a beginning of pangs of distress, the Republic of Kandala got nailed by such brutality. It beggared believe how things could have got this bad. They had an insatiable appetite for scandal. The international society put a sad face to this action and calls for sanction. They were being backward. Gone were the days when a reasonable government be it ever could just brutalise its citizens. Somehow, somewhere, the devil could be living somewhere in African continent. . His death provoked international outrage and her immediate suspension from the group League of Nations as well as the calling back of many foreign diplomats for consultation. Such death brought too many untold hardship.
Suddenly, war over words and corruption broke out few days after these. It was a sanguinary battle that lasted for a whole three years, making some parts of the country open theatre for war. Civilian rule had lasted for just few years and the military was ever ready to take over power. They tried to restore public accountability and to reestablish a dynamic economy without altering the basic power structure of the country. They wanted the land law promulgated and the resources from the less privileged region to account for the development of other regions simultaneously. The military had become impatient with the civilian government and wanted power by force. Corruption in particular was out of control, and the fraudulent election had been too obvious. Those in power were law and lawless. No one questions what goes underground for fear of death.
The military regime conducted tribunals to curb corruption, and many scandals were revealed. Once again the civil service was cleansed, for a brief period. Yet everything was too bad to be right. This time, however, the military tried to achieve two aims. First, it attempted to secure public support by reducing the level of corruption; second, it demonstrated its commitment to austerity by trimming the federal budget. This national campaign, which lasted just for some months, preached the work ethic, emphasized patriotism, decried corruption, and promoted environmental sanitation. Yet in many hearts lies the tricks and deception and prejudice.
The campaign was a military program for reform and mobilization that achieved few of its aims. In practice, unemployment was on the rise as the recession worsened, so that speeches about working hard seemed out of place. The campaign was enforced haphazardly; some people were executed or given long jail terms while others were allowed off if they were well-connected. No one with little connection dared say anything. Death and sentence was common. Environmental sanitation meant that the state capitals had to be cleaned up, and the principal target was the petty bourgeoisie that eked a living out of selling services or retailing commodities on a small scale. This was to depopulate cities and drag peasants home. Their illegal structures--market stalls and workshops along the streets--were destroyed, and widespread resentment resulted among the small traders, repairmen, and others in the self-employed service sector. Those who were not affected praised military system and held hope that it would serve their interest. While others tried in their heart preaching it to fail.
Physical combat came in full force in many regions. Easterners were the targets. Another voice had grown which easily cannot be silenced had emerged on the political and military scene. He was a British trained, the first in Kandala to get a degree Cambridge University but came home to pick a soldier as a job. He was not the type to be intimidated. His father had been the first man to import goods to Africa across the coast and oceans and was called by Lugard the African eyes. His father had so much money that it made him think that he could just do anything and got free. He had been said to have gotten a British parliament only daughter pregnant and failed to appear before the queen on an invitation to come and explained himself. He exerted so much influence that everyone looked up to him as a voice that would speak when it was time for this Kandala region. He had made his many supporters to hate the Union Jack with all their heart because he said it divides the people wherever it goes. He had hated union jack and its message to the extent that he could not bear an English name. It was a symbol of persecution, of domination, a symbol of exploitation. He said that Africa, Kandala had passed the age of petition, the age of resolution, the age of diplomacy, that they were in the age of action — plain, blunt and positive action. That was the thought of everyone from Kandala East. He said, he knew Kandala could never be one. They were too different to be one, to speak and to act as one. As government was busy running the affairs of the country, he was his mind on this to do to achieve his dreams.