IGrenada: Uhlaziyo lwaseburhulumenteni lwe-COVID-19 yoKhenketho

IGrenada: Uhlaziyo lwaseburhulumenteni lwe-COVID-19 yoKhenketho
Inkulumbuso yaseGrenada uGqr Keith Mitchell
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Inkulumbuso yaseGrenada uGqirha Keith Mitchell uthethe nesizwe ngemeko ye-COVID-19:

Amaqabane amaGrenadiya, i Covid-19 Ubhubhane uyaqhubeka ukuba ngowona mceli mngeni ujongene neGrenada kunye namanye amazwe amaninzi kwihlabathi liphela. Nangona kunjalo, nolu celomngeni lungazange lubekho kuza namathuba okuyila ngokutsha kunye nokucinga okuneqhinga lokuqalisa uqoqosho lwethu. Ifuna ukuba sonke sibe nomonde, uthando kunye nokunyamezelana xa sijongana.

Embindini walo bhubhani, uRhulumente kufuneka alungelelanise ngononophelo izinto eziphambili ezikhuphisanayo- aqinisekise ukuba inkqubo yethu yezempilo kunye nabasebenzi bakulungele ngokwaneleyo ukujongana neCovid-19, ngelixesha kwangaxeshanye, besiba sisakhelo soqoqosho oluncinci esivumela amashishini amaninzi ukusebenza ngokuhambelana neeprotokholi ezicetyiswayo.

Ke ngoko, ukusebenza ngoMvulo we-11 kuMeyi 2020, yonke imihla iya kuba lusuku olumiselweyo lomsebenzi, oko kukuthi, amashishini asele enikeziwe imvume yokusebenza kunye nabo baqala kwakhona kule veki. Amashishini avunyiweyo aya kusebenzisa iishedyuli zawo zangaphambi kwe-Covid ngexesha elibekiweyo, ngo-8 ekuseni ukuya ku-5 pm. Ixesha elimiselweyo lokubuya ekhaya mihla le lihlala likhona, ukusuka ngentsimbi yesi-7 ngokuhlwa ukuya ku-5 kusasa.

Urhulumente ulindele inyani kwimisebenzi yezoqoqosho ngokuqala kwakhona komsebenzi kwishishini lokwakha kule veki. Izikhokelo zezempilo nezokhuseleko sele zenziwe kwaye ikhontrakthi yeprojekthi nganye kufuneka ifune kwaye inikwe imvume kwikomitana yokwakha ngaphambi kokuba kuqale umsebenzi.

Ezinye iindawo ezimiselwe ukuvulwa kule veki zibandakanya, iinkonzo zokuthengiswa kwezindlu, indawo yokuhlamba iimpahla, abagcini mhlaba kunye negadi, iivenkile zeentyatyambo, iivenkile zabathengi kunye neenkampani ezinikezela ngemalimboleko yomhla wokuhlawula.

Ngabasebenzi abaninzi abaxhomekeke kwizithuthi zikawonke-wonke, uRhulumente usebenza namaqela achaphazelekayo ukuze kuphuculwe iindlela ezifanelekileyo zempilo nezococeko eziya kuthi zikhokelele ekuqalisweni kwakhona kwale nkonzo. Isibhengezo esisemthethweni siyakwenziwa kwiintsuku ezizayo.

Iinkonzo ezinqunyelweyo zamaphenyane zivunyiwe ukuba zivulwe kwakhona kule veki, phakathi kwezwekazi iGrenada kunye neziqithi ezibini. Siza kuqhubeka sisebenza ngokusondeleyo nababoneleli beenkonzo ukuqinisekisa ukuba imigaqo-nkqubo yokusebenza iyalandelwa.

