"I wear red beret and khaki" - Sports Minister Dalung
Minister of Sports, Solomon Dalung, has explained why he always wears
Khaki and red beret to attend public events. He shared his explanation
on his Facebook wall.
"So many people have asked this same question " what is behind your mode
of outfits and what is the motivating principle?" The 'Red Beret' is my
signature for a struggle of the common people. The 'Khaki' is just
nothing but a very modest way of appreciating the magnitude of problems
the 'common people' face in this country.
I don't fancy putting on attires outside that because
it does not at all, portray our understanding of the situation in which
we operate. There are people in this country who find it difficult to
eat one meal a day and yet, we intimidate and harass them with
gorgeously expensive dresses. Some of our apparels can even feed a whole
community! I find it difficult to reconcile such an irony. (Sighs) So, I
have decided to just live happily and modestly because that is how I
feel happy each time I am in my simple wears. As for the 'Red Beret', it
is the signature of those who struggle against injustice, violence and
oppression of the poor. In fact, the red colour, historically represents
the blood of the poor people who have been struggling for a better
society. Each time we look at the red beret, we remember that some
people have sacrificed their lives in struggling to live better in a
world which was created by God and which others have decided to hijack
and live at their own advantage against the voiceless majority. So...the
summary of who I am is that I am a Comrade walking the talk "he stated
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