Opinion / Columnist
Zimbabwe's centralization of power has failed dismally
15 Sep 2016 at 10:38hrs | Views
Recent media reports of Negasha Primary School in Hwange District which failed to open due to non-availability of teachers forcing students to miss out on vital learning opportunities that could have transformed them and their families is a clear sign that our centralized system of government is dismally failing to manage the education system in the country.
2. The recent unfortunate death of 3 Zimbabwe illegal miners in South Africa's Langlaagte Mine (some of them were from Tsholotsho District) is also another painful reminder that the continued obsession by the Zimbabwean government to cling to centralization of power will continue to cost us human life. These young people who died prematurely in an abandoned South African mine were seeking economic survival as their country has failed to provide employment opportunities due to bad systems of government such as centralization of power.
3. Embarrassing public revelations by Chief Vezi Maduna and Chief Nhlanhlayamangwe Felix Ndiweni that Chiefs have gone for months without receiving their monthly ‘salaries', is also another clear indication that the centralized system of government in Zimbabwe is not grossly unable and incapacitated to deal with local issues and the welfare of local leaders.
It is these and other issues that cause us Campaigners for Devolution to call on the government of Zimbabwe to save itself from the shame and embarrassment of failing to provide simple basic services and basic duties by devolving power to provinces as outlined in Chapter 14 of the Constitution.
The continued failure by the government to deliver services to the locals, to fulfil the dreams and aspirations of local communities coupled by its obsession for centralization of governance power and authority is helping the government nothing but insults and growing agitation and resentment from the citizens.
Should the government of Zimbabwe have devolved power as according to the Constitutional provisions, the Matabeleland North province or the Hwange District leadership would have timely solved the Negasha issue and they would have had the power to avert the problem from happening in the first place.
Should the government had devolved power according to Chapter 14 of the Constitution of Zimbabwe, the sons of Tsholotsho that perished in the Johannesburg disused mine would be with their families working in dignified areas and earning a decent living.
Should the government had devolved power as in accordance with the supreme law of the land, our traditional leaders, who are the epitome and embodiment of our cultural values and heritage would not be publicly lamenting delayed allowances being subjected to being treated as serfs, beggars and scavengers in a land they fought for and they are administering.
Mayibuye I - Devolution!
(Campaigners for Devolution)
Email: devolutioncampaign@gmail.com
Twitter: @DevolutionC
2. The recent unfortunate death of 3 Zimbabwe illegal miners in South Africa's Langlaagte Mine (some of them were from Tsholotsho District) is also another painful reminder that the continued obsession by the Zimbabwean government to cling to centralization of power will continue to cost us human life. These young people who died prematurely in an abandoned South African mine were seeking economic survival as their country has failed to provide employment opportunities due to bad systems of government such as centralization of power.
3. Embarrassing public revelations by Chief Vezi Maduna and Chief Nhlanhlayamangwe Felix Ndiweni that Chiefs have gone for months without receiving their monthly ‘salaries', is also another clear indication that the centralized system of government in Zimbabwe is not grossly unable and incapacitated to deal with local issues and the welfare of local leaders.
It is these and other issues that cause us Campaigners for Devolution to call on the government of Zimbabwe to save itself from the shame and embarrassment of failing to provide simple basic services and basic duties by devolving power to provinces as outlined in Chapter 14 of the Constitution.
The continued failure by the government to deliver services to the locals, to fulfil the dreams and aspirations of local communities coupled by its obsession for centralization of governance power and authority is helping the government nothing but insults and growing agitation and resentment from the citizens.
Should the government had devolved power according to Chapter 14 of the Constitution of Zimbabwe, the sons of Tsholotsho that perished in the Johannesburg disused mine would be with their families working in dignified areas and earning a decent living.
Should the government had devolved power as in accordance with the supreme law of the land, our traditional leaders, who are the epitome and embodiment of our cultural values and heritage would not be publicly lamenting delayed allowances being subjected to being treated as serfs, beggars and scavengers in a land they fought for and they are administering.
Mayibuye I - Devolution!
(Campaigners for Devolution)
Email: devolutioncampaign@gmail.com
Twitter: @DevolutionC
Source - Campaigners for Devolution
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