Njengokuba abaninzi belindele ukuvulwa kwakhona kwemida yethu yangaphandle, ndiyakhawuleza ukuthi ngelixa oku kusondele, asikabikho. Imida ivaliwe ukukhusela ukusasazeka kwintsholongwane kunye nokusindisa ubomi, kwaye okwangoku, kufuneka sigcine imeko enjalo. Kwiintlanganiso zakutshanje zeCaricom kunye neenkokheli ze-OECS, ngokudibeneyo savumelana ukuba siqale ngokuthe chu ukuphungula ukuthintelwa kohambo, njengoko ubhubhane wale ngingqi ubukho ikakhulu. Oorhulumente, iinqwelomoya kunye neehotele ngoku bagqibezela iinkcukacha zokuvulwa ngokwamanqanaba. Ukuthatha ukuba iiprothokholi eziyimfuneko zikhona, silindele ukuvula imida yethu kwiveki yokuqala kaJuni. Ndiyakuqinisekisa, mawethu aseGrenadians, asizukuhamba ngaphandle kokuba sanelisekile ukuba imigaqo efanelekileyo yezempilo nokhuseleko ikhona.

Esi sizathu sikwasichukumisa isigqibo sokurhoxisa iiSpicemas 2020 kuba asinakuyibeka esichengeni impilo, ukhuseleko kunye nentlalontle yabantu bethu.

Kule mpelaveki, sibone ukubuya kwabanye belizwe lethu bebeqeshwe ngeenqanawa zokuhamba ngenqanawa. Oodade nabazalwana, kwelinye icala, asinakuliphika ilungelo labemi bethu lokubuyela ekhaya kodwa kwelinye icala, abemi bethu ababuyayo kufuneka baqonde, ukuba phakathi kwengxaki yezempilo, banokusasaza intsholongwane. Qiniseka ukuba amanyathelo ezempilo ayalandelwa. Abantu abafikayo bavavanywa kwaye basiwa ngqo kwizibonelelo zokuvalelwa bodwa.

Ukubonelela ngokucacileyo malunga nokuvalelwa kwesinyanzelo esinyanzelekileyo kubasebenzi ababuyayo, uRhulumente ngoku uhlawula yedwa ama-200,000 eedola ukubonelela ngezi zibonelelo kuba oololiwe abahamba ngenqanawe abalwamkeli uxanduva, ngaphandle kwesivumelwano sangaphambili sokwenza njalo.

Kwabo bahlala bexinekile kwiinqanawa nakwamanye amazwe, sicela ukuba uqonde ukuba ekusombululeni le ngxaki yezempilo, amanyathelo kaRhulumente kufuneka akhokelwe sisakhono senkqubo yethu yokhathalelo lwempilo ukumelana nako nakuphi na ukuqhambuka kwesi sifo.

Sivulelekile ukuba sifumane amaGrenadians asele ebanjiwe, ukuba nje banendlela yokufumana indlela egodukayo, kwaye bekhumbula, amandla ethu asikelwe umda ukubonelela ngezixhobo zikarhulumente zokuvalelwa bodwa. Bonke abantu abavunyelwe ukuba bangene baya kufakwa kwigumbi lokuhlaliswa lodwa elinyanzelekileyo kwindawo echongiweyo kangangeeveki ezi-2.

Ndonwabile ukwazisa ukuba ukuza kuthi ga ngoku, asinatyala litsha likaCovid-19. Iziphumo zazo zonke iimvavanyo ze-PCR ezingama-84 ezenziwa nge-8 Meyi azinayo intsholongwane. Oku kubandakanya abantu abangama-64 abanxulumene neqela elifunyenwe kwindawo enye yeshishini. Ukongeza, ityala lokugqibela lokulaliswa esibhedlele likhutshiwe kwaye amanye ama-6 amatyala asebenzayo axelwe ukuba aqhuba kakuhle.

Boodade nabazalwana, ulawulo lwethu oluyimpumelelo lwale ngxaki yezempilo kufuneka luhambisane nokwakha kwakhona uqoqosho lwasekhaya. Siqokelele iqela labasebenzi abazinikeleyo kwicandelo likarhulumente nakwabucala, ukuze bakhokele le nzame.

