This is a good initiative but in comparison to how much this people are capable of embezzling while in office.

The will not take this price serious.

As former African leaders wait to see who has won the Mo Ibrahim prize for good governance, BBC world affairs correspondent Mark Doyle finds Mozambique ex-President Joaquim Chissano's shock and amusement at the value of the prize endearing.
"It's worth how much? Five MILLION dollars?"


Mr Chissano is one of the few African leaders to give up power
Former President Joaquim Chissano of Mozambique was in shock.

I was standing with Mr Chissano in Maputo's Independence Square


http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/7049430.stm