Our laws against corruption also facilitate corruption – GBA PRO

Speaking on JoyNews’ PM Express, Mr Kudze expressed strong reservations about existing legislations, asserting that they inadvertently facilitate corruption rather than curbing it.

If you have a law that says the giver and taker of corruption are equally guilty, how do you expect to fight corruption with such a law?

“Do you think, I’d bribe somebody and go and report that I have given a bribe when I know that they will arrest me and arrest the person as well, charge both of us, and possibly jail us?” he quizzed.

He lamented a societal shift where values and principles have been eclipsed by a relentless pursuit of financial gain.

He called for a reevaluation of societal norms and a return to cherished values, suggesting that such a re-calibration is imperative to address the root causes of corruption.

“And I have also said that it appears as a people we have unconsciously limited our definition of success to material gains

“So I think we have lost our values, and we have to re-look at it because as individuals who make up society if we have principles and values that we cherish, we shouldn’t be having some of these problems.”