MFDP avails 2015 Budget Speech in Braille
Tuesday, April 14, 2015
Finance minister Kenneth Matambo
This is an effort to make the Budget Speech accessible and available to all members of our society.In 2014, the Ministry printed 25 copies of the Annual Budget Speech in braille in English version and 25 copies in Setswana.
This year, the Ministry increased the numbers and printed 50 copies of each. The Ministry sais it is committed to this endeavour and will print more copies of the speech in braille in the coming years if resources permit. This is in line with the Vision 2016 Pillars of an ‘Informed and Educated Nation’ and to be a ‘Nation that is Compassionate, Just and Caring.’
It highlights the need to protect rights such as access to clean water, education, healthcare and freedom of expression.President Duma Boko, rightly honours past interventions from securing a dignified burial for Gaoberekwe Pitseng in the CKGR to promoting linguistic inclusion. Yet, they also expose a critical truth, that a nation cannot sustainably protect its people through ad hoc acts of compassion alone.It is time for both government and the...