You see the main challenges facing our country in the past five decades are corruption and limited right to civil liberties. Every regime that comes to power promises to deal with these challenges head-on but we all know the outcome. Nothing significant happens.
The poor who break the law are quickly brought to a court of law and prosecuted accordingly. The big fish whose singular action deny millions of people access to healthcare, cheaper food supply, lower transport cost, affordable education, fair competitive business environment and credible election outcomes dance with courts and often wiggle their way out of crime.
Let us face it. The culture of corruption is so deeply embedded in our psych that even some religious institutions that should defend the poor who suffer most from the effect of corrupt systems, become great defenders of corrupt fellows. Look at the just released Form Four national exam results and the allegations flying left and right. On the one hand, we do not want kids to cheat, which is a fruit of the corruption culture, but, on the other hand, we will pull all triggers on whoever questions dubious contested leadership elections.
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