As Guyanese endure a 38% increase in gun related robberies, a 37% rise in murders, reports of a kidnapping and the failure of the judicial system to effectively prosecute offenders, we cannot avoid wondering how our anti-crime tax dollars are being used. We recall that in May, 2013, Minister of Home Affairs Clement Rohee, launched the ‘I Paid A Bribe’ website, which allowed citizens to report corrupt transactions. To date, a year later, we have yet to hear of any results of this initiative. In March, 2014, Minister Rohee revealed that more than $4 million was allocated to pay for a study of the defective 911 response system. Again, no word of the results has been forthcoming. In December, 2010, $224.4 million was earmarked for the installation of CCTV cameras around Georgetown. Today, the government has yet to tell us what benefit has been derived from the system. Guyanese may therefore be justified in asking: where has all the money gone?
Posted on: Wed, 16 Apr 2014 17:36:29 +0000
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