MUSINGS
By Mariam Mohammed
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“After each war, comes the season of dividing the spoils. As it were, there is real hustling in the background as to who wants what, who gets what and ultimately, who divides the spoils. Let’s not pretend that politics is not about clientelism. In every clime, in every system, the fact does exist that people expect to be rewarded for their efforts in helping a party gain power. Overtime, we are much aware of how each party tends to use power as an opportunity to reward its supporters. And one such avenue is in appointments whether as ministers, board and commission members and or one position or the other.
It is for this reason that in far advanced democracies, unions and public sector workers are rewarded by the party to the left, while ‘the right introduces corporate welfare, such as the granting of tax breaks or defence contracts.’
Therefore, one can imagine that after the…
