Finfinnee bal’isuu, Oromiyaa jigsuu, Oromuummaa balleessu

By Hawi Chala | February 14, 2014

Magaalaan Finfinnee namicha harkaa fi harma muruun bekkamu, Minilik 2ffaan erga hundoofte kunoo har`a waggaa 128 ta`ee jira. Yeroo sanaa kaasee hamma ammaatti Finfinneen teessoo mootummoota abbaa irree(dictator) biyya Itiyoophiyaa bulchaa turanii fi bulchaa jiran ta`un tajaajilaa jirti. Ummanni haandhuraa fi naannawaa Finfinnee jiraachaa ture ummata Oromooti. Hundeffama magaalaa gudditti biyya Itiyoophiyaatti aansuun rakkinni fi gadadoon saba guddaa kana irratti gahee fi ammas gahaa jiru baayyee sukkaneessaa dha.

Namichi Miniliik II jedhamu teessoo isaa erga Finfinnee godhate booda hojiin inni raawwate saboota(lammiwwan) isaa kaabaa Itiyoophiyyaati gara giddu-gala biyyatitti godaansisuu ture. Godaansa kanaan ummanni saba Seemii lakkoofsaan hedduu ta`an Finfinnee fi naannawaa ishii qubatan. Saboonni biroos sababa daldalaa fi haala jireenya mijaawaa barbaaduuf jecha gara Finfinnetti akka malee godaananiru. Yeroo kanaa kaaseeti baayyinni ummata Oromoo Finfinnee fi naannawaa ishii jiraatu haala nama ajaa`ibuun lakkoofsi isaa gadi bu`aa kan dhufe.

Ragaan waggoota muraasa dura Waajjira giddu-gala staatistikii Itiyoophiyaa(Central statistic agency of Ethiopia) maxxanfame akka agarsisuutti baayyinni ummata Oromoo magaalaa Finfinnee keessa jiraatu 19.51% qofa dha. Parsantiin saddeetamaa (80%) sabni Finfinnee keessa jiraatu kan Oromoo hin taane dha. Ragaa kana irraa hubachuun akka danda`amutti sabni Oromoo akkaataa nama gaddisisuun biyya abbaa isaa kan haandhurri isaa itti awwaalame irraa dhabamsiifamaa akka jiru dha.

Yeroo waa`ee Finfinnee yaadu gaaffiin yeroo baayyee sammuu koo keessa deddebi`u tokkootu jira.Ummanni Oromoo Finfinnee keessa jiraachaa ture parsantii guddaan yeroo ammaa kana hin jiru.

Ummanni kun eessa jira amma? ykn eessa deeme?

Karaa mataa kotiin deebiwwan lama gaaffii kanaaf ta`uu danda`u jedhu akka armaan gaditti dhiheessa.

1. Mootummoota abbaa irree biyyatti yeroo gara garaa bulchaa turaniin ykn bulchaa jiraniin dirqisifame naannoo isaa gadhise akka godaanu taasifameera. (displacement)
2. Dhibbaa (pressure) ummanni Habashaa karaa aadaa,afaanii fi amantiitin ummata Oromoo irratti godhaniin ummanni Oromoo eenyummaa isaa akka dhabu godhameera.(Identity loss).

Shirri kun hundi saba Oromoo irratti raawwatameera;raawwatamaas jira.  Ji`a muraasa dura mootummaa cunqursaa Wayyaaneetiin dizaayiniin magaala Finfinnee babal`isuuf dhiyaate fi booda akka hojiirra olu ragaasifame kan baayyee nama riifachisu fi cittoo irratti fanxoo kan nama jechisisu dha.  Jaarraa (bar-dhibbee) 21ffaa kana keessa ummanni addunyaa qaroomiina irraan kan ka`e ummatoota jalqaba biyya tokko keessa jiraachaa turaniif (Indigenous people) kunuunsa gochaa jiru,akkasuumas madaalli naannoo(ecology) tursisuuf kunuunsaa fi eguumsa adda ta`e biqiltootaa fi bineensotaaf gochaa jiru. Karaa faallaa (fuggisoo) ta`en mootummaan Wayyaanee shirri inni kanaan dura ummata Oromoo naannoo Finfinnee jiraatu irratti raawwate gaha otoo hin jedhiin maastar pilaanii(master plan) haaraa qopheessuun aadaa, afaanii fi eenyummaa Oromoo  akkasuumas bosonaa fi qabeenya uumamaa Oromoon qabu caalatti dhabamsiisuuf bifa haaraatin duula cimaa gaggeessuuf qophaahaa jira.

