Misuse of power is a common phenomenon in most African countries. Basing your arguments on Inheritance by David Mulwa write an essay to support this statement.

​Misuse of power is a common phenomenon in most African countries.  Basing your arguments on Inheritance by David Mulwa write an essay to support this statement.

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David Mulwa: Inheritance

Misuse of power is a common phenomenon in most African countries.  Basing your arguments on Inheritance by David Mulwa write an essay to support this statement.
 
Power corrupts and absolute power corrupts absolutely.  When individuals get power, it gets into their heads.  Leaders tend to forget that they have ascended to power courtesy of the citizens and use the same privileges to look down and oppress their subjects.  Basically they have no regard for the people who elected them to that point.​

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• Judith Zen Melo is kicked out of his work because he refuses to be involved in the killing of his brother Bengo, more so they take his land.

 

• Chipande uses his influence as a councillor to buy Tamina’s land on the mountains cheaply, for peanuts, and then he goes ahead to ensure that no one is given license to grow coffee for he fears competition.

 

• Most people employed in Kutula government are Leader Lacuna’s tribesmen and kinsmen.  Tamina comments that Lacuna hasn’t seen anyone else apart from his tribesmen.  The manager at the mines where Zen Melo works as a gateman is a tribesman of Lacuna.

 

• Lacuna sacks all employees and employs people from his tribe when he is confronted with protests and rebels against his leadership, in addition he declares martial law and a curfew so that he could track down the dissidents and rebels.  He orders the killing of deserters.

 

• Lacuna detains Lulu against her will at the palace.  He kisses her forcefully and wants to marry her against her will.

 

• Since he has power, Lacuna orders the removal of inhabitants of the valley such that the foreigners should occupy it.  Goldstein wants to use his position to ensure that they benefit fully from the business arrangement with Kutula through the interests earned on the loans advanced to Kutula.

 

• Lacuna lines his pocket with money as well as giving to his close supporters.  This in appropriation of state resources is an abuse of office.

WRITE AN ESSAY TO SHOW HOW CITIZENS SUFFER DUE TO BAD LEADERSHIP. BASE YOUR ARGUMENTS ON DAVID MULWA’S INHERITANCE.