Do we have any reason to fear the coming millennium as it turned to 2000, hope my computer will function properly, oh my account I’ve got to withdraw the balance ‘gomen betena”. In our context not us but the government has to fear what the coming millennium will come up with as it recklessly expend the peoples fund for reasons I don’t really understand. I see a $10mln project running like “sergegna meta berberi kentesu” to present a musical fiesta with the R&B and RAP stars from the state. Wonder what the man is thinking; his landmark buildings were standing like a statue waiting for the day of their purpose as he accelerates such temporary mega structures. How many of us saw the Addis care taker administration present its annual progress report to the “parliament”. Berehane Deressa, His achievement is nothing as compared to the all time high budget allocation. They treat him like a mother treat her little child, how come an excuse being given to a man who confidently take the place and do nothing. Look at the roads in Addis the traffic jam has never been before; the contractors who undertake the construction have no ethics and know how to implement construction techniques to accommodate the traffic flow alongside the new construction. The care taker admin have no idea how miserable the transportation facility gets. They drove by their Benz watching people standing for hours waiting for taxi and fighting for it, how do they rationally convince their inner self?. If one look at the condominiums it is really a tragedy, forget the delayed completion but it is like taking ghetto to the next level.As our leaders celebrate their 16 years anniversary I was watching the movie series Alias , the actor , Genefer Gardner, was in a very desperate state lost her husband because of her work, she is also hunted by the bureau, of course the CIA. All of a sudden this agent whom she briefly knows comes to rescue her. Upon questioning he told her that he work as freelance agent in places like Ethiopia back in 1990. This strikes and made me think the driving force that cause our regime change. Was it really the gorilla fighters or was it time, a call for change?. As I watch their war video documentation I always smile and think of the old movies, how come these fighters take the throne, my all time million dollar question.
To be continued———————
You do not have to be affraid about computer crush and failur of banking system cos most of our banks are not wired yet, they are in the stone era yet.
againest this assurance I still insist you to withdraw all of your money from the banks. Not due to fear of computer crush or due to our local Y2K; but due to the sky rocketting inflation. At the current rate the money you kept in the bank 1999 hoping to buy an Ox will not be enough to buy a chicken by the end of 2000.
Dear sekaram 4 life,
I do believe that you have a very immense knowledge of the current politics and economic situations of Ethiopia. One can easily comprehend this from the points that you had illustrated and the explanations you presented. I have something to say about the issue you described at last; the most common and tedious shows in these days in ETV, in relation to Ginbot 20 is to show the heroism of EPLF soldiers in their fight against the Derg. It is very shameful to preach every single minute that EPLF soldiers were heroic and the others were gutless. It was very clear that one of the motivating forces for the war was the cold war. The material and moral supply for each side was coming from US and USSR as it was one of the proxy wars between them. If the end of the cold war was prolonged, whatever frustration and hate of the then regime exist throughout the country, the life of EPLF to stay in their caves would also have been prolonged in the same way. Forgetting this fact and saying that we were heroic makes no sense for me.
Adegegna bozene
Ke Sheger