State should declare graft a national disaster, or legalise it

It is difficult to fault Friedrich Engels’ claim that “from the first day to this, sheer greed was the driving spirit of civilization’’. Mr Engels, together with Karl Max, formulated the Marxist theory and co-authored the Communist Manifesto. The latter is an indictment on Capitalism and all that it stands for. It talks about society and class struggle; and that is where we are today.

Kenya is a Capitalist society in the throes of a class struggle; a struggle that draws sustenance from raw greed which has been perfected by pretentious leaders out to make a killing while the opportunity presents itself. The common man has had to go through a rough patch as the privileged gorge themselves on his sweat. But like everything else, there is a limit and the implosion stage appears nigh.