Akkaataa diizaayinii haaraa hojii irra oluuf qophaahaa jiru kanaan magaalonni fi aanoonni Finfinnee irraa fageenya kiloomeetira 100 irratti argaman hundi magaalaa Finfinnee jala galu. Mastar pilaanii(Maser Plan) kun dhugumatti hojii irra ola taanaan yeroo kamiyyuu caala ummanni Oromoo rorroo fi gidiraa daangaa hin qabneef saaxilama. Rakkoowwan ijoo(main) mastar pilaaniin kun ummata keenyatti fiduu danda`an akka armaan gaditti ibsuu yaala.

1. Hiyyuummaa babal`isa 

Kana jechuun sababa investimantii fi babal`ina magaalaatiin ummanni Oromoo lafa qonnaa isaa ni dhaba. Gali guddaan qote bulaan Oromoo qabu oomisha lafa qonnaa isaa irraa argatu dha. Lafa qonnaa isaa dhabe taanaan oomisha oomishuu hin danda`u. Sababa kanaan kan ka`e galii argachuuf jecha invastimantii lafa qonnaa isaa irratti hundeffameen waardiyyaa ta`uuf dirqama. Dabalataaniis hojii humnaa (labour) garaagaraa barbaachuuf gara magaalaatti godaanuun jireenya gadadoo fi hiyyuumaan guuttame jiraachuuf saaxilama.

2. Diigamuu maatiif sababa ta`a

Kana jechuun immoo qotee bulaan tokko lafa qonnaa isaa erga dhabee galii adda ta`e tokko waan hin qabneef jireenya isaa mo`achuuf jecha qe`ee isaa gadhisee godaanuuf dirqama. Maatiin isaas bifa walfakkaatuun sababa jireenyaatiif jecha faffaca`uun waan nama wal gaafachisu miti.

3. Barattoota fi hojjattoota Oromoo irratti dhibbaa xin-sammuu (Pyschological impacts) hagana hin jedhamne fida.

Afaan barattoonni Oromoo nannawaa Finfinnee jiran mana baruumsaatti ittiin baratani fi waajjiraaleen mootummaa kan dhimma itti bahaan Afaan Oromoo (Oromiffa) dha. Finfinneen haala amma deemaa jiruu kanaan ni bal`atti yoo ta`e aadaa fi afaan saba biraatu wajjiin guddachaa adeema. Manneen barnootaa fi waajjiraaleen naannoo Oromiyaa keessa turan hundi tajaajila kan kennan afaan hojii mootummaa feederaalaa,afaan Amaariffaatin ta`a.  Kun immoo barattoota keenyaaf gufuu guddaa ta`uun baruumsa isaanii irratti dhibbaa cimaa ta`e fida.  Afaan alagaatiin baruumsa barachuun barattoota Oromoo irratti rakkina xin-sammuu daangaa hin qabne fida. Haaluma wal fakkaatuun hojjattonni waajjiroolee garaagaraa keessa Afaan Oromootiin tajaajila kennaa turan diigamuu bakka hojii isaanii irraan ka`e hojii kan biraa barbaaduuf saaxilamu. Hojiin biraa argamuu danda`uus afaan alagaatiin ta`a.  Kuniis miidhaa mataa isaa danda`e qaba.

4. Eenyummaa Oromoo balaa irra buusa

Akkuma armaan dura ibsuu yaaleetti Oromoon Finfinnee keessa jiraatu sababa adda addaatiin eenyummaa isaa akka dhabe dha. Sababa guddina magaalaatiini fi shiira adda ta`e mootummaa wayyaanee qopheessee kanaan dizaayiniin magaalaa Finfinnee bal`isuun hojii irra ola taanaan eenyummaan Oromoo yeroo kam iyyuu caala balaa irra bu`a.  Aadaan,afaan,amantiin fi eenyummaan saba habashaa dagaagaa yeroo adeemu kan Oromoo immoo laafuu fi dhabamuuta`a.

Shiira mootummaa Wayyaaneetiin ademaa jiru kana ykn maastar pilaanii magaalaa Finfinnee haaraa kana akkamitti dura dhaabachuun danda`ama?

Ummanni Oromoo maal gochuu qaba?

Ummanni Oromoo yeroo kam iyyuu caala tokkummaa isaa jabessee wal faana dhaabachuu kan qabu yeroo ammaa kana. Tokkummaan sabni keenya shiira nurratti deemaa jiru ittisuuf agarsiise ibsuuf seenaa yeroo dhihoo «Boycott Bedele» yaadachuun gahaa dha. Tokkummaan humna. Yoo walii galan; alaa galan akkuma jedhamu garaagarummaa qabnu akkuma jirutti waliif dhiisnee dhimma Oromoo fi Oromiyaa irratti harka wal qabannee wal faana dhaabachuun dirqama lammii keenya hundaati. Tokkummaan yoo kaane sagalee keenya sadarkaa addunyaatti dhageessisuu dandeenya. Yoo nuti tokkoomne dha, gurra hawaasa adduunyaa argachuu kan dandeenyu. Kanaafuu sabni Oromoo kan biyya keessaa fi biyya hambaa jiru gurmuun wal jabeessee shiira mootummaan Wayyaannee ummata Oromoo lafa irraa dhabamsisuuf gochaa jirtu kana dura dhaabbachuu qaba jedha. Jirbiin wal gargaartee arba hiti (Mixiin wal-qabattee laga ceeti)jedhama mitiree;tokko taane haa falmannu.

