The condoms in prison debate
Friday, September 10, 2010
First and foremost, the remarks by the Vice President, (VP) are disturbing and I see them necessitating a full rebuttal. Secondly, I would like to talk about the germane issues on the subject, as I see them.
Regarding the VP’s remarks that prisoners said to government that they do not want condoms, the question is, who did the VP speak to, and under what circumstances? Where the views of all inmates sought, by whom and how? Assuming, though I doubt, that a question was put to the inmates publicly: do you want condoms? Who would expect an affirmative answer? No one! Men generally, even outside prison, are shy to ask for condoms.
The recent disclosure by the IEC that 2,513 registrations have been turned down due to various irregularities should prompt all Batswana to meticulously review the voters' rolls and address concerns about rejected registrations.The disparities flagged by the IEC are troubling and emphasise the significance of rigorous voter registration processes.Out of the rejected registrations, 29 individuals were disqualified due to non-existent Omang...