Just a few days ago, a sarcastic fire rendered destitute
thousands of youngsters plying their trade in the Blantyre Flea Market. The
smoke that vanished into the sky, escaping from the wrath of the inferno
mercilessly looting merchandise worth millions of kwachas, evaporated with hope
and life for loads of youngsters.
Surely, these brothers and sisters did not yield all the
stuff that occupied their benches, pavilions and stands overnight… it was all
through extensive and intensive hardcore hussle so that they add meaning to
their respective lives as well as that of their dependants. And to have the
same vanish just at a spark of a flame is absolutely sad. Thousands of young
lives have been smoked out!
Already, instead of giving hope to the victims, politicians
are busy capitalizing on this to advance their ‘usual’ propaganda and turning
the whole incident into a platform of castigating each other with the entire
verbal arsenal. It looks like all the politicians did pretty much of a homework
or mock test in anticipation of this Blantyre Flea Market saga and the moment
hell broke loose, they were all over town preaching their selfish propagandas.
Come on…people don’t eat politics! The misery of the victims of this tragedy is
equal to those of millions of other Malawians who do not need politics in their
quest of survival. Enough of politics this, politics that. People are suffering
in this country and it is the same politicians that have betrayed a majority of
people in this country… it cannot be overemphasized that the youth are the
worst hit by this syndrome as they have been used, abused and dumped.
All in all, the amount of tears that erupted to cool hearts
of victims of that fire are enough a flood to wash away the smoky politics
engulfing us. Sincere condolences are due to the victims.
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