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Why Law should be a compulsory subject

Judge's gavel and collection of legal books. [Getty Images]

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.

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