It pays nothing fruitful to steal what will haunt one's conscience for eternity. All theft is bad. But some surpass the degree of tolerance any right-thinking society can accord.
I'm disturbed by the kind of trajectory we've taken to satisfy ourselves. Perhaps this is informed by my belief that the opposite of poverty is justice, not wealth. And justice is grounded on how we think and act.
Let me break the ice for you: foreign scholarships to Kenya are a preserve of thieves - "official thieves" masquerading as your servants in the high places of the Kenyan nation. They have raped the Kenyan soul and (they) continue doing so. Literally, they have perfected the art of stealing.
You hear them talking of representing the national face and brandishing "official documents" in support of this. But follow them and get the shock of your life. Those government boardrooms up there are "a den of scholarship schemers".
They auction these golden opportunities advanced to the Kenyan people by friendly nations/organizations to the highest bidder - or their village-mates' sons and daughters. For them, this is the best way to "represent Kenya". They abhor the competitive spirit. They fear it because they have never tried it.
Integrity is a foreign ideology to them - to adopt this ideology is akin to killing the goose that gives forth life-giving eggs. Their conscience is soiled. It's corrupted beyond repair. Their right place is hell - not even the Kamiti gaol.
It pains alot welcoming innocent minds year-in year-out with funny stories of how their fathers/mothers/uncles/aunties got the places (scholarship) for them. It's depressing. This is indicative of our transformation of virtues into vices and vices into virtues. This is how "developed" we've become.
But we can slay this monster. Now is the time. A central authority in-charge of scholarships can help dismantle this cartel. Staying vigilant is what is demanded of us if we aspire to win this fight. May we restore the Kenyan soul to its former self.
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