[kictanet] Who is government - for laffs

[Nnenna Nwakanma]

This is just a relief for you day:

In the last few months in Côte d'Ivoire, we have had
1. The government
2. The State.

The government were the one moving around in the country, controlling  
the army and the young patriots.  Simply put, Gbagbo was the government.

Alassane Ouattara, on the other hand, was the state.  He  speaks with  
the international community, orders international institutions and  
receives official correspondences that were marked "the Republic of  
Côte d'Ivoire".  So he was the State. Folks called it "the Republic of  
Golf hotel"

So workers wanted to know who was going to pay salaries! The State  
told us not pay taxes as yet, and the government said it needed the  
tax monies urgently. The government paid for December and half of  
February.. and ran out cash!

Then things changed: the State took over power, and the government  
went into what was referred to as the "republic of Bunkerkistan".

Thankfully, we now have the state and the government in one place.
Salaries have gone through and by tomorrow, we will queue up for pay!

Have a good day!



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> Date: Wed, 27 Apr 2011 10:40:31 +0300
> From: "Eng. Wainaina Mungai" <wainaina.mungai at gmail.com>
> To: KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions <kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke>
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> 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.
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> We are all government in an extrapolated sense...but let us focus on the *net
> tax collector* rather than the net taxpayer.
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