Friday, 10 February 2012

• African Weather and Dress Code...especially in Govt.

  I am a fan of "dressing how you feel" philosophy. To me the way I dress may determine my efficiency, the air around me and how everything else goes around me. Generally Africa has warm to very hot climatic conditions and to me it makes no sense at all why I should be in suit and necktie in October in my office with no AC! It generally affects my efficiency and am not at my best otherwise! We copied most stuff from the Britons blindly without checking why they do so. In England it’s generally cold and what they call summer can sometimes pass for winter in Malawi! That is why they are usually in suits and neckties; do we really need that here throughout the year? At the World Bank in D.C. they actually have a period when they allow staff to dress down because it’s too humid and they understand the laws of efficiency. They actually make an announcement to that effect. But not here! Of course am generally not a fun of suits and ties and all the formal attire etc.

   

  In Seychelles because they have generally warm weather throughout the year, you rarely see someone in a suit. Actually the President the other day was making a National Address while in a flowerly and brightly coloured beach shirt! Yes! Sometimes one tends to think computer science and journalism was a better option...but even them here they are well indoctrinated in the same! So to my peers with ambitions to become President one of these days and you happen to consider yours truly for the post of Chief Secretary of Government...well let me warn you, my first task will be changing the dress code in Government! Yes I will mess up your Government! So there you have it, be warned!     

   

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