US GOVERNMENT SHUTDOWN; A LESSON OR TWO FOR KENYA?

The White House;

A partial shutdown of the US government has begun after the two houses of Congress failed to agree a budget last night, with the Republican-led House of Representatives adamant they would only agree to a deal if it included a delay to the start of Obamacare, the President’s package of health reforms.

What Does the Shutdown mean?
 
Lets analyze what will be mostly affected by the Shutdown;
1. Around 700,000 government employees would be placed on mandatory unpaid leave.
2.Military employees, including active duty personnel, will not be paid during a shutdown unless Congress takes a separate action to insure that payments are issued. According to Congressman CW Young, who heads the House Defense Appropriations Subcommittee, "All military personnel will continue to serve and accrue pay but will not actually be paid until appropriations are available." 
3. America's famed national parks will likely be closed if the government shuts down.
4. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) would have substantially reduced capacity to investigate the outbreak of diseases
5. The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) would be significantly cut back, and would not perform any audits during a shutdown
6. Federal loans for homebuyers and small businesses would be suspended during a shutdown.
7. Benefits for pensioners and military veterans, while scheduled to be delivered as normal, could be subject to delays.
8. National museums and zoos would be closed during a shutdown
9. Rubbish collection in the nation's capital will cease. Unlike in the fifty US states, Washington DC's budget is subject to Congressional approval. Although schools and public transportation will remain open, services such as rubbish collection and parking enforcement will not resume until Congress passes a budget.
10. Buying and selling guns would be made significantly more difficult, as the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms, which processes permit requests, would face significant cutbacks.

I compare a Republican dominated House of Representatives to the Kenyan Jubilee Dominated Parliament.But when a more educated Nation,a superpower ,has its members disagree in such a crucial bill,I think of how worse it can be for Kenya.

The Jubilee Parliament has equally plunged us into Financial crisis and its not a time to sit back and say 'It happens in Obamaland too' .The VAT bills,a Revenue that achieves only half of the budget,Increased taxes.All these happening within first six months is a sign of lack of professionalism or poor governance.

The US have a chance to rise even to more economic prosperity.But in Kenya we have crisis after another.When the whole country was focused on the VAT bill,The Westgate attack came in.This is a government that tells you,I have two bad news choose which one to worry about ;Either insecurity or VAT bill.Except they don't solve any of them.


Research from http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/us-politics/