deplorable state in my residence I am a tenant in apartment 4B on your residential building along (insert street name). I am writing to bring to your attention the deplorable state in your building for the past month. The tenants are afraid that matters of cleanliness have been neglected and are not taken seriously leaving them are not looked into with the seriousness that they deserve. First, the building is not frequently cleaned as agreed in the lease agreement leaving the hallways extremely dirty with an awful smell. The garbage area has piles of garbage that remain uncollected for a long time spilling over the garbage can resulting to a foul smell and attracts flies which is a health hazard to all tenants. Also, the drainage system is clogged thus bath and dishwashing water flows out very slowly and sometimes leaves some foul smelling residue on in the tubs.[unique_solution] The elevator has not been operational for the past two weeks and no effort has been made to repair it despite the numerous complaints from the residents. This has been giving…
The state of health care provision in Ghana Introduction: The Ghana Health System A health system, according to Roemer (1991) is the interplay of resources, organization, financing and management, all of which must come together to provide service to a giving population. Health system in Ghana is managed by the Ministry of Health and the Ghana Health Services (GHS). The Ministry is in charge of setting policy, norms and standards and the GHS, a semi-autonomous department under the Ministry is in charge of direct service provision. Health care is provided through three channels; the first is Government/Public facilities, the second private for-profit and the third, private non-profit, usually run by churches and NGOs. Payment methods used in primary and inpatient care After experimenting with various delivery methods, with mixed results, in 2003, Ghana introduced a National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS) to offer the poor financial protection against shocks, and reduce the financial burden to health care through the removal of out of pocket payments (Kusi et al., 2015). The NHIS covers only 40% of the population, those outside the scheme…
Government and private sectors One of the biggest challenges that many government and private agencies face today is that of cybersecurity. Nowadays, almost every transaction carried out by a government, or a private agency is backed up by a system in one form or another. This has given rise to the need for securing the data stored in them, as well as ensuring its safety when it is being transferred to another person. Many types of external attacks might end up compromising this data, which is mostly private. These attacks can be in the form of malware attacks, botware attacks, worms, denial of service attacks, phishing attempts, social engineering, and others. These attacks can be prevented by a few precautionary measures, such as installing antivirus software in the system, scanning the system regularly for viruses, installing Intruder Detection Systems (IDS and Intruder Prevention System (IPS), and by using secured network while transferring private data, among others. Government and private sectors today are mostly unsuccessful in providing cybersecurity. As a result of this, much valuable data is being compromised when an…
Global Social Democracy Introduction As a political movement, Global Social democracy describes the emergence of contemporary capitalism and the rise of the industrial proletariat. Social democracy was a liberating move that saw the development of the modern social class workers in response to the social-economic demands and political aspirations of the people. In the earlier days, the industrial working class faced many risked that had no amicable solutions considering the guided based economic system. The effort to political and economic liberation saw the formation of different social democracy to attain freedom. The first social democracy was called First International. It was an initiative of the French and British working in London to form in it in 1864. It aimed to prevent the importation of cheap labor from France into Britain. Generally, the First International was to protect the trade union rights through solidarity among the laborers. Though the movement was not successful considering the internal division between the revolutionary Marxists and the anarchists. This witnessed the formation of the Second International. It was formed in 1899 by the European socialist…
Government system and The Madison’s dilemma Define the dilemma, list, and briefly describe the four institutional choices countries make to address the dilemma. The dilemma described below is how to handle democracy properly. Democracy requires a balance where the rules support both participation and contestation. For a nation to have a valid government system, should they either concentrate the power or disperse it. There are four institutional choices that a country can make. The first crucial decision is to decide whether the constitution should be unitary or federal. Unitarian principles are the ones in which the law allows the central government exclusive and final authority over policymaking. The local, state, and regional governments grant the central government veto power. In federalism, the constitution gives power to two or more governments. They overlap political authority over the same piece of territory and group of people. Another institutional choice is choosing a presidential or parliamentary or hybrid semi-presidential system. The third institutional choice is to have a judicial review of parliamentary supremacy. The last option is to have plurality or majority-rule versus…
