Corruption, Youth and Violence

By Beny Sam
Thursday April 28, 2015

When Dr. Paul Farmer said, “The idea that some lives matter less is the root of all that’s wrong with the world,” in many ways is very apt for the Sierra Leonean situation. Most times when people in authority make monumental blunders, it is the depraved and marginalized that bear the brunt. Just look at the disparity between the western and eastern parts of Freetown especially in public service delivery…take roads, take water, take electricity, take Medicare. This country has witnessed many too often violence, some of which emanating from injustice to the poor and down trodden. What for a long time has condoned corruption is impunity. ‘Dem say kill dog, befoe dog, mek dog know say die dae.’ But this is a country where wrong doing is compensated with promotions. Only a crooked leadership can keep around it crooked people so that they can dance to the same beat. We cannot point out many serious cases where perpetrators of corruption are brought to book in a very deterrent way.
You might want to bring up the work of the ACC. Yes they are doing their best but tell me, has corruption reduced? The fact that more cases are taken to court also indicates that corruption is on the increase. Is it not like continuing to pour water in a bucket with holes? Corruption flourishes because we continue to praise who gets rich through corrupt means, yes we hail that and shame those who do not steal huge sums of money in public offices. If great protagonists of vouchergate, squandergate and recently, ebolagates find themselves catapulted in high offices, is that not encouraging the act of corruption?

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