Senator @AbkaFitzHenley thank you for taking the time from your busy schedule to post the same tweet about 3 times in the space of a few minutes.
Now, let me address your last line first:
The ‘pantry full’ narrative is not false; it is a mathematical certainty. $1.44b from Melissa donations is a full pantry.
People suffering is not a narrative. It is a fact.
We can’t bury that 1.8% utilization rate of donated funds under the weight of $11 billion in future contracts.
That’s akin to moving the goalposts to avoid the Auditor General’s helpful scorecard.
My juxtaposition, which is shared by many donors and people in need is simple & remains undisputed: suffering is a fact, and a full pantry, specifically a $1.44 billion one, is a fact.
"Earmarked" is also not "expended." The Auditor General’s real-time audit captured the state of play as of February 23, 2026, confirming that while citizens were sleeping in demolished dwellings, the cash to house them was sitting in a bank account. Is that ok?
If the pantry is full of building materials that haven't reached the site, the people are still homeless.
ODPEM’s own response in the audit was that the delay was due to an "absence of authorisation from the Ministry of Finance".
Pointing to long-term infrastructure contracts to excuse the failure of emergency relief is a classic redirection.
You can’t pay a January 2026 bill with a 2028 highway project. We are talking about the $1.44 billion specifically donated for immediate relief, of which only $26.2 million reached the street in 4 months.
It is frightening that not even the most damning evidence that the process is broken is being addressed. There is $150 million left over from Hurricane Beryl in 2024. That money has been sitting in the pantry for nearly 2 years. If the "process" takes two years to move emergency funds, the process is the disaster.
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Mi ah put this out there from now. If you have anyone in mandeville/manchester (depending on conditions st e as well) weh yu nah hear from after this has passed, I will be offering as much relief effort help that I can provide as I assume most roads will be impassable by cars.
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