Masisi’s weak Cabinet
Friday, April 01, 2022 | 1440 Views |
The weak link: 12th Parliament Cabinet PIC: MORERI SEJAKGOMO
It is known that Masisi’s four-year tenure has been marred by the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic. As a result, it has not been as smooth sailing as the President would have wanted. As such, it may sound too harsh to judge him and his Cabinet based on what has transpired with the pandemic having had taken much of the limelight just one year into his office.
Nonetheless, it is exactly under these conditions that one is able to see and judge the character and mettle of his Cabinet, which he has assembled to assist him implement his agenda and aspirations.
With his theme of 'Delivering on Our Promise, One Step at a Time', he sought to project an image of a focused, determined leader building a new ‘Rome’. Sadly, parts of his speech were not about laying bricks, but about settling old scores.It is deeply worrying that a head of government would use such a pivotal national address to launch another bitter broadside against the media and his political detractors. His portrayal of the...