Injiffannoon saba cunqursaa jala jiruuf haa ta`u!!!

Mul’ata Karaatti Hafe! (Seenaa Gooticha Oromoo Baaroo Tumsaa)

Posted: Guraandhala/February 11, 2014 · Finfinne Tribune | Gadaa.com | Comments (1)

Beekan Guluma Erena irraa*

Obbo Baaroo Tumsaa (Bara 1976)

Jaarraan amma keessa jirru jaarraa qalama malee seenaa dhiigaan itti barreessanidha. Sababnisaas seenaan dhiigaan barreeffame ija waan godhatuufi. Arrabni qoraattiifi sammuu joonja’aan jaarraa 21ffaa keessatti bakka hinqaban. Sababnisaas dubbii hadhaayaa afaanii waan nama baasaniif. Warreen abashaa impaayera nuti jiraannu keessatti jaarraa tokkoo oliif seenaa Kuushiin akka hinjirre godhanii balleessuudhaan madaa hinfayyine nurratti uumaniiru.

Seenaa isaanii malee kan warra seenaan isaanii Seemeetik hinta’iinii hedduu burjaajessaniiru. Keessumaayyuu Oromoo jiraataa biyya Itiyoophiyaa ta’uusaa utma beekanii, alaa galee, amantiifi biyya hinqabu jedhanii eenyummaa isaatti akkanni qaanawu taasisaa turaniiru. Har’as taanaan ilmaansaanii jijjiirama sammuu fiduu dadhabuudhaan dhimmi Itiyoophiyaa isaan malee Oromoo akka hinilaallanne godhanii qaanii tokko malee odeessu. Seenaan Itiyoophiyaa seenaa Kuushiifi seenaa Oromoo akka ta’etti tasa hin amanan.

Seenaan Nafxanyootaa bara Minilikii, bara Hayilesillaaseefi Dargii guyyaa guyyaaatti rakkina uumaa jiru; nutu caalaa Nafxanyootaati malee maalummaafi seenaa Oromoo wajjin waan wal qabate miti. Har’as taanaan hololli nutu caalaa yookiin Nafxanyoonni kun egaa har’a kan isaan barbaadan Itiyoophiyaa barbaadan dhaabbachuudha. Jarreen kun egaa Oromoos ta’e uummata kibbaa qabeenya isaanii malee isaaniin hinbarbaadan. Shirri Nafxanyootaa kana qooqa ittiin ibsinutu nurakkisa. Yeroo Oromoon cunqursamee lafti isaa irraa fudhatamee aadaansaa wanjoo jala gale, akkasumas seenaa sobaa irratti fe’ame jalaa bilisa ba’uuf ofiikootiinan ofbulcha jedhee yeroonni ka’u, ‘Gaallaan maalta’eetu’ jedhanii arrabsoon mogolee isa buusu.

Biyya bulchuun nuuf kenname isinimmoo nujalatti bitamuudha; carraan keessani jechuun Waaqa wajjin walloluudha jechuun akka waan Oromoon Waaqa malee uumameetti soba guyyaa saafaa amantii isaaniin da’ate sanaan sammuu nu hadoochaa turaniiru. Itiyoopiyaan qomoo kanaan haabitamtuun seera Waaqarraa dhufe utuu ta’ee nutis warri lafattiirra jiraannu beekuu qabna turre. Kanaafuu jarreen warra nutu caalaa kanaaf goonkumaa hinmijatu. Ummanni bittaa kana jala jiru cunqursamuusaa akkanni hin hubanne gochuudhaan biyya, aadaafi afaan boonsaa utuu qabuu mataa buusee jiraachuusaa ilaalee dhalooti hincallisne hindhibamu. Ammas ta’e durattis qabsoo eenyummaa Oromootiif goototni qabsaa’an lakkoofsi bira hinga’u.

Haaluma wal fakkaatuun uummata Oromoofi sab lammoota Itiyoophiyaa keessa jiraatan irra cunqursaa qaqqabu ilaaluu jibbuudhaan bittootaafi miiltoosaanii wajjin wal falmuudhaan saba isaaniif jedhanii kan wareegaman hedduudha. Barreefamni kun seenaa nama uummatasaa cunqursaafi bittaa jalaa baasuuf dhimmaa ture garuu waa’een isaa hedduu hindhagayamin irratti xiyyeefata. Namni kunis Baaaroo Tumsaa jedhamuun beekama. Innis seenaasaafi seenaa uummata balla’aa Oromoo dhiiga isaatiin katabee darbe. Baaroo Tumsaa bara 1942 lixa Oromiyaa godina Wallaga lixaa naannoo Gimbii ganda Karkarroo jedhamtu keessatti abbaasaa Obbo Tumsaa silgaafi harmeesaa Aadde Naasisee Ciratoo jedhaman irraa dhalate.

