COVID-19 havoc at DPP as F/town office closes
Sunday, May 24, 2020
The Francistown DPP office is housed within the Attorney General's Chambers (AGC) – an extra-ministerial department under the Ministry of Defence, Justice and Security – headed by the Attorney General (AG).
Government also took a decision to close the AG’s office as a precautionary step to curtail the spread of the virus following the confirmed COVID-19 case.
It is a clear signal that the government’s purse is empty and that our own behaviour has left veterinary officials fighting with one hand tied behind their backs. We have been here before. During COVID-19, many of us thought we knew better. We ignored simple rules, we carried on as if the danger was someone else’s problem, and the virus took lives and left our economy on its knees. We are still broke from that experience. Yet now, with FMD...