How consistent Nyasaland has been on corruption perception

Dear judge Mbadwa,

My lord, I hear there are new godfathers in the Lazaro party who have introduced the political culture that is more People’s Demagogic Party (PDP) than that which the original KaiBanda propagated—the culture of buying voters.

While there are legitimate questions on whether the money is being plucked from some tree in the backyard of their homes because it is unfathomable that all of sudden they have become business magnates of note, I will reserve my comment for now, my lord.

But if I were a principled member of the cockerel party that is founded on solid principles otherwise known as four cornerstones, I could be worried to see how the soul of the party is being reduced into a beggar mentality of some sort.

Someday, my lord, I will have time to address those who like to lick dirty boots of such uncultured philanthropists at the expense of reason but today I chose to celebrate the results of a survey that says 89 percent of Nyasas feel the country is heading into an abyss of failure due to lack of accountability, corruption as well as economic and political shortcomings.

Perhaps you are asking whether this is news worth celebrating about.

Well, my lord, I want to applaud Nyasaland for being consistent in lowering standards of living in almost all sectors.

My Lord, not long ago, the Global Corruption Barometer clearly indicated what sort of corruption climate we are heralding as we move forward with our business in Nyasaland.

In all the studies that are cited, the growing perception that we are becoming corrupt experts is all there is.

Even the recent report from the Ombudsman on mobile clinics it recently conducted was consistent on the perceptions that Nyasas, especially those in the public service delivery, including justice delivery system, are the corrupt lot.

Need I remind you that there was another survey that showed that two thirds of Nyasa citizens perceive that they are reigning under a worse corruption environment than during the reign of PDP?

My lord, I think the Tokha Are Liars abused the goodwill they had when they ascended the throne and have not done much to show they seriously want to tackle corruption.

As I would always say, let them rant and rave all they care about the worrying corruption perception, but they are not going to change anything by going on the defensive, claiming they have actually initiated a large-scale fight against corruption because this is not what the people think.

My lord, the recent survey is also an indictment on Tokha’s lackadaisical approach in governing the country.

It has been well put by others that the perception of corruption is a result of Tokha’s fumbling of its rule so much that it is now perceived to have gone against the same principles it advanced during the campaign.

Let the Tokha positively receive the results of the survey if it wants to redeem itself in the little time remaining.

Regards,

John Citizen