By Zippirah Sangiluh | Project Director
Our local Area Chief visited us Mzesa Day Care Centre on 21st February 2013 and informed us that our Area Member of Parliament will come to our Centre on Saturday 30th February 2013 at 12 noon; to see the children who were new at the Centre. As a Centre we went round to our neighbors’ house to house informing them about the visit of our Member of Parliament, knowing that they will come and contribute clothes and shoes to these kids. We as Mzesa Community, we contributed some cash and make a Cake, made Ugali and meat, we bought chicken and rice, we bought some juices for the entire school, (instead of Sodas as sodas are expensive).
When it came to this day, 30th February 2013, the community around came over with some gifts for these kids, we were entertained by the older children with songs and dances, they had food (which was special for that particular day); all our teachers were also excited that at least the Area Member of Parliament will come over and know them, so they put on very smart. Our Area Chief went out of his way and brought with him 2 sacks of maize and wanted to donate these in the presence of our Area Member of Parliament. So everyone was excited. We waited and waited from 12noon to almost 6.00 pm without our Member of Parliament coming. Our Area Chief eventually gave us the maize, and gifts were given to the children by the community members without their Member of Parliament . It was a very enjoyable day, but ended up with disappointment to the children, teachers, chief and everyone who came over. Though he called the following day to apologize…….. we were all upset, including the Chief.
So we failed, because we should have made sure that our Area Member of Parliament has time for us, we should have gone to his office a day earlier to confirm that for sure he was coming before spending whatever little we had to buy what was not necessary for that day. This made us go out of our budget.
This has given us a lesson; that we should not take things for granted. We have to reconfirm on issues and events before we engage ourselves. Our community members also have learnt a lesson too that when they spread a word around for the community gathering, they should be sure of it.
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