HOW TO TURN NAPETET-LIKE NEIGHBORHOODS INTO BEACONS OF PROSPERITY

                  Congratulations Mr Governor for winning. I wish you the best of luck as you embark in the service of humanity. I believe you are aware of the aspirations of the man and the woman in the street. I have deep conviction that you are co-joined to their hopes and visions. 

                  The masses are waiting to see you hit the ground running. I'm one of them and this is what I expect you to prioritize. Poverty is the issue. Facing this monster needs creativity. Total commitment is the petrol you need to power the spirits of those you are going to work with in fighting this giant. 

                   It is incumbent to note that poverty is not caused by the poor. It is a manifestation of an unjust system. It is a product of wrong diagnosis. It is a result of negligence on the part of leading elite. Hopefully, all these are far away from you. It is therefore important to take advantage of this status and do wonders. This,I believe can be done. 

                   Lets take Napetet as a case study. This place can be mistaken for a prison or such-like places. No it isn't. It is a place like any other. Its peoples are able and intelligent just like any other.But what is the problem with them? This is what I will call diagnosis. It is what a sensible leader must do and get it right. Here people have everything that can be found on earth but lack one crucial thing. That is LIGHT. They have eyes but they are engulfed by darkness. Darkness of the mind has condemned them for years. They need total liberation from this darkness. You know what? It is not their fault. It is the fault of a vision-less leadership. A leadership that calls darkness light. Sitting back isn't the option on your table,Mr Governor. Thinking and acting is. Have a look at this:

         1. Construct a market right in the middle of this world. Those hardworking and visionary mamas are eagerly waiting to see this become a reality. They have suffered irreparable losses for long from the Lodwar scorching sun as their leaders cheer as if to approve their continued suffering.

         2. Provide tax breaks to small traders to allow them lay a strong business foundation. Do not allow the hunger to raise so much revenue override the need to offer conducive business environment to small-scale traders. 

         3. Create a special fund for those pursuing small business. Ideas are boiling out there but people lack one thing,funding. Fill this void and you will see wonders. Fruits of this will surpass the imaginations of many.

         4. Don't lock your door. Remember you are an extension of the hoi polloi. It is because we can not all fit in that office that we elected you to be there. Eat what your people eat. Sleep where they sleep. Walk with them. Talk with them. I wait for that moment when county conferences will be held in villages and community based lodges so as to boost their economies.

         5. Initiate information exchange programs.  Information is the key needed to unfold the potential of the masses. How I wish you use that successful old man or woman in the village to teach his/her fellows than pumping money to all-knowing-self-seeking-unproductive elite seated in Lodwar and its environs. They ought to be in prison for doing nothing to tackle poverty.  

              Parting shot: Thou shalt be judged by thou actions. Mothers,fathers,boys,girls,youths,everybody....are eagerly waiting to see your first step.MAY THE BLESSINGS AND POWER OF THE ALMIGHTY BE UPON YOU.         

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