Iikomiti eziphantsi kweKomiti ezi-7 ezivunyiweyo, nazo zinikwe uxanduva kwicandelo ngalinye kwezoqoqosho, ezizezi, ezobuKhenketho noBumi ngoTyalo-mali (i-CBI); Ezokwakha (ezabucala nezoluntu); Iinkonzo zezeMfundo-iYunivesithi yaseSt George; Amashishini aMancinci, aMancinci naphakathi: Ezolimo nezokuLoba; Ihowuliseyili noRhwebo noRhwebo noKwenziwa kweMveliso; E-Commerce / Digitization. Baphonononga imeko yangoku kwicandelo ngalinye kwaye bachonga izinto eziphambili ngokubaluleka kumiliselo olunamanqanaba.

Sikwakhuthazwa yinyaniso yokuba phakathi kwale ngxaki, ukuzithemba kwabatyali-zimali kuhlala kuphezulu. Ukuthengwa kwePort Louis kunye neMount Cinnamon kutsha nje, ngezicwangciso zokongeza ukuya kutsho kuma-500 amagumbi amatsha ehotele, kutyalo-mali oluxabisa ngaphezu kwe-US$350 yezigidi, kuthetha lukhulu ngesakhono sokuchacha koqoqosho lwethu. Kubalulekile ukuqaphela ukuba akukho minyinyiva iya kunikwa de umphuhlisi ukulungele ukuqalisa ukwakha iihotele ezi-4.

Njengoko sisenza uqikelelo lwexa elizayo, amanyathelo abalulekileyo ayafuneka ngoku ukuzisa uncedo kubemi bethu. IKhabhinethi ivumile ke, ngokomthetho-siseko, ukuhlawulwa kwamaxabiso amafama e-nutmeg. Imigaqo nemiqathango iyagqitywa noMbutho waseGrenada weNtsebenziswano yeNutmeg. Urhulumente ukwalinde uhlaziyo kumbutho waseGrenada Cocoa malunga nokuba loluphi uncedo, ukuba lukhona, olufunekayo kwabo balimi.

Urhulumente ungenelele ukuxhasa amafama eenkukhu, ehamba ngokukhawuleza ukuvuma iphepha-mvume lokurhweba kunye nokurhoxisa uxanduva lokuthumela ukutya okungxamisekileyo oku-2, okuye kwayimfuneko emva kokunqongophala okudalwe kukuvalwa okunyanzelekileyo komthengisi ophambili wasekhaya.

La kunye namanye amaphulo, ukongeza kwiphakheji yokukhuthaza uqoqosho ndibhengeze kwangoko kumzamo wethu wokuphendula we-Covid-19, kwaye ziza ngexesha apho uRhulumente ngokwakhe ejongene nefuthe elibi lo bhubhane. Ukusuka kuqikelelo kunyaka wesibhozo wokulandelana wokukhula, urhulumente ngoku ujongene nenyani yokwanda kokungalunganga, okubangelwa ikakhulu yimpembelelo ebalulekileyo kukhenketho, ulwakhiwo kunye nemfundo. Oku kubangele ukwehla okukhulu kwingeniso kaRhulumente. Ngo-Epreli umzekelo, ingqokelela yemali ehlanganisiweyo yiCustoms kunye ne-Revenue Revenue Division yehle malunga ne- $ 8 yezigidi xa kuthelekiswa naleyo ka-30; ukwehla okunokuphindaphindwa kumasebe ethu aphambili okwenza ingeniso kwezi nyanga zimbalwa zizayo.

Urhulumente ke ngoko usebenzisa oovimba bakhe kwaye ufuna uncedo lwamazwe aphesheya ukuxhasa ngezimali nakuphi na ukusilela nokuzisa isiqabu kubemi bakhe, ngelixa eqhubeka nokulwa intsholongwane ebulalayo. Sele sitsale imali kwiNgxowa-mali yeHlabathi, kwiBhanki yeHlabathi, kwi-European Union, kuRhulumente wase-India, kwi-Central Caribbean Central Bank nakwi-Caribbean Development Bank phakathi kwezinye. Siyaqhubeka nokujonga eminye imithombo yenkxaso-mali kunye nemali mboleko ethambileyo, kunye nokuphonononga iindlela zokunciphisa ityala.

