Kid: This is a generic drug isn’t it Dad? (bottle reads PIL KADA, regional election)

Man: Generic, patented whatever! What’s important is we’re healthy, prosperous and free of the virus of politics and greed! (Headlines read: Political bride price, puppet candidates, incumbent)

In another sign of the country’s waning commitment to battling corruption, ex-convicts and graft suspects have flocked to run in the December regional elections after the Constitutional Court annulled a ban on convicts running in elections on the grounds that it undermines their constitutional rights.