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Gutu questions Mugabe's 'absence'
25 Mar 2014 at 13:50hrs | Views
Zimbabwe currently faces a debilitating crisis of governance. As the liquidity crunch continues to bite and both the public and private media continue, unabated, to expose and unravel shocking cases of sickening corruption in various parastatals and other State-owned corporations, there is complete inaction from the powers that be; particularly from the country's chief executive officer.
Corrupt cabinet ministers and corrupt State bureaucrats are literally getting away with murder.
The country's chief executive officer seems to be on some kind of extended and unexplained leave of absence.
What exactly is taking place in Zimbabwe? Who, exactly, is running the country right now? Is the country presently on auto pilot?
We cannot extricate ourselves from the present socio-economic and financial quagmire as long as the country's chief executive officer continues to adopt this hands off and lackadaisical approach to running affairs of State.
He has to roll up his sleeves and lead us from the front.
Times like these demand leaders and not rulers. Surely, Zimbabwe is crying out to be led and not to be ruled.
And why are we Zimbabweans so docile?
Why are we so afraid? What's wrong with us?
Why do we seek to normalise the abnormal? This is our beloved motherland, it belongs to all of us,black, white, pink or yellow.
Why should we continue to suffer in silence and be subjected to this humiliating form of misgovernance?
Why don't we demand the immediate sacking of all cabinet ministers and other State operatives who have been exposed as palpably and incorrigibly lazy and corrupt to the bare bones?
What became of the much publicized so-called salary gate scandal? What has happened to the line cabinet ministers who were superintending over these overtly corrupt State corporations?
Surely, would it be asking for too much if we invoke the provisions of Section 59 of our Constitution and immediately proceed to demonstrate against this deeply entrenched corruption?
What are we really afraid of? Does it help the nation for our youths to simply seek to escape to other countries in search of so-called greener pastures instead of demanding good governance here in our own homeland? Why are we so cowardly?
Our people are subjected to humiliating and dehumanizing xenophobia in neighbouring countries. They are lampooned and trashed.
They are looked down upon and in some instances; they are even treated like virtual slaves. What has happened to our pride as Zimbabweans?
Surely, surely, it's high time we wake up and smell the coffee!
Source - Obert Gutu
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