Financial Risk:
Very High
Score:
19/100
Asset Disposals
Q24
0/100
How effective are controls over the disposal of assets, and is information on these disposals, and the proceeds of their sale, transparent?
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The Ministry of State Property and Land Tenure is in charge of managing State property in Cameroon [1] [2]. But no evidence suggests controls…
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Although the Cameroon military has recently received logistics support and assistance from the Russian, Chinese and US governments in the form of “sophisticated military…
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There is some internal knowledge within the Ministry about the disposal of assets, but there is no knowledge about the financial results of such…
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Q25
0/100
Is independent and transparent scrutiny of asset disposals conducted by defence establishments, and are the reports of such scrutiny publicly available?
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Although there are several organs with the authority to audit state institutions, including defence and security, there is no evidence that these institutions have…
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There is no evidence that defence and asset disposals are subject to any form of scrutiny or oversight [1] [2]. Therefore, this indicator has…
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There is no audit report on the military and other security institutions in the annual budget for 2017 [1]. Therefore, this indicator has been…
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Secret Budgets
Q26
0/100
What percentage of defence and security expenditure in the budget year is dedicated to spending on secret items relating to national security and the intelligence services?
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The budget for the secret services is a sub-budget of the Ministry of Defence. Details of the different needs of the intelligence services are…
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Q27
0/100
Is the legislature (or the appropriate legislative committee or members of the legislature) given full information for the budget year on the spending of all secret items relating to national security and military intelligence?
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Although there is a Defence Committee in the National Assembly, the Committee remains inactive. In addition, the Ministry of Defence does not give details…
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Q28
0/100
Are audit reports of the annual accounts of the security sector (the military and intelligence services) subject to parliamentary debate?
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The Executive has the sole authority to set up commissions of inquiry to investigate and audit defence and security institutions [1] [2]. Such scrutiny…
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Because legislators are not provided audit reports on secret items, this indicator has been marked Not Applicable. Legislators are not given room to question…
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Q29
17/100
In law, are off-budget military expenditures permitted, and if so, are they exceptional occurrences that are well-controlled? In practice, are there any off-budget military expenditures? If so, does evidence suggest this involves illicit economic activity?
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According to interviewees, military off-budget expenditures do occur due to uncertain and unforeseen circumstances and no evidence exists which sheds light on this issue.…
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No mention of off-budget military expenditures could be found in the most recent budget [1].
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There is evidence to suggest that off-budget expenditures do occur; however, due to the confidentiality surrounding defence and security issues in Cameroon, it is…
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Cameroon has no specific law on freedom of information. The 1990 Law on Social Communication does confirm the “right to know”; however, the government…
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This indicator is not assigned a score in the GDI. In Cameroon, there are four types of information: the first is restricted information, which…
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According to the interviewees, some documents on the activities of the military, including its role in the fight against criminality and terrorism, are made…
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Q31
0/100
Do national defence and security institutions have beneficial ownership of commercial businesses? If so, how transparent are details of the operations and finances of such businesses?
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Genie Militaire, one of the specialist units of the Cameroon military, is highly involved in construction works. It has constructed schools, roads and other…
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According to an IMF review (July 2018) of Cameroon’s fiscal transparency, “the extent of government holdings in the commercial sector is significant … these…
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Military-owned Businesses
Q32
100/100
Are military-owned businesses subject to transparent independent scrutiny at a recognised international standard?
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There is no evidence that military institutions in Cameroon own businesses. However, some military officers are involved in microbusiness activities such as farming or…
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There is no evidence that the military owns any form of business. Therefore this indicator has been marked Not Applicable. According to an IMF…
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Illegal Private Enterprise
Q33
38/100
Is there evidence of unauthorised private enterprise by military or other defence ministry employees? If so, what is the government’s reaction to such enterprise?
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There is no legislation which authorises private enterprise by military personnel or personnel of the Ministry of Defence. According to the General Rules and…
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Some military personnel are involved in small-scale business like the production and sales of books and the purchase and sales of land [1]. It…
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Actual Military Spending
Q77
50/100
Is comprehensive data on actual spending on defence published during the budget year?
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The Presidency of the Republic of Cameroon publishes the budget online in aggregated form [1].
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Information on actual defence spending is provided in a highly aggregated form. No information is provided beyond the total amount of resources that are…
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Cameroon usually publishes the Year-End Report (Settlement Law) within six months after the end of the financial year [1].
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For 2016, the difference between budget and actual expenditure was negligible as actual expenditure stood at 99.07% of the defence budget [1]. Therefore this…
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