Corruption reached it's peak here in Kenya and it's now officially epidemic. It became the norm and it infiltrated in all spheres of life in this country. All dealings are riddled with corruptions, bribe, fraud and misappropriation of funds. It's of a grave concern to the ordinary citizen to hear these days of a company named CHINA ROADS AND BRIDGES CORPORATIONS. This company is said to be serving as a cover for more sinister dealings to embezzle funds from the government.
Honestly, Kenyans need to know what is REALLY going on? Why are we put in the dark? or we are being fooled and our sovereignty compromised? why is the leadership class behaving like thieves who want to steal all the times?
The reality is, the country is plagued by this epidemic from the leaders to the ordinary citizen, from town to the villages, literate and illiterate. Dishonesty governs our dealings with our fellow citizens.
CHINA ROADS AND BRIDGES Kenya LTD has not filed annual return with the registrar of companies for more than 6 years as it was required by the Law of Kenya. Neither did the Chinese firm comply for the last 30 years. It is a heart-breaking freak , aberration, rarity and oddity. Are these companies operating in the tropical rain forest or the Amazon jungle?
This shows the total failure of the whole system. The checks and balance system that were supposed to curb this kind of malpractices are no longer working and fraudulent companies or individuals can easily bypass them. We are, certainly, heading to the wrong direction as a nation. We are in the danger zone.
Wittily, these two companies are registered with similar names only meant to confuse the system and commit a fraud and misuse of billions of tax payers money. We honestly need to know which company was awarded the multibillions railway gauge contract since they bear the same name? Although that remains a mystery, any intelligent citizen can guess what is being cooked behind the scenes.
Its a conventional fact that with these practices we are NOT going to move forward as a nation. We already have unsolved issues concerning the current leadership's involvement in the 2008 Post election violence that lead to atrocities that are not yet settled. Can we, as a nation, sustain a total economic failure at this point of time? No, we can't. To avert that, we have to stop these corrupt leaders and help the initiatives that counter their greedy behavior. We should NOT give criminals a free reign to destroy this beautiful country of ours and every citizen has a personal responsibility to play his role.
I believe Kenyans can throw off the shackles of poverty and backwardness only, and ONLY when we face these problems as a nation regardless of our political, tribal or ideological affiliations because, at the end, It's us who will have to bear the brunt of the of the consequences of the irresponsible actions of our leadership.
It's time we say enough is enough.
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