Speaking on the challenge the Covid-19 pandemic poses to healthcare systems in Africa, Byanyima cited the case of South Sudan. She said a colleague had illustrated South Sudan’s dire straits with the example that it had more vice-presidents [five] than ventilators [four] to support people critically ill with the coronavirus. Notably, three out of South Sudan’s five VPs, 10 Cabinet members and all but one of the now-disbanded High-Level Task Force on Coronavirus have tested positive for the virus. In South Sudan, the leaders of the myriad militias are co-opted by the ruling Sudan People’s Movement/Army to keep the peace and buy support. In our neck of the woods, it’s not the patient dog that gets the fattest bone.

Source: Daily Nation June 17, 2020 17:15 UTC