GOVERNMENT DOESN’T CARE

Have you ever had that feeling that whatever you do, no one cares? You could jump off a bridge, hug a transformer, swim in shark and piranha infested waters and no one would give a care in the world that you did that.

I tend to get the same feeling when it comes to our government, they don’t care about what is going on in the country. One only expects this situation to get worse, especially when we are judging by the shockers that have been experienced in recent years. This week I was shocked by three moves and come to think of it they could have shocked very sane human being, at the very same time they were understood and much expected. However, they left most people who care wondering what was going on.

Essential service
The first shocker was expected; nurses decided to picket due to the shortage of some drugs and HIV testing kits, among other things.  The shortage of drugs was expected, however, the fact that nurses took to the streets was shocking because patients were left unattended. Health is an essential service.

The picket is understandable because in order for them to work and give taxpayers their taxes worth, they need to have the drugs and tools, which are however unavailable. Anything below performing diligently, as expected, would mean that nurses are stealing public funds in the form of salaries. In this case, they are fighting for patients’ rights.  

The second shocker was about police who had to hitchhike to a crime scene. The cause of this is that their vehicles are stuck at Central Transport Administration where they had been taken for repairs. Again, one of the reasons cited was the prevailing financial situation the country is faced with.
The third shocker was government’s again failing to make a counter offer to civil servants cost of adjustment demand. It is a shocker as this is the second year that government has failed to make a counter offer. This is despite the fact that prices, including that of electricity, fuel, food items have increased over the past two years.

The main reason cited for the failure to make a counter offer is that government cannot afford to do so as it is currently faced with cash flow problems. This is very interesting, very, very interesting because as it is government has been singing one tune for everything, there is no money, forgetting that these are the same taxpayers who are being taxed to the bone. With the amount of taxes we pay, it is imperative for government to provide first class services.

Needed services

What makes matters worse is that government has the responsibility of ensuring that certain public services are availed to the public, with or without cash, and government is failing to provide those basics needs.
If government is broke and cannot provide some of the much needed services, who are expected to attend to them? People are already paying taxes to the same government that is supposed to provide these basic services. So what should we expect would happen in the not so far future because government will not immediately stop being broke?

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