Your comment surprised us
Mr President, you say that one Namibian that goes to bed hungry is one too many. We applaud you for that and further, we applaud the strides we know government has made to reduce poverty in this country.
However, when you say to a journalist that you do “not know what he is talking about” regarding 'many Namibians going hungry', we take offence.
You do not have to go far to find hungry Namibians.
In fact, as many Windhoek residents know, the street children in the capital are much like a measurement of weather.
They are back, both at the traffic light at the crossing of Robert Mugabe Avenue and Sam Nujoma Drive, and also, at the traffic light at the crossing of Hosea Kutako and Independence avenues.
Had the works ministry not demolished the dilapidated government house opposite the lands ministry in Robert Mugabe Avenue, you would have found entire community of hungry Namibians there, including babies.
Hungry Namibians, very young and very old, also frequent the strip mall in Okahandja.
They are so hungry in fact, they do not ask for money, but for bread, in exchange for watching your car.
While we acknowledge that coverage of the vulnerable has improved, and while we further acknowledge what you have done in your presidency for the old-age pensions, the fact that more orphans and vulnerable children are now receiving grants is sadly, not a good thing.
Those numbers should be coming down, not going up.
We are not doing well. We are beginning to pay for our lack of maintenance in our hospitals and, our lack of providing decent housing for our people. Diseases like hepatitis E are here to stay. And we do not have the money to upgrade especially Katutura hospital.
So Mr President, we cannot understand how you could say that you do not know what the journalist is talking about.
However, when you say to a journalist that you do “not know what he is talking about” regarding 'many Namibians going hungry', we take offence.
You do not have to go far to find hungry Namibians.
In fact, as many Windhoek residents know, the street children in the capital are much like a measurement of weather.
They are back, both at the traffic light at the crossing of Robert Mugabe Avenue and Sam Nujoma Drive, and also, at the traffic light at the crossing of Hosea Kutako and Independence avenues.
Had the works ministry not demolished the dilapidated government house opposite the lands ministry in Robert Mugabe Avenue, you would have found entire community of hungry Namibians there, including babies.
Hungry Namibians, very young and very old, also frequent the strip mall in Okahandja.
They are so hungry in fact, they do not ask for money, but for bread, in exchange for watching your car.
While we acknowledge that coverage of the vulnerable has improved, and while we further acknowledge what you have done in your presidency for the old-age pensions, the fact that more orphans and vulnerable children are now receiving grants is sadly, not a good thing.
Those numbers should be coming down, not going up.
We are not doing well. We are beginning to pay for our lack of maintenance in our hospitals and, our lack of providing decent housing for our people. Diseases like hepatitis E are here to stay. And we do not have the money to upgrade especially Katutura hospital.
So Mr President, we cannot understand how you could say that you do not know what the journalist is talking about.
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