Riverton dump only a symptom of what ails Jamaica

[Karl]

The head of the Jamaica Fire Brigade, Errol Mowatt, has now confirmed what many people believed — that the fire was not the result of spontaneous combustion but the work of arsonists.

Obviously there are those who believe that the best way to “eat a food” is to set the dump ablaze. It is not to be believed that this is simply the work of a few poor people living around the dump, but goes further than one would imagine.

This would support the unstated narrative of succeeding governments that since poor people depend on the dump for a living, any attempt at cleaning it up will deprive them of a livelihood. In a shrinking voting population, that cannot be allowed to happen, for every vote is essential.

The message cannot be sent that poor people are being prevented from making something of their lives. Apart from this, the greater problem is the politicisation of the dump by successive governments. It would be inconceivable — if not wicked — for anyone other than a loyal supporter of the ruling party to be made executive director of the NSWMA.

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[Islandman]

So the "eating a food" comes from the persons who are employed to put out the fire? Is that how it works?

[Assasin]

We will never know because nobody will be caught and nobody will be punish, it will just be rumors of who did it.

[Willi]

I would like to see an investigation to get to the bottom....