The former Finance Minister, Amos Kimunya, has been in the limelight over the alleged illegitimate sale of the former Grand Regency Hotel. As the then minister of the affected docket he should, of course, take responsibilities. However, has anyone paused to think why the MPs including his close allies are so over-zealous to ensure he is stripped off his ministerial post. I mean, several high-profile individuals have been implicated in various scandals. So why is Kimunya that different. Lawrence Kolhberg's, a renowned psychologist, might help us understand why!
Amos might be a personality of post-conventional moral understanding. Well, Kolhberg, will explain that as children transform into adults, they normally enter into a phase known as "conventional" stage. Therefore, they begin to think in terms of duty that will promote the greater good. Nonetheless, some do not develop as they should (in that respect) and become adults with the moral understanding of children. Worse, is that most people fail to achieve the "post-conventional" stage. Here, u need to invest your moral sense in higher principles like social welfare and reciprocity. For instance, a CEO might see fit to give employees medical benefits since it is right. However, the shareholders might not be pleased to loose a share of their profits, and just like Kimunya's case start to chant CEO 'must go'. It is unfortunate that the world today is characterized largely by conventional morality as opposed to post-conventional and Kenya is worst.