Majority of Kenyans are like the man in the bible who speaks of death, “ooh corruption where is thy sting?” The matter of fact is that corruption has immensely stung and literary destroyed our country.
A country sufficiently bestowed with natural resources and richness could have joined the league of other countries who have become economic success stories. This is in comparison to their previous reputation of economic backwaters.
However, corruption has led Kenya along the path of poverty with bereft of basic infrastructure including social amenities thus the future looks unbearably bleak.
The major trouble in Kenya is that corruption has become so pervasive that it is becoming a way of life. No sector or strata of the current society is left unscathed.
The police force is so corrupt that some drivers who refuse to pay bribes at check points end up paying for their lives. The judiciaries are also very corrupt that judgments are devoid of logic or common sense goes to the highest bidder.
Corruption has even invaded the church. The amount of tithe, churches receive from corrupt government officials has become a glorified business enterprise.
Those in charge of God’s money do not use them for the intended purpose instead they divert them for their own business. They often quote that “those who work at the altar must also eat from the altar”.
Those elected into leadership consider the public as the altar that they should eat from. The major problem is that they do not eat crumbles after serving those who elect them but they eat the whole loaf.
Where are the perpetrators of corruption in this country? In any sane country they could be in jail but in Kenya, they are free men and women busy driving plush cars, walking about the streets, living in opulent mansions and collecting awards allover.
The state is powerless because the wrongdoers stole enough money to bribe the system in order to stay out of jail and interfere with justice.
As a result those who steal do so with impunity. It is the impunity of the looters and the helplessness of the state that makes the future so bleak.
If there is no punishment for the crimes there can be no deterrent. This is the explanation for the cancerous growth of corruption in Kenya.
Those who loot the treasury enjoy their loot in the open thereby providing an incentive for others to follow suit.
Looters steal form the state but they escape the law because the law in Kenya has no arms, short or long.
This situation needs to change if the country is to move forward. However the change cannot come from the government because of the depth of the rot in the system.
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It has to start with Kenyans themselves showing disdain for looted wealth.
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