Sunday, 30 November 2025 (PW) — In this cartoon, Adija unleashes his trademark cattle-camp wit by portraying corruption as a mighty, overfed bull, head lowered, dust flying, and snorting like it owns the entire kraal. And honestly, why wouldn’t it? In South Sudan’s political cattle camp, corruption behaves exactly like the prize bull that nobody dares to touch, let alone discipline.
Meanwhile, the cows assigned to restrain this beast, the Anti-Corruption and the Audit-General, are ironically tied down like harmless calves waiting for their evening milking. Instead of holding corruption by the horns, they’re busy holding their own ropes. If cows could blush, these ones would.
A brave or confused man kneels in front of the charging corruption bull, gripping a tiny stone as if preparing for biblical heroism. But in Adija’s world, the poor fellow looks more like someone who turned up to a cattle fight with nothing but hope and bad advice. You can almost hear him whisper, Is this really my job?
The only creature enjoying true freedom in this kraal is corruption itself. The watchdogs have become livestock; the fighters are restrained; the beast they are supposed to confront is doing morning exercises.
Adija’s cartoon delivers a satirical but painfully accurate message that South Sudan’s anti-corruption institutions look ready for battle until you notice the ropes tied to their legs. And as always, Adija leaves that question loosely hanging, wittingly sharp, and disturbingly close to the truth.
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