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What is at stake in fighting grand corruption?

The process of forensic audits conducted by punctilious apolitical experts may be necessary, PIC MORERI SEJAKGOMO
The process of forensic audits conducted by punctilious apolitical experts may be necessary, PIC MORERI SEJAKGOMO

Of all our national shames, corruption effortlessly takes the cake! It is the deplorable lulu of our republic’s moral stains.

The new administration, driven by the greater societal good and weighty sense of moral balancing, must confront this malady with unflagging resolve, not Janus-faced rhetoric. How did our country, a land once celebrated as an undisputed oasis of good governance, find itself languishing in the throes of grand corruption?

Immersed in visceral bitterness and mounting impatience, after seemingly being ignored ad nauseam, the nation’s vigilant youth, perceived as the riant and emotionally high-strung drivers of change, are unwilling to moderate their expectations, and disinclined to accommodate the nascent wobbly steps of an infant government.

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Depression is real; let's take care of our mental health

It is not uncommon in this part of the world for parents to actually punish their children when they show signs of depression associating it with issues of indiscipline, and as a result, the poor child will be lashed or given some kind of punishment. We have had many suicide cases in the country and sadly some of the cases included children and young adults. We need to start looking into issues of mental health with the seriousness it...

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