Passports for cash!

Recently the "terrible" twin ministers of Zimbabwe's home affairs ministry jointly announced, without so much as a whiff of embarrassment, that the fee for a Zimbabwe passport had been reduced from about US$600 to about US$170. The response from Zimbabweans was shatteringly silent and predictably apathetic. It was as if the new price was a bargain. One cannot think of a better example of governing of thieves, by thieves, for thieves! There cannot be any logical reason for charging that kind of money for this particular passport, especially when compared with what other countries are charging.Here is my question: who, in this bungling so-called inclusive regime, actually believes that US$170 is a reasonable fee for a passport in a country where most people live on less than two dollars a day? How come patently ridiculous decisions like this are made with no-one pointing out that this is no less than an attempt by the government to balance its books on the backs of the desperate and poor?And why has there been no uproar in the Zimbabwean community? Where, oh where is the outrage?In moments like this, I am inclined to agree with those who say Zimbabweans deserve their lot.