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Trimming the Fat at City Council

Jan 19, 2022 Letters

Dear Editor,

Kaieteur News – Georgetown’s recent clean-up initiative was a good event, but it was a short term solution to a chronic problem.
Looking long-term, the council’s decision making process as it relates to garbage collection, has been in tatters for years for the entire nation to see. An ongoing saga. Guyana, with one of the smallest populations in the world, flush with petro dollars, at this point, should think of coming up with a solution.
This particular council has proven their inability to consistently handle all aspects of garbage retrieval and disposal in Georgetown. Is there a bylaw or some other law on record, that prohibits this government from coming up with an alternative long term solution by having its own waste management system to cover Georgetown and closer areas that can’t cope with this issue? That is; take over the councils job responsibilities by having its own personnel/garbage collectors and public garbage street receptacles which are non-existent. It’s time for action. It is time to take over the garbage retrieval process from this council, and not have recurring verbal spats with them for the next how many years. Let them sue. Eliminate their budget for this function, if there is one. In a country this small, with air that is clean, crisp and fresh; we are supposed to provide essential waste management services. The council has clearly demonstrated this function is too complex to handle. Time for the government to work around these people constantly standing in the way of progress.
Time to make a long term decision once and for all on this issue; and take over their entire garbage retrieval function; which also includes providing financial grants to entrepreneurs to set up plastic bottles recycling facilities. The majority of street and home garbage is plastic bottles. How difficult will that be? For such a small population. There is a lot of emphasis on the grand infrastructure plans, bridges/roads and so forth. Let’s have long term solutions for the basic essentials as well. The two go together. The foreigners are coming. What would they think of us? It’s Time.

Chi Kansi

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