Too true.
Seems that the only difference between the African politicians of yesteryear and those of today are the colour of their skins. The basic incompetence, crookedness, dishonesty and corruptness has not changed one little bit.
During my sojourn in Zaire I picked up a few local expressions. The one I remember best refers to politicians as flies on animal droppings. As in: the flies may change but the manure remain the same.
That about sums up what I think of any politician. I haven't yet met one that I would trust to babysit my kids, and I doubt I ever will.