A thief is a thief, it should not be covered. That is why, the English proverb – call a spade a spade – comes to mind each time l think about stealing and corruption. We seem to be punishing one group of people, who are just small time thieves, perhaps, engaged in taking what does not belong to them to feed themselves, or simply small time deviants. On the other hand, the big time thieves who we refer to as corrupt, steal big and yet are not made to pay the price for their criminal activities.