Abbaan isaafi harmeen isaa walitti aansuun du’aan irraa adda baanaan Baaroon obboloota isaa lamaan Raaheelfi Nagaasaa Tumsaa wajjin mana duwwaa keessatti hafe. Yeroo sanatti obboleessi isaa Obbo Guddinaa Tumsaa hojiidhaan magaalaa Naqamtee keessa jiraachaa waan turaniif, qophummaa obboleessa isaanii jibbuudhaan dhaqanii bakka jiraatan magaalaa Naqamteetti gatiittiitti baatanii isa fidan. Baaroon barumsa isaa sadarkaa tokkoffaafi 2ffaa achuma magaalaa Naqamteetti erga xumuree booda, barumsasaa sadarkaa olaanaammoo Kolleejjii Waldaa Makaane Yesuus Bishooftuutti argamurraa xumure.

Itti aansuudhaan Yuunivarsiitii Haayile Sillaasee 1ffaa jedhamuun beekamurraa barnoota Faarmaasiistiin digirii jalqabaa bara 1966tti fudhate. Itti fuufuudhaan utuu hinturiin Yunivarsiitichumarraa seeraan digiriisaa jaaalqabaa fudhate. Baaroon egaa turtiisaa Yunivarsiitii keessatti barattoota jijjiirama barbaadanii wajjin waliigaluudhaan sochii cimaa taasisaa ture. Barattoota kutannoodhaan saba isaaniif qabsaa’aa turanis sadarkaa garaagaraatti ijaaraa ture.  Ijoolleen Oromoo muummee barnoota addaa addaarrtti ramadamtee akka biyyaasheef hojjechuu qabduttillee gurmeessaa ture. Bara 1964-1965 Waldaa Yunivarsiitii Kolleejjii Finfinnee irratti pireezedaantii ta’uudhaan hojjete. Bara 1966 immoo Waldaa Waliigaltee Yunivarsiitii Finfinneerratti barreessaa ta’uudhan hojetaa ture.

Baroota kana keessatti baay’inni barattoota Oromoo Yuunivarsiitii keessatti haaxiqatu iyyuu malee, arruma jiran kanaa wajjin wal arguudhaan mirga uummata Oromoo kabachiisuurratti maree taasisaa tureera. Wal’aansoon barattoota Yunivarsiitiin jalqabame kun utuu hinturiin ifatti ba’uudhaan namoota hedduu sochooseera. Sochiin kunis kana qofaaf utuu hintaane, uummanni Oromoo akka inni mirgasaaf falmatuuf karaa baaseera. Baaroon itti fufuudhaan namoota paarlaamaa keessa hojjetanii wajjin wal argee mariyachuun warra akka Maammoo Mazammirfaa wajjin ta’uun Waldaa Walgargaarsa Maccaafi Tuulamaa keessatti mormii fiyuudalizimii baadiyyaa keessattis baballisuun sochii mormii bara 1966 keessa turerratti haala mijeessuun shoora olaanaa taphatera.

Finfinneefi magaalota kanbiroo keessatti yaada ‘Lafti Qoteebulaaf’ jedhu irratti dargaggoota hedduu gurmeessuudhaan bittaan warra Nafxanyootaa akka gabaabbatu taasisuuratti gumaacha guddaa taasiseera. Wallaansoon bara 1966 ka’e kun duula guddina waliin jedhu uumee keessumaayyuu naannoo Oromiyaa keessatti fudhatama argateera. Fudhatama argachuusaatiif sababnisaa Baaroo Tumsaa ture. Goota humna dargaggootaa ijaaruun sirna Nafxanyootaa barbadeessuuf kutatee ka’e.

Jijjiiramni inni fides Oromoo qofaaf utuu hinta’iin, bittaa warra abbaa lafaa jala turan hundaaf akka ta’e seenaan ni dhugoomsa. Baaroon bara 1966 barnootasaa erga xumuree booda biiroo eegumsa fayyaatti miindefamee hojjechuu jalqabe. Waajjira kana keessa amma turetti loogii bara dheeraaf  ana hojii sana keessaa ture qorachuudhaan qajeelfama ture sana jijjiiree namoota hedduudhaaf bu’aa ta’eera. Sobdootaafi warreen malaamaltummaadhaan jiraatanis qaanessaa tureera.

