In My Corner

IN MY CORNER BY
Abu Bakarr Nat Taylor-kamara

Despite of the fact there are promising signs that the infection rate of the Ebola virus in Sierra Leone has shown a downward trend in some districts especially the first affected areas like kailahun and kenema, I still have a very little idea when this misfortune will come to an end- sooner or later.  Most of all my district- Bombali and it neighborhoods are reporting a sharp upward trend of the virus for every slumber taken. This is more so as one of the many identified means of contamination is frequently in practice- social gathering.

Ironically, some of the identified measures to figure out the virus have been overburdened,  making it very difficult to understand exactly our chances of winning back this test we have been put into. The most important thing I think government should do now is to confidence by making sure that they provide trustworthy and consistent information about the disease to it people and those that are willing to help us and most importantly those that are put in charge in the fight to be thoroughly monitored.

In my corner,  the outbreak have uncovered a number of inadequacies especially with our health system that have been responsible for the much more social, economic and political sufferings. This have infused some tragic consequences in the fight and this was even why our President was moving too slow from behind in responding since the early quarters of the outbreak.  In summary, there is a lacking trust in the whole system which is yet to b overcome and this is naturally affecting the velocity of government's efforts to the fight. Building this trust back will take increased transparency and accountability,  love and above all the readiness for change and this I think will not be a short term project for Sierra Leone.

In my corner,  I have also realized that individual agencies or so called NGOs are taking chances of benefiting from the situation instead of facing the reality. By So doing they tell stories to have an incentive.  So government need to sort out some of these agencies or NGOs so that we could enjoy fact from anecdotes.

In my corner, I still question the realistic commitments delivered reliably and transparently.  Because I still hear the lonesome voices of those that are significantly touched in distance distressing the kindhearted as Marie Sesay, one of the Ebola survivors told me in a very disturbing tune " my life is seriously touched and there is no family left. I don't think I will survive this because the much attention is yet to reach my satisfaction despite of what I am hearing about us"

In my corner, I will always continue to wish myself and my country to enjoy the freedoms of which the prudence and providence of our ancestors had established.
God bless  mama salone and everyone of you that contributed