Kenya: Ethiopia On the Path of Self Destruction
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Business Daily (Nairobi)
OPINION
10 July 2008
Posted to the web 11 July 2008
Mammo Muchie
Ethiopia is one of the oldest most suffering nations in this planet. It went through hell in the Second World War under Mussolini's fascist aggression.
It emerged from the war to confront a number of civil wars where external and internal actors coalesced to make the people, country and nation suffer.
Its elite imported undigested ideas that simply became a reason to impose terror. It fell for a virulent form of ethnic and vernacular decomposition that has undermined Ethiopian citizenship rather than build it, despite the claim to the contrary by those who imposed this particular form of ethnocentrism.
The age-old plague of famine continues. Ethiopia suffered worst famine in 1973. Sadly, today a spectre of famine re-haunts Ethiopia. This is not because the country cannot feed itself. It can. But the requisite values that put human rights, human solidarity and social justice for all Ethiopians irrespective of origin, religion, age, gender, politics, rather than putting first the happiness, life and liberty of the elites and their backers, have been discarded.
This is not to mention the values of human rights, social solidarity and social justice that need to be institutionalised and sustained. Then there is deception in elections. The deceptions have been rampant, particularly since the May, 2005 election.
Peoples' voices, choices and votes do not matter. Their preferred candidates have been sent to prison and some voters condemned to death. Other have gone into exile. It is time Ethiopia came out of this self-inflicted prison of problems. It is time for each one of its citizens to understand that solidarity with others is what makes one human, and not the pursuit of life, liberty and happiness for the individual.
In Ethiopia, those who do not have the capability and tolerance to express spirits of solidarity should stop blocking public life from evolving into directions that can truly tackle the real problems of real people in Ethiopia.
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What is needed now is a broad social movement to make sure key values are shared by all those who join public life and those who do not share these values are encouraged to share them, if they fail to share them, a collective action is mobilised to restrain them from spoiling the destiny of this far too much abused nation. Ethiopia must deal with conflicts and disasters that put into jeopardy millions of its citizens.
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To look forward and move forward you sometimes need to look back. Take what you are great at, merge with some of today’s research and development and look at what you enjoy. Ethiopia needs to evolve from the communist past to somewhere between democratic and royalist theory, get it right you will succeed. Quality of life is not measured by the cars, TV, house, it is the time you have to enjoy your health, your family, based around good nutrition and shelter from the environment providing privacy and a place of peace. If 4,000ha, farming 14,000 cows can produce… [Read Full Text]
To look forward and move forward you sometimes need to look back. Take what you are great at, merge with some of today’s research and development and look at what you enjoy. Ethiopia needs to evolve from the communist past to somewhere between democratic and royalist theory, get it right you will succeed. Quality of life is not measured by the cars, TV, house, it is the time you have to enjoy your health, your family, based around good nutrition and shelter from the environment providing privacy and a place of peace. If 4,000ha, farming 14,000 cows can produce… [Read Full Text]
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Well what's new?So much has been said about the doomsday prophecy about Ethiopia,but sadly for you it's still surviving,SORRY:-)It's one of the oldest countries in the world and yes never colonized,at least we can be proud of that,one thing all ill wishers and antagonists of Ethiopia know is that this country no matter how you want to put it will go forward and overcome those who wish to harm it and it's national interest,Example Eritrea and Somlia,with all the hardships it encounters Ethiopia is better off than anytime in it's history you just have to wake up and smell… [Read Full Text]