War on graft laced with political undertones is mere shadow-boxing

National Youth Service suspects in the dock at the Milimani Law Court. [Beverlyne Musili /Standard]

Long ago, the mice held a general council to consider what measures they could take to outwit their common enemy, the cat. A young mouse proposed to bell the cat. He advised the general council that the chief danger from the cat was the sly and treacherous manner in which he attacked the mice.

His idea was that the general council purchases a small bell and tie it with a ribbon on the cat’s neck. The bell would signal the presence of the cat and warn them of its impending attacks.