Haalli Baaroofi garee hojjetootaa kanaa namootni itti hintolin Baaroo hojiirraa ariyaniiru. Miindaasaarra ariyatamuun cinatti akka shororkeessituu addaatti fudhatamee tureera.  Haata’u malee dabni irratti raawwate kun Baaroon wallaansoosaatti akkanni cimu isa taasise malee dugda duubatti isa hindeebifne. Yeroo mara mootummaan bara sanaa Oromoorrti miidhaa dhoksaa waan taasisuuf, akka sabni Oromoo walitti dhufanii mariyatan waan hinbarbadneef Waldaan Maccaafi Tuulamaa akka cufamu taasisaniiru. Kun kan isa gaddisiise Baaroon ummanni Oromoo bakka maree akka hindhabneef ‘Waldaa Dhaaba Dhidheessaa’ jedhu uume. Mul’anni Baaroo keessaa finiinaa ture sun boqonnaa waan isaaf hinlaanneefiif yoo isaan karaa tokko cufan inni ammoo karaa biraan mala dhaha malee sodaachisiifamuu abashaa kanaaf goota hinjilbeenfanne ture.  Faayidaalee yeroo qabsoo bilisummaa Oromoof jedhee dhabes homaa tokkottuu hinlakkoofne.

Baaroo Tumsaa sochii hedduu taasise cinatti bara 1964 Aadde Warqinash Bultoo wajjin bultii  ijaarrate. Aadde Warqinash Bultii biyya Eertiraa keessatti dirqama loltummaarra utuu jiranii bara 1982 loltoota amanamoo Mangistuu Haayilemaariyaamiin ajjeefamani. Aadde Warqinash Bultoo obboleettii Jeneraal Demisee Bultoo yommuu ta’an, abbaan isaanii Obbo Bultoo Ejersaammoo Waldaa Maccaafi Tuulamaa keessatti miseensa turani. Cidhi Baaroo Tumsaa Oromoota sadarkaa hojii adda addaarra bakka adda addaarra jiran hundaa biratti haala ho’aadhaan waan kabajameef diina biratti akka sochii siyaasaatti fudhatamee isaan sodaachisaa ture. Dargaggeessi lammiisaatiif akka guddaatti inaaffaa garbummaa hunkuteessuuf qabatee ka’e kun tarkaanfii diinaa kan itti caalchisaa deemeefi akka malee sodaachisee gara isa dhabamsiisuuf ka’ame sochii bara 1966 ka’e akkanni karaattti hafuuf gumaacha taasisera. Amma ammaatti saba Oromoo hedduu biratti akka gaariitti kan dubbifamuufi jaallatamu (The Oromo Voice Against Tyranny Document 1971) kan jedhu garee hojjetootasaa wajjin namoota hedduu bira akka ga’u taasiseera.

Barreeffamni kun gara afaan Amaaraattillee hiikamee dubbifamaa ture. Kan inni barruu kana raabsaa tureefimmoo waan Waldaan Maccaafi Tuulamaa cufameef Oromoota jajjabeessuuf qofaa utuu hintaane, baroota dheeraadhaaf cunqursaafi dabaa saba Oromoorra ga’aa ture barruun kun ofkeessatti waan qabattee jirtuufidha. Dararfamaafi cunqursaa tureef jiru saba  Oromoo ittiin bariisuuf jedheetu. Baaroon bara 1972 tti Afaan Oromoo akka qubee laatiiniin barreeffamuuf Hayilee Fidaa wajjin qo’atee yeroodhaaf gaazeexaan ‘Bariisaa’ jedhamu qubee saabaatiin akka maxxanfamu taasisaniiru. Garuu utuu hinturiin mootummaan dargii itti inaafuudhaan fuudhee ministeera beeksisaa jala galche.

Har’a gaazeexaan Bariisaa faayidaa siyaasaatiif jedhamee kan qophaawu malee faayidaa eenyummaa saba Oromootiif jedhee miti. Baay’inaan waa’ee eenyummaa Oromoo irrattis kan hojjetaa jiru miti.  Maqaa kana qabatee gaazexaan bahaa jiru garuu ammayyuu biyya Oromiyaa keessa jira. Qubee Afaan Oromoo har’a sabni Oromoo itti fayyadamu Baaroo Tumsaafi Hayilee Fidaafaatu bara lubbuun jiran qopheessani. Bara 1973 qabsoon Oromoo akka inni sadarkaa olaanaarra ga’uuf kaayyoo balla’aa baasuudhaan wiirtuu Qaama Qindoominaa yookaan  ‘Central Coordinating Body’ dhaaba jedhu hundeesseera. Kunis immoo turee dhaaba Adda Bilisummaa Oromoo jedhutti jijjiirameera.

