Electricity theft by big businesses is a norm
RELATIVE to Prime Minister Sam Hinds’ statement that the Guyana Power and Light Inc. remains challenged by commercial losses averaging a total of 30 per cent, of which commercial losses account for between 16 and 17 per cent, I wonder if it is only now PM Sam Hinds is discovering that big businesspeople are thieves, be it electricity, water, or goods and services?Wealthy businesspeople sit there at nights with their little light bulb in their brain thinking and plotting how to enhance their already fat profits. They steal electricity; they steal water; they steal gas; they price their goods and services in accordance with the US Dollar. They do not pay their taxes; they pay bribes. The list is endless. Do they pay their employees in US dollars? Of course not! But their profit is calculated in US dollars. Then there are the thieves that “work” for GPL. People would give them money so they can tamper with electricity meters. There was once a saying that an American would sell his mother for the Almighty Dollar, but Guyanese top that now. Guyanese would sell his mother/father/grandmother for the Almighty Dollar. How to get rid of thieves in GPL/GWI/GPF/GDF? I really don’t know. I would suggest, however, that when one is caught, tried, and found guilty, put him/her away for life to send a message to all others. There is a reason why so many want to join the Security Services in Guyana: Being in security, especially the Police Force and Army, comes with big-time power and tremendous perks. Most Guyanese are on their knees, hoping and praying the PPP would have gotten rid of all these people by now. But what can the PPP really do? Those are the only people who want the job, and the PPP has to fill these positions. May God have mercy on Guyana and the innocent Guyanese residing in
