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| NGOS offering food to hungry Zimbabwean kids |
Zimbabweans have been through a lot from human rights abuse to a huge economic relapse but there has not been a single day that you have seen them on the streets voicing out their problems.They are ruled by the inclusive government which is there because SADC ruled so, "a government of inconvenience."Kabwato argues that Everyone in Zimbabwe engages in some trade of sorts to make ends meet -you can't survive on a formal job.If you want electricity you buy a generator ,if you want water you buy on the streets ,people no longer look to the state for anything else other than a birth certificate and a passport.(Newsday 26/11/2010).The people of Zimbabwe do not have a say in their ruling as it is the government is busy debating on when the elections should be held and the people have n't yet voiced out what they want. Many projects lie unfinished in the country.Talking of which Bulawayo used to be the haven of industries and was even called Kontuthu Ziyathunqa because of the smoke from the industries right now it faces a shortage of industries.The government was supposed to give the city money to revive it's industries but then that has not happenend, knowing the government of Zimbabwe probably it was just cheap political talk.The question at hand is where is the legislative in all this,it is suppose to provide the system of checks and hold accountable the government to what they promised the people.Recently the human rights activist Gwisai was arrested for watching the Arab Spring video,a video which can be on anyone 's hands thus a setback on the freedom of expression.The country boasts of being democratic but unfortunately the case of Gwisai is nothing but a threat on human rights.Where is the public in all this and most of all where is the Judiciary to carryout it's duties of making sure that the bill of rights is being upholded by the government!!
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