Bara 1974 daba mootummaan Hayile Sillaaseefi jaleensaa uummaatarratti geessisaa turan qaamni qoratu hundaa’e.  Kana keessattis Baaroon miseensa ta’ee akka hojjetu erga taasifameen booda namoota Oromoo hinta’iniin rakkoo keessa galafamuuf tureera. Garuu rakkoo isaan Baaroorratti qopheessan kana namoota miseensa Dargii turaniin karaatti hafeera. Baaroon dhaabbata siyaasaa bara sana keessatti hundeeffaman hunda dhiisee saba bara mootummaa Haayile Sillaasee cunqrsaan irra ga’aa ture hundaa kan ofitti haammatu dhaaba Wala’ansoo saba balla’a unqursamoota Itiyoophiyaa ‘Ye Itoophiyaa Ciqunooch Abiyootawwii Tigil’jedhu hundeesse.

Dhaabni kunis saba Oromoofi sabaafi sablammoota cunqurfamoota byyattii kan ofkeessatti haammate ture. Isaan booda Dargiin yeroo jabaachaa deemu oftuulummaasaa dabalaa deemuun dargiin dhaaba ‘EMALEDHI” jdhaman diiguutti kaanaan Oromoonni baay’een gara qabsootti seenuu jalqaban. Bara 1974 tti hundaa’ee baha Oromiyaa keessatti soch’aa kan ture Dhaabbati Bilisummaa Oromoo qabsaa’ota hedduu horachuu danda’ee ture. Baaroonis qabsoo kanatti seeenuudhaan gara bahaatti deemee geggeessummaan hojjetaa utuu jiruu bara 1977 tti lubbuunsaa darbe. Duutii Baaroo umurii gabaabaafi akka tasaa dhaaba Adda Bilissummaa Oromoofi uummata Oromoo akka malee naasiseera; miidheeras. Dargaggeessi umurii waggaa 35 tti diinaan ajjeeffame kun bara hundumaa godaannisa hindagatamne saba Oromoo irratti maxxansee jira.  Diinni oldeemtota Oromoo karaatti hambisuun isa duras ta’ee isaa asitti kan itti fufaa turedha.

Akkaataa du’asaa ilaalchisee saba Oromootiif odeeffannoon hinkennamne. Haata’u malee, du’a Baaroo Tumsaan booda namootni yeroo sana turan geggeessummaarratti dandeettii dhabuu qofaa utuu hintaane, ejjennoo dhabuusaaniirraan kanka’e dhaabasaaniitiifis ta’e uummatasaaniitiif ta’uu dadhabuudhaan ummata qaanessaniiru. Kaayyoo inniifi kan isa fakkaatan itti wareegamaniif xiyyeeffannoo guddaan hinkennamne. Har’a sammuufi dandeettiin uummata Oromoo yeroo kamirrayyuu caalaa akka malee guddachaa jira. Dargaggoonni Baaroo Tumsaa bakka bu’an Oromiyaa keessaa biqilanii jiru. Dhiigi Baaroo Tumsaa, Guddinaa Tumsaa, Magarsaa Barii, Jaagamaa Badhaaneefi dhiigi goototni Oromoo hedduun bilisummaafi dagaaginaan guutuummaa Oromiyaa keessa walgayee jira. Seenaan gootota Oromoo sirna diddaa garbummaatiif qabsaa’aa turanii bara baraan gabatee seenaarra hindhabamu. Dhiigni dargaggoota Oromoo harka diinaatiin dhangalaafame bilisummaa  goolee bantii lafaa hundarratti finiinu argamsiisuu akka danda’u firaafi diinni Oromoos wallaala natti hinfakkaatu.

Nama cimaa kan turaniif Waldaa Maccaafi Tuulamaa keessatti geggeessummaan hojjetaa utuu jiranii Mootummaa Hayile Sillaaseetiin hidhamanii rukkuttaan gidirfamanii lubbuun isaanii waxabajjii bara 1962 umurii waggaa 58tti kan darbe seenaafi ergaa Obbo Hayile Maariyaam Gammadaatiinan barreeffamakoo kana xumura. Utuu lubbuun isaanii hindarbiin dura hiriyoota isaanii mana hidhaa keessa jiran wajjin turaniin, an kanaan booda fayyee isinii wajjin jiraachuu akkan hindandeenye beeka; garuu kun ergaakoo isa xumuraati jechuun dubbiisaani akka arman gadiitti dubbtan. Jechi Maccaafi Tuulamaa jedhu akka ‘Bofa garaa namaa keessa galeeti; nuuf bofti sun ba’us ba’uu dhiisus summiisaa waan facaaseef, summiin sun nama keessaa ba’uu hindanda’u; nutis akkuma kana inni nukeessa seene kun nukeessaa ba’uu hindanda’u; qabsoon nuti amma jalqabne kunimmoo dhala dhala keenyaan bakka ga’a malee karaati hinhafu jedhanii torban kana dubbatanitti lubbuun isaanii darbite. Har’a kunoo guutummaa Oromiyaa keessatti dhalataan Oromoo barate seenaasaa akka qoratuufi ifa godhu  akkasumas utuu akka jabaa diinaan oofamuu lafasaa qabatee akka jiraatu kan taasise dhiiga ilmaan Oromoo kaleessa dhangala’e sanadha.  Bittaa abbaa lafaa jalaa baanee bittaa siyaasaa jala  hin seennu. Qabsoon walharkaa fuudhii waan ta’eef, har’arra bori akka wayyu dagachuun nurra hinjiraatu.  Warreen har’a carraa argannee lubbuun lafa kanarra jirru qabsoo barnootaa, siyaasaa, dinagdee barreessuu keessatti qooda nurraa eegamu fudhachuu yoo baanne dhiigniifi lafeen isaanii dhangalaes ta’e caccabe sun boqonnaa nu dhowwata.  Seenaanis duuba deebi’ee nutaajjaba.  Qabsoon itti fufa, garboomfataan nikufa akkuma jedhamutti garbummaan wallaalummaafi of wallaaluu akkasumas garbummaan hiyyuma gama hundaa nurraa haa hunkutaa’u jechuudhaanan barreeffamaakoo kana ammaaf xumura!

