Vision 2036, is absolute tripe. We are just off another wild goose chase in Vision 2016 that the BDP government refused flatly, to account for. To postpone what they were supposed to have achieved in 2016 by a further 20 years is fraudulent. It is fraudulent because, the people responsible for this budget, in particular, the President, will not be around to account. His presidential tenure is limited to two five year terms, if he is lucky.
There are two main reasons why the Presidential constitutional term has been set at a maximum ten years. Firstly, to tame the wild enterprises and urges that come with the taste of power. It is for the Nkuruziza and Kabila variety. Secondly, to ensure that incoming presidents have sufficient opportunity, subject to the popular mandate, to see their development visions and agendas through. As such vision 2016, can only be about long terms principles and aspirations. We need to hear about President Masisi’s vision 2028. We need to see it, even if it issues from the midterm review of the current National Development Plan. There is need for the President to set a new economic targets consistent with his expressed aspirations. One thing is eroding the confidence so many had on President Masisi. It is the lack of a clear blueprint on where we are going with his presidency. He is the only man paid with state money, who has not committed to a performance bond. Our President seems fixated on being, at least morally, a better president than former President Khama. In doing so, he is offering himself as a consolation prize. That is exactly what we do not need. We need a better economy, not a morally better president.
