Why would I marginalize money? Why would I put money in prison? Why would I put money in the bank where it will be so lonely? Why would I use my money for funding communal conflicts? Why would I use my money to pay an assassin to murder my own brother or friend? Why would I donate my money to someone to outcompete my enemy in marriage?
Why would I use my money to bribe a lawyer to win a court case? Why would I use my money to buy a political seat? Why would I use my money to buy followers? Why would I use my money to buy academic credentials? Why would I use my money to pay a teacher to discontinue the son or daughter of my enemy or my father’s?
Why would I use my money to lust young girls and women? Why would I use my money to sleep with a widow? Why would I use my money to buy a house belonging to a widow, but sold to me by a corrupt land grabber? Why would I use my money to pay someone to defame my opponent? Why would I use my money to buy weapons and distribute them among soldiers to fight for my overstay in power?
Why would I use my money to pay writers to enrich my biography with lies? Why would I use my money to pay historians to alter the history in my favour? Why would I use my money to buy plots of land when the owners of those lands are unwilling to sell them? Why would I use my money to pay beer bills on weekends? Why would I use my money to trade in a business, such as black market, which makes me prosper at the expense of the citizens?
Why would I use my money to build palaces and tallest towers in a foreign country? Why would I use my money to import aflatoxin-rich flour, such as that of Uganda, which causes liver hepatocellular carcinoma? Why would I use my money to buy drugs, smuggle them into the country and sell them to keep drug addiction at peak?
Why would I use my money to pay a magician to bless me get a political position? Why would I use my money to pay security personnel to apprehend someone I had a quarrel with? Why would I use my money to pay a doctor in charge of my enemy in the hospital to terminate his life? Why would I use my money to pay an unfaithful woman who had slept with me to make an abortion?
Why would I use my money to allure the poor parents into forcing their daughter to accept my hand in marriage? Why would I use my money to pay security personnel to keep someone in detention for quite a long time or for life? Why would I use my money to manipulate the poor? Why? Why? Why would I use my money in such a foolish way?
I would use my money to sponsor students. I would use my money to support the orphans, widows, widowers, disabled and visually impaired persons, street children, sick people and other poor people. I would use my money to build schools, hospitals, dykes, roads, bridges and orphan homes. I would use my money to clear the debts of those in prisons because of debts. I would use my money to build a long-lasting bridge between the poor and the rich. I would use my money to award peace makers. I would use my money to feed the IDPs. I would use my money to sponsor students. You know what; students are the safest bank account to keep money in.
The author is a medical student, University of Juba.