Galatoomaa!

* Beekan Guluma Erena: PhD Student at the Addis Ababa University – Documentary Linguistics and Culture Department; Email: beekanguluma@gmail.com

Guraandhala 9, 2014 RAB with Israel Fayisa

Annual Celebration of Oromo Liberation Army, London, 25 January 2014.

Kenya repatriates over 60 Ethiopian aliens

February 11, 2014, ISIOLO, Kenya, (Xinhua) — Kenyan police have repatriated more than 60 Ethiopia aliens to ease congestion at the local police cells.

The aliens who spent two weeks at the police custody in northern Kenya town of Isiolo due to the lack of logistics had gone on hunger strike after the authorities failed to deport them on time.

Some of them were rushed to Isiolo level four hospital for medication after feeding on food which they were not used to.

Isiolo police commander Daniel Kamanza who flagged off the first batch out of 120 aliens to Ethiopia said late Tuesday the aliens were used to special meals which were not provided in the cell.

Kamanza said the presence of aliens at the cells had congested the rooms and caused serious food rationing because they were not budgeted for.

“It’s a crisis we had not budgeted for the aliens and we could only share out the small food to the larger group to keep them going,” said the local police commander.

The Ethiopian nationals who were held at Isiolo police custody accused the Kenyan government of failing to deport them despite having been paid a fine at an Isiolo court for being in the country illegally.

Some of the aliens had failed to raise the fine and were jailed for three months at Isiolo prison while others had completed their 3-month jail term a week ago before they were put in police cell.

They were transferred to Isiolo police cells awaiting transportation back to Ethiopia but their deportation were delayed since police vehicles were said to be occupied in tracking down criminals.

Sources within the police said the station does not have a functioning truck to repatriate the aliens to Ethiopia. Isiolo County Commissioner Wanyama Musiambo held crisis meetings with the senior government officials to resolve the matter.

Two trucks were flagged off after the county commissioner intervened and directed that the departments intervene in repatriating the aliens. Kamanza faulted the courts orders instructing them to deport the aliens to Ethiopia with no facilitation at all.

Kamanza said the repatriation orders should have been given out to immigration departments so that they can facilitate their deportation.

He said the aliens could not be released out of custody and be allowed to travel back to their country on their own and that the officers must accompany them to the border areas when they will hand over the group.

Kamanza raised concern over the exodus of the Ethiopian aliens using the routes to Nairobi and then South Africa.

He said the number of aliens who find their way into the cells have doubled in the past few days over stretching the capacity of the cells.

There has been mass exodus of Ethiopian aliens into the country claiming who later head to South Africa in search of employment.

The Kenyan authorities have blamed the vastness of the region for the runaway influx of foreigners in to Kenya through Moyale on Kenya-Ethiopia borders. Refugee rights organizations and aid agencies have blamed poverty in Africa for the rising cases of human trafficking.

They said that the huge supply of labor both skilled and unskilled makes them vulnerable to criminal syndicates.

Barbaachisummaa Dhaabaa | The Need for Institutions

Amajjii/January 7, 2014 · Gadaa.com

The Need for Institutions
(Originally Prepared for the Launching Event of MWMF)

By Ibsaa Guutama | December 2013

The Oromo had institutions for all activities and knew their importance. There was a process for an institution to be reformed or developed. According to the Gadaa tradition, legislation is to be reviewed every eight years. They very much understood that law had to be adjusted to conditions of the time. An institution that goes with time is indispensible for a nation. It is only people’s quest for freedom that does not change with time. Kaayyoo or objective principle is a guide to reach an intended goal. For instance, the objective of Greek democracy, which most tongues praise, was to assure adherence to people’s government. That means each citizen of a city had to participate directly in the decision making for all things of their concern. When territories start to expand and population increased, it became difficult to practice direct democracy, and so, representative democracy was introduced. But, the basic objective of empowering each citizen to have the right to vote was not altered. The colonizer destroyed the Gadaasystem, which had both direct and representative democracy.

