Our First Line of Defense

An army is made up of many distinctive units. Each of those units has a unique purpose and function. If each of these perform as they are required then the better part of the battle is guaranteed. If all things remain constant.

Government funded contracts and projects are assigned primarily on merit and trust. The best way to achieve both is to stand up and be counted which is what many of our politicians have done. The benefits of being in office are many one of which is access to influence and the possibility of work.

You will find that most of the visible faces therefore have the can keys to quite a measure of funds. This inevitably means that companies will also start whose founders will invariably also be members of parliament and cabinet ministers. If the choice is made to establish an organization instead, it will also probably have at its helm one of the aforementioned.

The challenge then for opposition members is that without a link to the ruling party, money will tend to be scarce. In some cases vocal ministers will also face hindrances that make their way to the pocket book so that the financial bark and bite are eliminated. There are some that argue though, that with the right political skills you can hussle your way through the system and make a sizable amount of cash while toying with certain aspects of politics.

On the whole though, our politicians tend to be our first line of defense whether they are on our side or on the other side. There is a sizable group of people who still fill like they can depend on a 'mugaga' in the 'kyalo' for upkeep which can then be accumulated. Our version of the trickle down economy.