Times Of Swaziland: ARREST UNLIKELIHOOD FEEDS CORRUPTION

ARREST UNLIKELIHOOD FEEDS CORRUPTION
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Editor on 26/05/2023 06:56:00


Sir,
It must be a daunting task to have sat in the lap of luxury all your life and
have absolutely no experience of rock bottom. I say this because there are
people who have never tasted nor experienced struggling at any point in their
lives, therefore they go through most of their lives fighting to uphold their
status quo and further doing just about anything to maintain their accumulated
wealth.
Struggle
This is where corruption steps in, but don’t get me wrong; there are also
individuals whom once they’ve tasted wealth fear reverting to the struggle or
to be more precise, poverty, by performing every trick in the book just to get
their hands on some cash.
For some people it’s a pride thing, whereby the supposed corrupt individual
cannot begin to accept the humiliation they would encounter if they would lose
all their riches.
Corruption is not at all an isolated occurrence, it’s not only prevalent in
the country but it is in fact a worldwide practise. Corruption is unfortunately
a result of inherent moral decay. It erodes trust, weakens democracy, hampers
economic development and further exacerbates inequality, poverty, social
division and environmental crises. Every person has a certain level of moral
decay, just some more than others.
Habit
What feeds this habit of corruption is the unlikelihood of corrupt individuals
getting caught. With all the Acts we have that were deliberately made for the
sole purpose of apprehending corrupt individuals and an Anti-Corruption
Commission to add to the mix, we still rarely see their apprehension.
What has happened to those who have over the years spent government funds
unaccounted for, embezzled millions and have defrauded many individuals, such
that they are still living large despite the fiscal challenges facing the State?
Zilch!
Crime
One can be forgiven for thinking if your crime makes just the right amount of
millions in the country, then you are unlikely to be prosecuted. This should not
be the case.
Every criminality happening should be dealt with accordingly, and this should
include those in the upper echelons and those who are supposedly untouchable.
We all need to come to the party, especially the State, and deal with all and
not just some as corruption is still at the core of the issues we see dominating
this country yet no one is looking into it enough.