a preventive role, to ensure that problems do not crop up in the future".
Chomera argued that the work of inspectors is fundamental for the consolidation of a culture of legality and good management of public property, and for complying with administrative norms, as well as with the government's plans.
"Decentralisation will not achieve its goals unless the state has instruments through which it can check on the activities of local state bodies and of municipalities", he warned.
Through its inspectorates, the Ministry, he added, hopes to provide "permanent education and technical assistance" to local authorities, correcting any mistakes, and holding those responsible for infractions accountable.
Chomera's ministry is responsible for the organisation, functioning and development of local state administration, and of the municipalities. As part of this mission, the provincial and local administration inspectorates carried out 12 inspections and 23 inquiries since July 2007.
Chomera also inaugurated a "green line" for the inspectorate - a phone line through which citizens anywhere in the country can denounce acts of mismanagement and corruption.
Chomera said that such phone lines allow the bodies in charge of local and central governance to gain a timely understanding of citizens' perceptions, doubts and problems.
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The challenge was now to ensure that people knew about the new line and understood its importance. "We have many green lines in the country, but they're not all used for the purposes for which they were created", Chomera admitted.
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