Socrates’ Apology Socrates is a philosopher from Athens who was charged by two crimes; the crime of failure to recognize the god that the state recognized, and the crime of corrupting the youths. He introduced a new deity different from the one the Athenians knew. He was finally executed in 399 BC after a trial in court. Talking of Socrates’ Apology would sound as if he was sorry and apologizes for the crimes that he was charged. It, however, is not the case here; the Apology here means the dialogue that was between Socrates and his accusers in defense to himself. In fact, from the nature of the conversation, the philosopher is never sorry for the crimes, he works hard to let people know that he is the one on the right side and his accusers on the wrong side. From the many dialogues with his accusers, his conversations with Meletus is the one that is featured and mainly tells us who Socrates was. Socrates turns out to be so influential to the youths and a great enemy to those…
American Revolution. The ideas of enlightenment shed light on the American revolutionaries. The views gave the technocrats a sense of believing; thus, they were willing to fight for their freedom as the American people. Great men and women rose to the occasion to defend the dignity and freedoms of the American people. Determined with courage, wisdom, patriotism, and talent, they braved the cruelty of the British and fought for their fundamental human rights. People, such as Thomas Jefferson, George Washington, Benjamin Franklin, Abigail Adams, and Alexander Hamilton, went on unbowed by the oppression and the dogmatic traditions and regulations installed by colonial masters. According to Boucher (1797), the ideas of; fundamental human rights, economic freedom, opposition to taxation, isolation of colonial gentry, anti-Catholicism, need for sovereignty, and resistance to military oppression greatly impacted the revolution. The ideas were a collection from the dubbed “American experience”, British legal values, and the European enlightenment. To begin with, the stamp act and Boston tea party influenced the idea of opposition to unlawful taxation that was melted upon the Americans. Previously, before the British…
The Case of Darryl Hunt Conviction of a person for a crime that he or she did not commit is one of the greatest tragedies in the U.S criminal justice system. These wrongful convictions are often associated with causes such as erroneous investigations, but they are usually resolved through forensic science involving DNA testing. The following essay describes the case of Darryl Hunt, who was wrongfully convicted and exonerated. Why Hunt Was In Custody and What Happened Ultimately Darryl Hunt was in custody because he was wrongfully convicted of two murders that he did not commit. Ultimately, when new evidence emerged, he was exonerated and freed. In August 1984, Deborah Sykes, a 25-year-old white, was sexually assaulted and murdered. Following the murder, Darryl Hunt, a 19-year-old African American man, was arrested and sentenced to life imprisonment for the crime. Three years later, Darryl Hunt was tried again and convicted for the 1983 murder of Arthur Wilson, an African American man. In1989, both cases were overturned on appeal. However, in 1990, Hunt was acquitted and was convicted again…
Job title: Police officer sergeant Job characteristic: a sergeant will be responsible for arresting criminals who break state, federal, or local laws. After any arrest, they shall be responsible for presenting criminals in a court of law for answering charges. Sergeants shall carry investigations on any susceptible crime. They will be in charge of the police officers under their rank. Sergeants are directly answerable to Lieutenant and shall pick any direct orders from Lieutenant. Job responsibilities: sergeants will be responsible for junior staff, directing them on their daily work. They will ensure they inform the police on any changes in the department, including advancement in technology. In case of arrest of a criminal, they will be responsible for testifying in court cases as demanded by the law. Sergeants will ensure their juniors follow their rules strictly, thus upholding police integrity. Ensuring the upkeep of the department’s records. In case the Lieutenant is away, a sergeant shall take full control of the department. Minimum qualification: Any applicant should have at least a high school diploma and must have graduated from…
Part-time Legislature vs. the Full-time Legislature States The legislature is a considered body in the government that is sanctioned to make change or appeal laws of a state. It forms an imperative fragment of government in the division of power prototypes, which are differentiated from policymaking and jurisdictional forms of government. Laws enacted by the legislature are usually known as primary legislation, which can be used to steer and observe governing actions with authority to amend the budget involved. In states legislation, different states use different forms of legislature whereby some use part-time legislature, and others use full-time legislature (Fico, p.49). These various forms of bureaucracy are different from each other in terms of the way a state operating under each category has different performance indicators like budgets, levels of taxation, job creation, and legislative efficiency. A full-time legislature is also referred to as a green legislature whereby the most time of legislators is usually a full-time job. States under this type of legislation are the most common in the world’s population states, whereby they have a large number of…