Nangona kunjalo, iqela kwi-Ofisi yoMphathiswa Wezimali kunye ne-Covid-19 ye-Ofisi yoNobhala weNkxaso kwezoQoqosho, kunye nabachaphazelekayo abafanelekileyo basebenze ngokuzimisela ukulungisa nokulungisa amanyathelo oncedo. Sisekwinqanaba lokuqala lolwandiso, kodwa ukuza kuthi ga ngoku, phantse ama-2,000 XNUMX amaGrenadi axhamle kwimirholo yokuxhasa kunye nakwimizamo yenkxaso yengeniso.

Inkqubo kunye nenkqubo yokuqinisekisa iyaqhubeka kwaye ingqina ukuba ichitha ixesha. Nangona kunjalo, abasebenzi kwisebe loonobhala basebenza imini nobusuku nangeempelaveki, ukuqinisekisa ukuba izicelo zenziwa ngokufanelekileyo, kwaye iintlawulo zenziwa kwangoko. Urhulumente ukwacinga ngokwandisa iindidi zabasebenzi abafanelekileyo ukuba bafumane inkxaso yemali ukuzisa isiqabu esikhulu kwicandelo elibanzi labemi.
Ekupheleni kwale nyanga, iNkqubo yeSizwe ye-Inshurensi kulindeleke ukuba iqale ukuhlawula izibonelelo zokungaphangeli kubantu abafanelekileyo. Kuqikelelwa ukuba ngaphezulu kwabantu abangama-5,000 6 baya kufumana izibonelelo, zikhutshwe ngaphezulu kweenyanga ezi-2. Ukurhoxiswa kokunyuswa kwe-2020% kwintlawulo ye-NIS sele kusebenze kwaye kuya kuhlawulwa nge-Epreli ukuya kuJuni XNUMX.

Ukuhlawulwa kwenyanga kwirhafu yeNgeniso yeNkampani kunye neentlawulo zezavenge kwiRhafu yeTampu yoNyaka zinqunyanyisiwe ukunceda amashishini ukunciphisa naziphi na iingxaki zokuhamba kwemali ngeli xesha. Siyaqaphela ke, ukuba abanye bakhethe ukuqhubeka nokuhlawula rhoqo kwaye siyabancoma.

Njengoko wathembisayo, uRhulumente wenze ukuba kufumaneke imali eyongezelelweyo yokubhatala imali ngokusebenzisa indawo esele ikho yokubolekisa ngamashishini amancinci e-Grenada Development Bank. Owona mda mkhulu ufumanekayo phantsi kwale ngxowa-mali unyuswe waya kwi-40,000 yeedola. Ukongeza, inzala eyehlisiweyo ye-3% inikezelwa kubantu ababandakanyekayo kwezolimo, ezokuloba nakwinkqubo yokulungiswa kwezolimo.

Abasebenzisi bombane bazakuziva bengaphantsi kwepiniki ukusukela kule nyanga njengoko beqala ukuxhamla kwisaphulelo seebhiliyoni ezingama-30. Urhulumente utyale imali engaphezulu kwe-7 yezigidi zeedola kwaye sinombulelo ngentsebenziswano yamashishini eGrenlec kunye ne-WRB ngokunikela nge-3 yezigidi zeedola. Ezi ziindidi zentsebenziswano ezifunekayo njengoko sijonga indlela eya phambili.

