Dear Mr President

So is it only democracy as long as we don’t ask controversial questions? I’ve been meaning to ask about many of the laws that protect the Namibian child.

When we say the Namibian child on paper, do we only refer to the child that is able to afford a lawyer in legal matters and does our right only stand as long as we don’t start asking questions that many refuse to answer for the sake of accountability?

How come many children still don’t have access to water and electricity in a city like Windhoek with houses of politicians in the mountains of high-income locations like Kleine Kuppe and Auasblick?

For the sake of just asking, why is there so much transport allowance on politic transportation? That should’ve been used to transport young children from informal settlements to what is known to be a basic need – education – to protect them from the gruesome effects of what we are currently facing, gender-based violence against mostly women and children. Is safety really safety if every time things are brought to light, the top dogs try and interfere in what I would hope isn’t a way of silencing the nation with a little bit of what would not start political uprise?

Am I in danger if I ask these questions? Will my questions be published or like many controversial questions, will the media be asked to filter things for the sake of peace – at the expense of the poor not having a voice and the weak left to fight for themselves while the world marvels at the beauty of the lies told on paper for the sake of other nations, thinking that the country we live in is stable because of the constitutionalised laws?

Nelago Johannes is a motivational speaker and writer. She motivates young girls and boys from her dorm room.

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