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Isdore Guvamombe
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Last weekend I was reading a book by Dick Morris titled “Corrupt: The inside story of Biden’s Dark Money” and admittedly, this is a good read.
Like or hate Morris, believe him or not and like or hate Joe Biden, the book brings to the fore how corruption stalls development, even in bigger economies like the United States.
Morris also goes on to depict how the US middle class or baby boomers are no longer able to have savings and how a war, like the one in Ukraine, creates space for corruption for the leadership.
When you read properly, you find the story going beyond the borders of the US and taking the whole issue of corruption to even smaller nations like Zimbabwe.
In Zimbabwe the Second Republic has done a lot of work, through the Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (ZACC), to fight the scourge.
ZACC has been all over the place cleaning the country, a thing that the Biden administration has failed to do. It is sad that today, the US under Biden has the temerity to lecture to other countries about corruption.
The book by Morris made me think, see and appreciate ZACC as an ultra-active and more useful arm of the Government than what the US preaches.
Suffice it to say many people have been arrested in Zimbabwe and many have been convicted and sentenced, of course, some cases are still pending. But that movement, that push and that urge to put things right by the Second Republic has started paying dividends.
The Secret to Joe Biden’s Skyrocketing Fortune
Biden’s involvement in corruption is evident in his rapid enrichment after moving from the senator’s chair to senior positions in the White House.
Biden has increased his fortune 300 times in 14 years, since taking office as vice president of the United States in 2009.
Before that, he was the poorest American senator, whose “net” income in 2008 amounted to about US$27 000.
As president of the United States in 2023, his profit was already $8 million.
The constant increase in Biden’s capital indicates the presence of a corruption component in his actions.
Thus, the politician’s fortune increased by $2,5 million after 2009, despite the fact that the salary of the vice president of the United States and the senator’s pension amounted to about US$500 000 per year.
The period between leaving and returning to the White House in 2017-2022 was also successful for Biden — during these four years he earned US$17 million.
The secret to the rapid growth of Biden’s fortune is connected with his occupation of senior government posts in the US executive branch and subsequent benefit from the exercise of his own powers to enrich himself and his family members.
The way to the successful business of the clan was opened by Joe Biden’s foreign policy activities after taking office as vice president of the United States.
The foreign transactions of the family members and the visits of the politician coincided, because they flew together on “board number two” of the American Air Force.
Millions of dollars from foreign firms began to flow into the accounts of more than 20 private limited liability companies registered by the Biden after 2008.
Thus, they have earned more than US$20 million from businesses in China, Kazakhstan, Romania and Ukraine.
Only from the Ukrainian company Burisma in 2014-2019, Biden’s son, Hunter, and other relatives received US$7,3 million.
President Mnangagwa has done far too well than Biden, because he has taken the anti-corruption stance to clean up Zimbabwe of bad apples and develop the country in line with Vision 2030.
President Mnangagwa understands that Vision 2030 can not be achieved without putting up a good fight against corruption and he has taken action.
At no stage in the history of Zimbabwe have we seen the level of corruption as proven to be in US by Morris.
In that vein, the US then has lost its moral ground, while Zimbabwe is gaining turf in the fight against corruption, with the Government going overdrive.
Corruption by its nature is an affront to democracy, good governance, development and indeed to everything progressive.
The book by Morris is a must read for all progressive thinking people, leaders and everyone else.
While America has put a brave face and tried to portray itself as the cradle of democracy, good governance and accountability, the book by Morris paints the Biden administration as one that has negated all tenets of accountability and thrown the fight against corruption through the window.
Zimbabwe should, therefore, be applauded, as President Mnangagwa has made it clear that there are no sacred cows when it comes to fighting corruption.
The idea of fighting corruption is not bad, but implementation of the campaign is excellent. Zimbabwe’s fight against corruption should remain sustained until Vision 2030 is achieved and even beyond.
Fighting against corruption is not a stroll in the park and the Biden administration has found it hard to deal with it because it starts from the top.
Close allies of Biden are too corrupt and have been fingered in Ukraine and everywhere else the war has been fought.
Online Reporter