[kictanet] Who is government?

[Eng. Wainaina Mungai]

Thanks for the timely reminder but….I am referring to the part of government
that *collects tax *and spends it (in)/appropriately to address some
taxpayer's concerns such as roads, etc subsidies in times of hardship etc.


We are all government in an extrapolated sense...but let us focus on the *net
tax collector* rather than the net taxpayer.






On Wed, Apr 27, 2011 at 10:18 AM, robert yawe <robertyawe at yahoo.co.uk>wrote:

> Hi Engineer,
>
> From your position who exactly is this animal called government, as Kariuki
> Chotara once quipped "wapi huyo Karu Max anafanya watoto was university
> kutupamawe, a shikwe na kufungwa jela" in the same breath from your
> utterances I say "let us find this fellow called government and jail
> him/her/it after which the price of imported petroleum will come down to 3/-
> per litre and all Kenyans will be free".
>
> What the late Kariuki Chotara did not understand was what is called an ideology
> and him I forgive, government is an ideology not a place, person or
> principle.
>
> As we implement the new constitution at 3G speed I hope those of us in the
> know are aware of the impending tsunami "when you feel the earth quake look
> out for the tsunami" - A Japanese plaque written over 100 years ago whose
> message was ignored by the younger more technologically savvy generation.
>
> We are about to create 42 centres of power each of which will want to add
> additional levies to those currently existing ones so the 25% increase in
> the cost of living in the urban areas will seem like a drop in the ocean.
>  Bananas from Tanzania will pass through 3 counties each of which will want
> to charge a levy so by the time the banana gets to you in Nairobi it will
> definitely not cost the current 5/- worse still will be those coming from
> Kisii.
>
> You and I are government so lets stop throwing stones at ourselves and use
> our education to offer solutions to problems.  The government is like a
> knife therefore what matters is who welds it.
>
> Regards
>
> PS.  The ability to shutdown social media is an essential safety device and
> I strongly believe needs to be put in place not having it is like sending
> our police to apprehend armed thugs by claiming that the police might use
> the guns to shoot innocent people.  I vote for an internet kill switch just
> like the rest of the developed nations, do not deceive yourself that the
> internet has no kill switch.
>
> Robert Yawe
> KAY System Technologies Ltd
> Phoenix House, 6th Floor
> P O Box 55806 Nairobi, 00200
> Kenya
>
> Tel: +254722511225, +254202010696
>
>
>
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