Chamisa not a ‘Messiah’ to solve current economic problems: Charamba
country will be turned around by the hands of the citizens of this nation.
“There is no magic wand, there is no Messiah, only principles of good economics and these are what are being followed by the Government. There is a very clear strategy enunciated in the Monetary Policy, buttressed by the Fiscal Policy and both expressing themselves in the context of a Transitional Plan. Those are the instruments for spurring the economy forward, not a mere individual.”
Mr Charamba said opposition members should not celebrate the economic hardships because they were also citizens first before they become opposition politicians.
He said it was also unfortunate that some were still in the election mode at a time when focus should have shifted towards economic recovery. “In any case, in the recovery of this economy, the opposition are citizens before they even oppose,” said Mr Charamba. “They are also consumers of goods and services and suppliers of goods and services in spite of the fact that they are in opposition.
“So, if they have a role to play in the economy, it is alongside many other citizens, but not because they are in opposition and its taking too long for some commentators in this economy to realise that we have long moved from the ballot to the market place where rules are different.”
“I started with my trusted pharmacies and to my surprise there was nothing. I had to contact a doctor friend of mine who linked me with a supplier who is smuggling medicine from South Africa. I can only hope that it is not expired drugs that have been exposed to a lot of heat,” she said.
Ibuprofen the most common over the counter pain killer went up to $5 for 10 tablets from $1.
There was also an outcry over the emergency pill known as the morning after whose price shot up from $5 to $10. Diabetes patients also got the shock of their lives as the medication which normally costs $5 shot up to $17. Pharmaceutical Society of Zimbabwe president Mr Portifa Mwendera said they were low on stocks due to forex challenges.
“We are very low on stocks even those that are available cannot last us a month. Healthcare is compromised and it means some are going without medication and condition getting worse,” he said.
Community Working Group on Health’s Mr Itai Rusike expressed fears the price hike madness on medication was going to open the way for growth of private unregulated drug markets. — @nqotshili/@ thamamoe/-@tamary98