CORRUPTION FREE NEPAL?

The Kathmandu Post

1 September 2017

CORRUPTION FREE NEPAL?

The realisation that the tendency of discouraging honest and sincere people has increased in different sections of the society is not surprising. This fact was stated by former chief justice Sushila Karki during a book launching ceremony in Kathmandu on Tuesday. She revealed that judges who succeed in wooing ‘power broker’ has better future prospect. How shameful for a country, where one cannot work honestly, serve the nation and remain corruption-free, Karki stated (“Promotion of corruption in court disturbing” Aug. 30, Page 2).  She further expressed that people who chose to stay mum in corruption related issues are to be blamed for the promotion of corruption in the country.

Nepal was ranked one of the most corrupt countries among in South Asian in the recently published Transparency International report. The role of the Commission for Investigation of Abuse of Authority (CIAA) has been crucial in discouraging rampant corruption in the country and lawfully punishing the culprit. However, its role is questioned with regard to its hesitance in punishing culprits.

Political interference in every sector has prompted institutionalised corruption. Big chunks of the budget allocated for development and infrastructure programmes are misused, leaving the programmes left incomplete for many years. The broken highways and roads can be taken as real examples of corruption. Unless the political leaders and their parties are made accountable, Nepal will slide further down in the corruption index. How Nepal can prosper in this way is a serious concern of the common people.

Rai Biren Bangdel

Maharajgunj

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