Bribing : A Government System
Bribing is a daily reality in Egypt they call it "baksheesh" it is especially endemic in the public sector where government workers are paid salary's which are close to nothing.
How can you blame Samir working in a government office? his salary is something like 300 EGP not even 50 USD a month there is no way that with his job he can be honest, he has to ask for bribes to compensate for his ridiculous salary.
If he dose not take bribes there is no way for him to support his family...So this low salary forces nearly all the government workers to take bribes, actually a good government job is defined as one where you can take bribes, so much so that some times the person that takes the bribe has to him self pass on some of the bribe to his superior and his superior probably dose the same.
Even more interesting is the "sale" of government jobs, people actually pay certain corrupted officials to get a job where they can pick up bribes or these jobs are given by these corrupted officials to friends and family members (the creates a situation where the jobs are manned by people that may not have the qualifications needed for the job) This creates a system where it is very important to make paper work complicated so that as many people as possible have to "do" something and therefore maybe be able to take a bribe and make a extra buck.
This cancer is nearly irreversible since too many people benefit from the system from the lower income classes to the highest income classes.
How can you blame Samir working in a government office? his salary is something like 300 EGP not even 50 USD a month there is no way that with his job he can be honest, he has to ask for bribes to compensate for his ridiculous salary.
If he dose not take bribes there is no way for him to support his family...So this low salary forces nearly all the government workers to take bribes, actually a good government job is defined as one where you can take bribes, so much so that some times the person that takes the bribe has to him self pass on some of the bribe to his superior and his superior probably dose the same.
Even more interesting is the "sale" of government jobs, people actually pay certain corrupted officials to get a job where they can pick up bribes or these jobs are given by these corrupted officials to friends and family members (the creates a situation where the jobs are manned by people that may not have the qualifications needed for the job) This creates a system where it is very important to make paper work complicated so that as many people as possible have to "do" something and therefore maybe be able to take a bribe and make a extra buck.
This cancer is nearly irreversible since too many people benefit from the system from the lower income classes to the highest income classes.
posted by sadmo at 6:55 AM
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