Batswana want budget to focus on health sector
Friday, January 29, 2021
Batswana want budget to focus on health sector
Pearl Bante, 27, airtime stall owner
The budget speech should be made in such a way that it addresses the issues affecting Batswana, looking at the fact that we are currently faced with the COVID-19 pandemic. The budget allocation should abandon the traditional criteria of allocating funds and prioritise the needs of the people in the current circumstances, which I believe means funds should also go to empowering the youth.
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...