Life is not the same at Mkoma Healthy centre, As human Rights are being violated. Mkoma Healthy Centre beneficiaries worried of unhygienic conditions of the unroofed guardian shelter which now stands in ruins due to some uncaring politicians who are the main cause of the problem. The Primary aim was to win the voters trust so that they are voted in to office in 2014 tripartite elections, the candidate of Member of Parliament decided to impress people by promising them that he will renovate the Shelter but all this came to the a nightmare when he lost elections and decided to abandon the renovation project incomplete . Rights to good shelter is being violated as the situation worsened by the rains, making it leaking and hence breeding ground to mosquitos and prone to water borne diseases. The situation makes a hospital a place to contract diseases and not to cure.
The incidence now is pathetic since most users are pregnant women whom are already wick to fight against foreign diseases since the immune system is in this case low. The scenario gives an infringement to right to life as the diseases kill them innocently.
As if not enough the fortune seekers called politicians are failing to normalize the situation because the ones who unroofed the structure did not succeed for office. Citizens still have unanswered questions to whether their leader values their views and cares for their lives. The only thing the leaders care is only in times of campaign and not life of the people who in voting period are regarded as important just to win the polls.
I think it is the right time for people to know their rights and make sure they are not violated as above. In as far as one is a human , Right to life , to good shelter and medication are the most needed because they complement to life . The leaders are servants of the people. As it is in the democratic governed society must be governed by the collective view of people.
The Mzimba South ward , Mkoma healthy Centre Citizens questions still remains un answered , if really our leaders join to serve the interest of us. Citizens would not be left suffering at the healthy center cooking and sleeping in a leaking unroofed shelter because of the villains who join politics just make their pockets at large. I don’t know if we can achieve zero deaths to infants and pregnant mothers when the kin leaders are thorns in the flesh of the people whom later are needed as voters . It’s time to fight for those kinds of leaders till they know the truth. In this case he healthy Centre is a place to contract diseases and not to cure.
However our activista group have made efforts to discuss with the health committee which said in the meeting held between Activistas the councilor and Health center committee the government only maintains the health center not the Guardian shelter.
The councilor pushed much of the blame to the MP which left us wondering what kind of a community leader is he. We however pushed to hold the person responsible for the damage accountable and open a case against him at the same time advocate for solidarity between all stake holders to solve the problem as It is a reflex action.
by Vincent Banda 
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