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Good leaders are transparent and accountable
1) Leadership, accountability, and transparency are inseparable in a democratic system. Good leaders accept accountability and cannot have one without the other.
2) Citizens have the right to demand transparency and accountability from their leaders, as public projects belong to the community and are funded by taxpayer money.
3) Leaders should be transparent and accountable from the start of any development project in order to gain citizens' trust and avoid speculation about misuse of funds that could derail projects.
Good leaders are transparent and accountable
1) Leadership, accountability, and transparency are inseparable in a democratic system. Good leaders accept accountability and cannot have one without the other.
2) Citizens have the right to demand transparency and accountability from their leaders, as public projects belong to the community and are funded by taxpayer money.
3) Leaders should be transparent and accountable from the start of any development project in order to gain citizens' trust and avoid speculation about misuse of funds that could derail projects.
Good leaders are transparent and accountable
1) Leadership, accountability, and transparency are inseparable in a democratic system. Good leaders accept accountability and cannot have one without the other.
2) Citizens have the right to demand transparency and accountability from their leaders, as public projects belong to the community and are funded by taxpayer money.
3) Leaders should be transparent and accountable from the start of any development project in order to gain citizens' trust and avoid speculation about misuse of funds that could derail projects.
talk about transparency and accountability without mentioning our leaders. The leaders such as councilors, Members of Parliament, civil servants, chiefs and many others are the ones that lead in the implementation of various projects by government or Non-Governmental Organisations (NGOs).
It is from this background that
leadership, accountability and transparency go together and are inseparable in a democratic system. According to Michael Hyatt, coauthor of a book titled Living forward: A Proven Plan to stop Drifting and get the Life you want, leadership and accountability go together and one can easily become a good leader if he or she is accountable to the people they lead. If duty-bearers in our communities refuse to be transparent and accountable then they cannot be trusted in the implementation of development projects. Everyone wants to be a leader. However, few are prepared to accept the accountability that goes with it. But you cant have one without the other. They are two sides of the same coin, he wrote. Citizens have a right to demand transparency and accountability from their leaders based on the
unnecessary respect to the authority
and this retards development. We fear the authority so much that even when those in power are doing something wrong, we dont want to call them to account. We have very tolerant levels of mediocrity, he said in Mzimba two weeks ago.
with DYSON MTHAWANJI and TIWONGE TASHA KUMWENDA
fact that public projects belong to the community. Good leaders do not wait for their people to march against them for poor leadership which lacks transparency and accountability. A good leader becomes transparent and accountable even before he or she is demanded by the community to do so. Citizens should always check whether duty-bearers are on right track or not. However, it does not always mean that something is muddled when citizens demand transparency and accountability from their leaders; sometimes the citizens just want to follow all the steps of public development projects because it is their right as sometimes funds for such projects are from citizens taxes. Therefore, leaders should not get worried and shiver when the citizens muster courage and demand these two important values.
We understand that development
projects encounter various challenges which usually delay or halt the whole project. But if the duty-bearers are silent or hide information, people will conclude that something shady happened. For example, they may speculate that someone embezzled funds. This brings chaos. For a long time Malawians have had strange fears for their own leaders. Yes, the same leaders they put in power by vote. But in a democracy, citizens should not fear dutybearers. Citizens should demand transparency and accountability from duty-bearers starting from the first day of implementation of any development project in their community. Speaker of the National Assembly Richard Msowoya is quoted as saying many Malawians give
As we count down to 2019 for
us to vote again in the tripartite elections, witty councilors and MPs ensure that they are transparent and accountable on every step they take when executing their duties. This is a free password to unlock victory on Election Day in 2019. With massive civic education by various NGOs such as National Initiative for Civic Education (Nice) Trust, many Malawians have now realised that they are the owners of public development projects and that their leaders are there just to facilitate implementation. Therefore, leaders should not take citizens for granted because they have a right on who to vote for. Days when political leaders used to claim that the money for development projects is from their pockets are gone. Now, Malawians know that there is Constituency Development Fund (CDF) and Local Development Fund (LDF) which come from government not MPs pockets.
to champion transparency and accountability by including these two values in their projects. Actionaid in conjunction with Civil Society Agriculture Network (Cisanet) is implementing a project to specifically promote social accountability, budget tracking and transparency in Rumphi, Mchinji, Phalombe and Nsanje. However, NGOs that are not implementing a similar project can still include these two values in any project they want to unfurl because without transparency and accountability a project can attract unnecessary speculation among citizens and this derail the projects planned objectives and goals. As long as there is nothing underhanded, our duty-bearers will be in forefront raising a flag announcing transparency and accountability in every official step they take. European Union (EU) which is funding our three year transparency and accountability project in the mentioned four districts is much interested to see that our dutybearers are always transparent and accountable in development projects implementation. EU head of delegation Marchel Gerrmann believes that Malawi can make a huge step forward in transforming her social and economic set-up if there is absolute transparency. n
STATE OF THE NATION ADDRESS BY PETER MUTHARIKA, PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF MALAWI ON THE OCCASION OF THE STATE OPENING OF THE 3RD MEETING IN THE 47TH SESSION OF PARLIAMENT AND 2018/2019 BUDGET MEETING LILONGWE