If no action is taken against corruption, its adverse effects will be felt in different ways by people throughout society especially the poor who make up the majority of the population. Business gets compromised, democratic institutions and values are undermined, service delivery and sustainable developments are hampered which in turn leads to other problems. Corruption is therefore one of the most serious threats to the deepening of our democracy.
If left unchecked, this corruption will insidiously permeate the social fabric of society, entrenching itself as a normal aspect of our life. The French writer and philosopher, Albert Camus, remarked in a different context, that, “On the day when crime dons the apparel of innocence through a curious transposition peculiar to our times it is innocence that is called upon to justify itself.” We must fight this “curious transposition” with all the means at our disposal.
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