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| Wynegood G. Malunga |
Wouldn’t it be nice to have
completely and genuinely independent investigators looking into every Zambian
politician who got into office from 1991? I would love to know what every one
of these men and women had in form of money, property and other assets and what
they now have, or had when they left office. My gut feeling tells me that the
majority wouldn’t be able to account for the wealth they now have.
We all know school teachers,
civil servants, doctors and the rest, except lawyers I guess, don’t make a ton of
straight money from their salaries in this country, but how do you explain the
farms, factories, four-by-fours, children’s bulging bank accounts and
properties at home and abroad that these people now have after holding
political office? How do you explain sudden educational scholarships for their
children in Beijing, Moscow, London and Pretoria? Yes, and the top civil
service brass with their juniors; how come they own all these mansions, lodges
in exclusive areas when we all know they get a penny and half for their mediocre
disservice? No, something is wrong; it’s just not business as usual when you
are in public office in this country. They get in broke, busted and disgusted
and by the time they leave that South African leather chair and handover the
post-paid government Smartphone, no matter how many days, never mind years in
that office, money is foaming all over
their mouths.
There is no difference
between some of our politicians running for public office and the 1848 to 1859
California Gold Rush which brought people from all over the United States and
the world to search for gold. There is gold available by hook or crook in
Zambian politics and people seeking office from all over this Republic know
that there is something in it for them.
I am reminded of an American TV
game show I enjoyed watching on the ABC Television affiliate in Los Angeles
back in the 1970’s, “Let’s Make a Deal”. With the cameras panning across the
studio audience, the announcer said, “All these people dressed as they are,
come from all over the United States to make deals here in the market place of
America; Let’s make a deal! Starring TV’s favorite dealer, Monty Hall!”
The Zambian version would go;
“All these power-hungry politicians, broke as they are, come from all over the
Republic to make deals, here on the market place of politics; Let’s make some
deals! Starring our unashamed dealers; P-O-L-I-T-I-A-N-S!”
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I guess this explains why people
will do anything to get into political office, stay in there and do whatever
they can to stay in there until that untimely call from yonder.
If you are going to bribe your
way into power, beat up your opponents, slander them and all you can use from
the Department of Dirty Tricks, don’t you dare tell me you want to be my
servant, coz you are lying through your teeth. You want to make bucks and more
bucks until the local bank can’t contain your bucks and you stuff the dough in
a Swiss tunnel.
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I want to petition God for a
special place in hell where the temperature is a trillion times higher than the
total Zambian debt, where these thieves can be cast away and their weeping and
gnashing of teeth goes beyond what the Richter Scale can measure. These people are so rich that some have become uncomfortable in their comfort because of weight gain.
So why am I thinking like so? Because when I see the suffering of our people and the comfort of those in power, I am always reminded of that memorable line from the movie “Network” starring Peter Finch; “I’M AS MAD AS HELL AND I’M NOT GONNA TAKE IT ANYMORE!”
It’s just a thought.
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