Corruption: The gene that can't be edited in Cameroon

If corruption were a disease in Cameroon, we may never find a cure for it. We have grown to love it as the body needs blood.

And what is more shocking is the fact that this is happening right under the nose of so-called anticorruption commission CONAC.

I was travelling on Saturday from Yaoundé to Bamenda on board a seventy-seater Amour Mezam bus when a glaring case of corruption hit me right on the chest. 

As we neared entering Bamenda, a certain 'doctor' stood and warned that anyone without the National Identify Card should inform the driver before we ever got to the last  checkpoint.
Two persons raised their hands.
When the bus drove up to the checkpoint, the conductor came over and collected FCFA 500 from each of the two guys.
The rest of the passengers walked down and presented their cards.
But the men in uniform at the checkpoint rejected the money, as if they didn't want to be corrupted.
But little did we know that they wanted and increase.
One if the two victims suggested they wanted the amount doubled. And when they did, the money was collected quietly.
And the journey continued.
The question I ask myself is: What is the reason for that 'strict' checking when nothing changes after all?
If it were to prevent criminals from travelling with good people, why then would they let those 'criminals' go through?
Or is it just another way of helping greedy uniform men and women to squeeze the last penny out of the feeble hands of the needy?