Let's Make Our Vote Count
Monday, October 22, 2018
In recent years political debate seem to have gone up amongst citizens, which is a very welcome development. It is also important to match the debate with exercising our rights as citizens to choose our government. It does not help much to keep criticising, our representatives, without action.
The public nowadays engage in debate on array of issues both for and against government, which under normal circumstances should translate into ensuring that we hold our representatives accountable to ensure that our democracy is not threatened, and more over to ensure that decisions taken by the government of the day are not self serving, but rather for the benefit and protection of the whole citizenry.
The P300 million internal roads tender is a case study. A bidder’s complaint revealed alleged irregularities. A tribunal ordered a re-evaluation.The council and the initial winner appealed to the High Court. Now, the Ministry of Local Government and Traditional Affairs, frustrated by the delay, writes to the council suggesting the tender be cancelled, and an alternative procurement model be explored, while the matter is still before the courts....