Workers may shy away from strikes (part II)

There is no easy way for uniting the nation behind the national budget.  The emerging budget process reforms which embrace broader consultations should benefit the nation and the labour unions with the passage of time.

Our small population is spread over a large area.  Service delivery is unrealistically expensive if state institutions are stretched.  There is no easy solution to this because different ethnic groups want to remain where they are and they have that right.  Any budget item which takes more funds than is ideal for our small population leaves much less for salaries.The government has made huge strides in improving human resource skills.  However the country still suffers from financial resource wastage because of a skills deficit, poor supervision, duplication, bureaucratic lapses and corruption.  We are not as bad as some of our neighbours but there can be no denying that the country could do more for its citizens with the current level of GDP.