Nalapha, kufuneka ndivakalise esidlangalaleni umbulelo kuRhulumente kwiYunivesithi yaseSt. George, ebikhokela ukuvavanywa kwePCR. I-SGU ikwabonelele ngeSibhedlele Ngokubanzi ngeyunithi ephathekayo ye-x-reyi, izixhobo zokuphefumla, iisuphavayiza zentliziyo, iiyunithi zeesonogram kunye nezinye izixhobo zonyango ezingayi kuqinisa kuphela ukulungela kwethu ukulwa i-Covid-19, kodwa zibeke ngcono inkqubo yokhathalelo lwempilo ukubonelela ukuphucula khathalela abantu bethu. Ngokuphathelele kwimisebenzi yayo yeshishini, emele ngaphezulu kwe-20% ye-Grenada's GDP, i-SGU ikwasebenza ngokusondeleyo noRhulumente ngexesha elifanelekileyo kunye nendlela yokusebenza yokubuyisela abafundi ekhampasini. Iiprotokholi ziyenziwa ukulungiselela ukungena kwazo kwakhona.

Sikwabulela nabanye abanikeli, kubandakanya uRhulumente kunye naBantu baseCuba, iRiphabhlikhi yaBantu base China, iRiphabhlikhi yaseBolivia yaseVenezuela, abameli bethu boonozakuzaku phesheya, iAlibaba Group, iCanada Bank Qaphela, iPan American Health Organisation (PAHO), IGunya leLothari kaZwelonke, iDigicel, uMjikelo, kunye nabo bonke abanye abathe bancedisa ekomelezeni amandla ethu okulwa esi sifo.

Maninzi amanye amaqabane afanele ukunconywa: umzekelo, abantu kunye nemibutho ebisasaza ukutya nezinye izinto kwabo basweleyo. Ndiyabulela ngokwam kwaye ndiyakuncoma ngokuba ngumgcini womntakwenu.

Ngaphandle kwesisa sabaninzi, kubonakala ngathi kukho ingxaki ekhula ngaphakathi kwengxaki ye-COVID-19. Abanye abantu baziva bedimazekile kwaye bengenathemba njengoko sinyamezela ubunzima bengqondo kunye neemvakalelo zalo bhubhane. Ndiyakuqinisekisa ukuba likho ithemba. Icandelo loMphathiswa Wezentlalo-ntle likhokela ekuhlawuleni iingcebiso nasekuncedeni abantu ukuba baphucule iindlela zabo zokulwa le ngxaki. Iiofisi zecawe sele zivulekile ukubonelela ngeenkonzo zokucebisa kwaye abantu babucala nabo banikezela ukubonelela ngoncedo lwengqondo kwabo basweleyo.

Ndiyabulela kwabo bakwangaphambili kumlo wokulwa neCovid-19. Sihlala sibabona oogqirha nabongikazi kodwa namhlanje, ndiyabaqonda bonke abanye abasebenzi kwinkqubo yezempilo abaye banegalelo ngandlela ithile kulo mzamo. Ndibiza bonke abo bangatsali ubunzima babo, ukuba benze isabelo sabo esifanelekileyo.

Ndimele ndibulele kwakhona, ikomiti yeCovid ngokuzinikela kwabo kwinkonzo ekusincedeni ukuba sihambe kule ngxaki. Enkosi kumagosa asentolongweni, oonogada babucala, abaqhubi beebhasi ababonelela ngezothutho kubasebenzi ababalulekileyo, abaqokeleli inkunkuma, abasebenzi bakarhulumente nabo bonke abanye abazincama yonke imihla ukusinceda ngeli xesha. Ndiyabulela kuwe, isizwe siyakubulela, kwaye siyakuxabisa.

UMkomishinala wamaPolisa kunye neqela lakhe, benze umsebenzi obalaseleyo wokugcina umthetho nocwangco kwaye ndiyabancoma, ngokunjalo. Kwiintsuku zakutshanje, sizivile izikhalazo kwindawo kawonke-wonke, betyholwa ngokuphathwa gadalala ngamapolisa. Ukuza kuthi ga ngoku, akukho zikhalazo zisesikweni ezifakiweyo kodwa ndiqinisekisiwe nguMkomishinala ukuba iimeko ezizisiwe kuthi, ziya kuvavanywa. Akukho sizathu sokuthatha isenzo esingafanelekanga ngamapolisa, kodwa njengabemi, sonke sinoxanduva lokukhokelwa ngumthetho kwaye sihlonele abonyanzelisa umthetho.

