- Inkcazo-ntetho kunye neengxoxo bezinamandla kwiNgxoxo yeCandelo ebonisa ukuba idemokhrasi yaseJamaica iphila kakhulu kwaye ilungile.
- URhulumente waseJamaica uyaqhubeka nokuqhuba inqanawa yombuso ngokutshabalalisa ubhubhane we-COVID-19.
- Ubhubhane we-coronavirus ube nefuthe elibi kakhulu kwilizwe, eliphulukene nabantu abangaphaya kwewaka.
intshayelelo
Somlomo, umsebenzi wam nembeko yam, namhlanje, kukuvala ingxoxo-mpikiswano yecandelo lonyaka-mali wama-2021-2022.
Ndicinga ukuba siza kuvuma ukuba iintetho kunye neengxoxo bezilungile kwaye idemokhrasi yethu isaphila kwaye iphilile.
Somlomo, egameni loRhulumente, ndinqwenela ukubulela bonke abantu esisebenza nabo epalamente ngegalelo labo kwingxoxo-mpikiswano yalo nyaka. La ngamaxesha angaqhelekanga, Somlomo, njengokuba lo rhulumente eqhubeka nokulawula inqanawa yombuso ngokutshabalalisa ubhubhane we-COVID-19.
Ubhubhane we-COVID-19, okwabizwa ngokuba sisibetho se-coronavirus, ubangelwa sisifo esiqatha sokuphefumla kwesifo coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). Intsholongwane yafunyanwa okokuqala ngoDisemba 2019 eWuhan, China.
Umbutho wezeMpilo weHlabathi ubhengeze iNgxakeko yezeMpilo kaRhulumente kwiNkxalabo yaMazwe ngaMazwe malunga ne-COVID-19 nge-30 kaJanuwari 2020, kwaye kamva wabhengeza ubhubhane nge-11 ka-Matshi 2020. Ukusukela nge-10 kaJuni, ngo-2021, ngaphezulu kwe-174 yezigidi zamatyala aqinisekisiweyo, kunye ngaphezulu kwe-3.75 yezigidi eziqinisekisiweyo zokufa okubangelwa yi-COVID-19, ukuyenza ibe sesinye sezifo ezibulalayo kwimbali.
Somlomo, njengoko uMphathiswa esitsho, ubhubhane we-COVID-19 ube nefuthe elibi kwilizwe lethu. Siphulukene nabantu abangaphaya kwewaka. Ubomi bonke obulahlekileyo buninzi kakhulu kwaye ndinika amazwi ovelwano olunzulu kuzo zonke iintsapho, abahlobo kunye noogxa babo abaswelekelwe ngabantu ababathandayo.
Ubhubhane kunye namanyathelo enzelwe ukujongana nawo abe neziphumo ezibi kwimisebenzi yezoqoqosho. Uqikelelo lweZiko lokuCwangcisa laseJamaica (PIOJ) kukuba uqoqosho luye lwangqinelana ne-10.2% kunyaka wekhalenda ka-2020 kunye ne-12% kunyaka-mali ophela ngoMatshi 31, 2021.
Oku kokona kukwehla kukhulu okurekhodwayo ngonyaka kwaye ibikukuthotywa kokuqala konyaka ukusukela ngo-2012. Ukwehla kwezoqoqosho ngowama-2020/21 kwaqhutywa kukuncipha okukhulu ngama-70% kushishino lwabakhenkethi.
Ubhubhane ulutshabalalisile ungenelelo lotshintshiselwano lwamanye amazwe kwezokhenketho ekucingelwa ukuba luzokwehla ngama-74% okanye i-US $ 2.5 yezigidigidi ngo-2020/21. Kwakhona, eli nqanaba lokuwa alizange libonwe ngaphambili kwimbali yethu.
Somlomo, emva kokuqhuba kakuhle kakhulu kule Nkulumbuso u-Andrew Holness ekhokele ulawulo lwe-Manifesto yowama-2016, silandele iManifesto yowama-2020, echaza indlela ecacileyo eya phambili, njengoko siqhubeka ukulwa lo bhubhani.
Somlomo, sinomdla wokufumana amandla, ngokukhawuleza nangcono.
Sizimisele ukuqinisekisa urhulumente ophendulayo okhuthaza umanyano nentsebenziswano ngelixa sisebenza ngokuthembeka kubo bonke abantu baseJamaica.
Somlomo, sigxile koku kulandelayo:
INTO ONOKUYITHATHA KWELI NQAKU:
- Madam Speaker, after performing phenomenally well on this Prime Minister Andrew Holness led administration's 2016 Manifesto, we followed up with a 2020 Manifesto, setting out a clear way forward, as we continue to battle the pandemic.
- The World Health Organization declared a Public Health Emergency of International Concern regarding COVID-19 on January 30, 2020, and later declared a pandemic on March 11, 2020.
- These are extraordinary times, Madam Speaker, as this government continues to steer the ship of state through the ravages of the COVID-19 pandemic.
