CS Willy Bett being pushed to resign for allegedly misleading the country on the current food crisis

  The Parliamentary Committee on Agriculture wants CS Willy Bett to resign for allegedly misleading the country on the current food crisis. While the MPs have a right to hold opinions, forcing the CS to step down is not the best option.

Resignations of individual Cabinet members have never resolved problems in ministries. The MPs should instead sit down with the CS and his team and generate ideas on how to resolve the food crisis. This is not the time for blame games. It is the time for brains to work.

The food crisis in the country is as a result of combination of a myriad of factors, some natural, others man-made. It would be unfair to pin down one individual for problems caused by drought, past failures and the adverse effects of a free market economy. The MP should hold their horses and join other technocrats in churning out a solution to the food crisis.