Ndithatha eli thuba, ngokunjalo, ukugweba ngamandla nokudimaza izenzo ezingenangqondo zobundlobongela, ukuphathwa gadalala ekhaya kunye nabantwana nolunye ulwaphulo-mthetho esilwenzanayo omnye komnye. Indawo yethu entsha yoxinzelelo ayisosizathu sokwenza okuphosakeleyo. Ngaphaya koko, kwabo basebenzisa izithintelo ezibekwe nguRhulumente kaXakeka ukuhlawulisa amaxabiso agqithisileyo eempahla kunye neenkonzo, ayilunganga kwaye inetyala ngokuziphatha. Ndimele ndibuze, siphi isazela sethu? UThixo wethu akazukuyeka ukuzohlwaya ngalendlela. La manyathelo awazukuxolelwa kwaye i-RGPF inikwe amandla okuthatha amanyathelo.

Oodade nabazalwana, kuzo zonke izinto ezibonisa ukuba siphumelele, silwa imfazwe neCovid-19, kodwa imibuzo ininzi, malunga nefuthe lilonke kunye nokukwazi kwethu ukubuyela kwimeko yesiqhelo. Ndithi kuwe, ngokuzithemba okukhulu ukuba iGrenada iyakufumana oku. Urhulumente uyaqhubeleka eyamkela indima yakhe njengenkokheli kwaye sithandazela ukuba ngokukhokelwa nguThixo, senze izigqibo ezizizo.

Siyakwamkela ke ngoko ukuqinisekiswa koSuku loMthandazo kuZwelonke olucwangciswe yiNkomfa yeeCawe kunye noManyano lwamaCawe eeVangeli ngomhla we-17 kuCanzibe.

Lithuba lokuba sihlangane ndawonye siguqe ngamadolo kunye neentliziyo ezithobekileyo, ukufuna ungenelelo olungcwele njengoko sihamba kule ngxaki. Ukongeza, silindele ngolangazelelo ukuqala kwakhona kweenkonzo zecawe kwaye silindele ukuqukunjelwa kweengxoxo nemibutho yezenkolo ekuphuhliseni izikhokelo eziyimfuneko.

Imeko yabantwana bethu iyaqhubeka ukuba yinto ephambili. Iiprotokholi zengingqi zenzelwe imfundo kwaye ngoku ziyavavanywa ngabasemagunyeni ukumisela ukuba yintoni enokwenzeka eGrenada kunye nexesha lokubuyela kwigumbi lokufundela.

Bantu baseGrenadians, siza kuphuma kolu bhubhani somelele kwaye somelele ngakumbi. Sike sajongana nemingeni enzima ngaphambili kwaye andithandabuzi ukuba nathi siza koyisa xa sijamelene nale ntlekele ibulalayo. Ndiyawavuma amadini amakhulu enziwa ngabanye kodwa kukho abanye abahleli nje phantsi bagxeke. Ndiyakubongoza, sonke masizame ukwenza ngcono ngeli xesha libaluleke kangaka. Ukusinda kukaGrenada kunye nokuchacha kufuneka ibe ngumzamo odibeneyo. Kubunye kukho amandla. Ngeli xesha, iingcinga zethu kunye nemithandazo yethu ikunye nabo baphulukene nabathandekayo kwi-diaspora, kwisifo esoyikekayo.

Oodade nabantakwethu, xa ndivala, ndibothulela umnqwazi oomama kwilizwe liphela, ngakumbi aba bam, endingakwaziyo ukunxibelelana nabo njengesiqhelo. Ndidlulisa nemibuliso nakumadoda adlala indima yomama notata. Ayibanga lusuku loomama oluqhelekileyo, kunye neenkonzo ezininzi zecawe, isidlo sasemini kunye neminye imisebenzi esasikubhiyozela ngayo ngokwesiko, kodwa ndiyathemba ukuba ngenye indlela encinci namhlanje, uluvile uthando kunye noxabiso kwabo bakungqongileyo. Usuku loMama olonwabileyo kuni nonke.

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