war against graft...what a joke

Uganda’s fight against graft has received a huge body blow. Tingey county MP Herbert Sabila was convicted of corruption after offering a magistrate a bribe of UGX700,000 to have case against an associate of his dropped. he was not sentenced to any jail time, but got off with a laughable fine of 4 million shillings because it was deemed the amount he is said to have offered is not a significant enough amount to have a bearing on national interests. come on guys. if a thief steals a sweet or a car the fact remains they are a thief and should face the full wrath of the law. wether Sabila offered 500 shillings of 1 billion the fact remains he broke the law. the courts of law have confirmed that but where the problem lies is in the lenient punishment that Sabila is facing. there thousands of petty criminals who are serving time in jail. why should this guy get away with this crime. if we are saying as nation that corruption should be tackled head on then why not set the biggest example by getting a “big fish” and showing that no one, no matter which office they hold or which political party they belong to, will be punished if they are corrupt. this sentence now sets a very bad precedent for future corruption cases because future convicts will argue that they should also be let off with a fine. what i still find the hardest to fathom about this whole story is that Sabila has the audacity to attend parliamentary sessions...amazing has he no shame?