Vaccine Rollout Resumes Albeit Minor Hiccups
Monday, August 23, 2021 | 1430 Views |
Residents of Gaborone waiting to be vaccinated at Maruapula Community Hall. PIC: MORERI SEJAKGOMO
While some sites had a specific number of people who must be vaccinated per day, the approach did not seem to go down well with others.
The Monitor interviewed some people at the sites, who believe that the Ministry of Health and Wellness will build up the vaccination site numbers to cater to the overwhelming numbers of Batswana looking to take their second dose as well as some who came to take their first dose of the vaccine shot, adding to the overcrowding that was already seen at some of the jab stations.
Speaker of the National Assembly, Dithapelo Keorapetse, has this week rightly washed his hands of the mess, refusing to wade into a party squabble that has no clear leadership and no single version of the truth.When a single party sends six different letters to the Speaker’s office, each claiming to be the authoritative voice, it is not just confusion, but an embarrassment.Keorapetse is correct to insist on institutional boundaries. Parliament...