Considering The Budget Speech- Final Reflections
Monday, March 01, 2021
The question one might ask is; do we think it will achieve what it is meant to achieve? And to what extent? Does it give realistic estimates? Will we find ourselves having to recover again, from a year we did not anticipate, yet we could have? And what of the excessive expenditure at the highest echelons of leadership? Should that be taken into account in considering the state of the nation’s finances? Or is that just a petty oppositional tactic as has been argued?
The Budget Speech is an important event in the national calendar as it let us us know the state of our country’s finances and economy. It is supposed to consider the previous year, as we noted in the first piece, and project into the following year, estimating, and anticipating what will incur that will need finance from the nation itself, and how to maintain the current state of the country’s finances.
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...