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Prime Minister Gaston Browne has admitted that his administration\u2019s anti-corruption efforts have focused too heavily on Cabinet ministers while systemic corruption thrived within the public service.<\/p>

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Speaking on his Browne and Browne Show<\/em>, Browne said for too long, attention has been placed on monitoring politicians while entrenched civil servants were left unchecked, enabling years of abuse and collusion with private interests.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWhat I want to ensure is that this government, this country, is governed better,\u201d Browne said. \u201cThe focus was almost exclusively on Cabinet to make sure ministers don\u2019t steal, not recognizing that below, they had our public servants well captured.\u201d<\/p>

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He said evidence now shows that sections of the civil service \u2014 particularly the Treasury, Customs, and Public Works \u2014 were \u201ccaptured\u201d by large business operators who used public officers to bypass systems and gain unfair advantages.<\/p>

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\u201cEven the Treasury, they have their own people \u2014 their own captured public servants \u2014 who they pay to prioritize their payments,\u201d Browne said. \u201cSometimes a little man can\u2019t get paid for the bread he supplies to the prison, but the big players go every week and collect their checks.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Prime Minister said these relationships created a system where \u201cmoney and favors determine efficiency,\u201d allowing the wealthy to fast-track transactions while ordinary suppliers were left waiting.<\/p>

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He acknowledged that while laws and safeguards existed, they were being circumvented by insiders who exploited weaknesses in oversight. \u201cIt\u2019s not that we don\u2019t have systems in place,\u201d he said. \u201cThe systems are there, but they are being circumvented.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Browne said his government has since taken steps to centralize financial control and strengthen checks and balances. All large Treasury payments must now be validated through the Ministry of Finance before approval. Cabinet will also review major disbursements weekly to prevent unauthorized transactions.<\/p>

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He announced additional reforms, including the rotation of staff in key departments to break up long-standing relationships between officials and major suppliers. \u201cWe\u2019re going to rotate,\u201d he said. \u201cSome of these people have been in the same positions for 15 or 20 years \u2014 that\u2019s not good governance.\u201d<\/p>

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Browne also plans to allocate $1 million in the upcoming budget to hire private citizens as validation officers to perform random spot checks of imported goods and Customs transactions. \u201cWe\u2019re going to have more regular, routine spot checks of containers,\u201d he said. \u201cI don\u2019t care who they are \u2014 could be Epicurean, First Choice, or any of the big supermarkets.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Describing the reform drive as a \u201ccleanup from top to bottom,\u201d Browne said it forms part of a broader \u201cnational reset\u201d aimed at restoring public trust after the recent vehicle procurement controversy. \u201cThis is not about shaming anyone,\u201d he said. \u201cIt\u2019s about restoring integrity and rebuilding trust in government.\u201d<\/p>\n

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