All of these incidents have taken place as it was revealed that, during the precarious economic conditions and high social tension the country is currently facing, 
Matukio yote haya yamefanyika wakati ambao imebainika kwamba, wakati nchi hiyo ikipitia kipindi kizito cha mtikisiko wa kiuchumi pamoja na kukumbwa na matatizo ya kijamii, Waziri wa Elimu, Josefina Pimentel, aliongeza mshahara wake mwenyewe kwa asilimia 62 , kutoka RD $ 185,000.00 na kufikia RD $ 300,000.00 kwa mwezi, sawa na dola $ 7,500.