Poverty! Poverty! Poverty!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
This has almost turned out to be a song in our community.
Poverty, as we are aware that almost the biggest percentage of the entire national population lives below the poverty line. One wonders about the cause of this situation and how it has spread quickly to reach all corners of this county – Uganda!!
But still the answers are far way.
Living below the poverty line means people being unable to compete with international standards. In our community therefore, the question will be how many can afford for their needs like medical care bills, school fees for their children besides the universal primary and secondary education and how many can sustain the need of their homes? The answer is indeed tear calling because a few can and even those who can afford, is out of bigger struggles. People have no jobs, and those who have earn less meaning that their expenditures are greater than their incomes.
The infrastructure is poor which can’t support faster development. The roads are full of pot holes, market centres and trading centres are far and out of reach, hospitals are at long distances which make every thing hard hence tiring up people in poverty.
I will request that you agree with me that one of the causes to this situation is corruption in offices where even when one wanted to get a job, he will have to pay some money and just buy the job; this has made many young men and women who have no money to buy jobs to stay unemployed. This has also been followed up by embezzlement of funds from the central government at the local levels mainly districts which has lest the people at the grass root not helped, they don’t receive the services intended that can bring some development.
Being that in our communities most people base on hoes to earn a living, you find that at time of harvest the prices for the agricultural produce go low, so the continuous changes in the prices of the produce and the problem of middle men or dealers has made the farmers not benefit from their energy and time they invest in the garden with the hopes of getting some funds to run as activities like paying fees for the children.
There are many causes but I feel they are not worthy to discuss instead we need to have our minds focused on how we cam help communities like ours to also come out of poverty. I know that the Heaven can’t come on Earth but at least the clouds should come near that even the shorts ones can touch I mean the low income earners and the farmers can also develop and live above the poverty line
I think the government will need to pray the bigger role in the solutions, to come up with nice procedures and formats which will her the people become more active and directly share on the national cake.
Organizations that give support should also come up to help the communities develop by putting up the necessary infrastructures that will lead to development enhancement.
With all the above, I wish you well, hope to hear from you in comments
By:
Dhakaba Meddy
Hillside Secondary School
