EDITORIAL: What’s your political party’s poverty-alleviation plan?
All political parties vying for power this November need to dedicate enough column inches in their manifesto to the subject of poverty alleviation. Our people are suffering. And they need a Moses to lead them through the Red Sea of destitution and out of their suffering.
A report this week that in six months, 26 children have died of malnutrition in the Omaheke Region – and 46 last year – is a chilling indictment of the suffering our people are enduring.
Prolonged periods of food insecurity can lead to malnutrition, which occurs when the body lacks sufficient vitamins, minerals and other nutrients needed to thrive.
Recent studies show that 43.3% of the population of Namibia is multidimensionally poor. Inequality is a serious contributor to this – because on paper, the country is portrayed as doing relatively well, while in reality, there’s chronic suffering of the masses.
Those campaigning for office must tell us what their plan is. A concrete but realistic plan. Not Utopian stuff. Political power means holding authority in a nation's government and using that influence to control the policies and functions of the state. There’s no greater power to change the face of the country than that.
Servitude should be at the very centre of political power. A people-centric leadership that is empathetic, compassionate and sensitive towards the realities of our country. We need clear ideas. Concise, pragmatic ideas to deal this devil a lasting knockout.
A report this week that in six months, 26 children have died of malnutrition in the Omaheke Region – and 46 last year – is a chilling indictment of the suffering our people are enduring.
Prolonged periods of food insecurity can lead to malnutrition, which occurs when the body lacks sufficient vitamins, minerals and other nutrients needed to thrive.
Recent studies show that 43.3% of the population of Namibia is multidimensionally poor. Inequality is a serious contributor to this – because on paper, the country is portrayed as doing relatively well, while in reality, there’s chronic suffering of the masses.
Those campaigning for office must tell us what their plan is. A concrete but realistic plan. Not Utopian stuff. Political power means holding authority in a nation's government and using that influence to control the policies and functions of the state. There’s no greater power to change the face of the country than that.
Servitude should be at the very centre of political power. A people-centric leadership that is empathetic, compassionate and sensitive towards the realities of our country. We need clear ideas. Concise, pragmatic ideas to deal this devil a lasting knockout.
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