It has been long since the Oromo started to look for their own ways to reconstitute their destroyed institutions. By institution, we mean, an organization one founds to carry out a planned task. The mission and vision of such an organization is determined by one that founded it. An institution is like a human child. The environment of its upbringing can influence and change the character intended for it. Norms in a society like care for public opinion, shyness, moral considerations orsafuu, abstinence, rejections, fads, challenges, and threats can influence it change from the intended purpose. An institution is not only formal, but also can be informal as well.

Not all institutions reach their goal. An institution is said to be dependable if those running it have proved themselves in their previous undertakings or after they have proven themselves in practice. The history of Oromo organizations of the past ten years could be a lesson for those who had followed them. Some showed left and turned right after arousing the people to frantic applauds. What were their shortcomings? Investigating that could save those who are planning for new projects from similar debacle.

Institutions are built to overcome shortcomings in society. People who take that mission should not only know the shortcomings, but also must be determined and have commitment for their undertakings. They must also be vigilant to protect their institution from hidden and open enemy attacks. Slogans do not prove commitment until one goes ahead and implement them. The Oromo had never lived for over hundred years by their own will, but by the will of the colonizer. Therefore, an institution founded on their name will be weighed against how much it contributes towards the realization of the nation’s right to national self-determination.

The Oromo people had a wide ranging struggle in which several were sacrificed and great gains were registered. Those gains were achieved by sacrifices of nationals, whom unbearable humiliation on Oromummaa agitated them to rise. Majority were peasants’ sons and daughters. Except for inborn bravery, they had no higher education or specialization, but their sweat and blood to offer. But, incapacity of the leadership to protect the organization from different pressures, and in changing their ways of thinking, paralyzed the political organization the nation counted on. Whether it is from ignorance or design, they are unable to take it out of the doldrums. The Oromo in foreign lands had wounded each other for long by either keeping on throwing rocks on the paralyzed or supporting it. This time, when they are unable to help it, they seem to have left it to its fate. Since shortcomings in Oromiyaa are tremendous, it seems they have chosen to professionally handle in teams those things that cannot create controversy among actors. But, except for the moment, the future of OLF, the vanguard of the Oromo struggle, is not a point of worry for it has gone beyond being destroyed internally or externally.

Now, the upcoming Oromo generation is gaining consciousness that they have started to devise how to re-institute all that had been destroyed. For those who want to work, the field is boundless. Recently, we have seen how the movement called “Afaan” had succeeded in its mission. For this reason, it is good to handle strongly in all fronts. Otherwise, there could come a time when one is under-prepared in having economic and socially institutions by only focusing now on political organizations. The need for a political organization in coordinating what present institutions outcome is obvious. But, we cannot be a nonpartisan and a political organization at the same time.

Among institutions being founded at the present, the Madda Walaabu Media Foundation (MWMF) is moving to make live radio broadcasts to Oromiya and the Horn in Afaan Oromo and English from January 1, 2014 onward. Judging from their documents on bylaws, articles of incorporation, rules and regulations, and mission and vision, the way they have started is convincing. What remains will be observing them in practice. For that, all have to give them the benefit of the doubt. The documents assure supporters that they favor no particular organization or would they create any obstacle to Oromo organizations other than supporting them. For this reason, Gubirmans Publishing stands with them as long as they stick to those principles. It will participate to its ability in their activities. We also wish success for the movement that has, according to the writer’s understanding, announced “We Are Oromo First” before “region, religion, tribe, etc.” – renewing the slogan their elders used to campaign for Oromo consciousness a half century ago. It would be wise to understand that, it is advantageous to move in cooperation with those having similar objectives and start to create conducive atmosphere to that end. As long as all move with clear, matured objective in good faith, there is no reason for not being successful.

If Oromo professionals move all together or in teams, what they could achieve have no limits. Those who are preparing something that helps teach and contribute towards each other’s consciousness are the blessed. If that is to develop Oromo capabilities and empowering the nation, it would earn happiness for all. It could also enable to overcome existing shortcomings by creating social and economic institutions that do not make class and outlook distinctions. The Oromo are long fed up of nauseating alien propaganda. Therefore, for those who had announced to reach them, it is essential to hurry up. It is said “a slow lover gives chance for the husband’s arrival.”

The Oromo are majority in the Horn of Africa. They have potential markets, not only for nonprofit institutions, but also for those working for profit. For this size to be noticed, they lack strong economic and social organizations – and weakness in political ones. An institution that delivers fast and effectively what it promised is not only a pride for supporters and members, but also gives all confidence to talk about it. The role of members are not only contributing ideas, money, labor, capabilities, and knowhow and raising morale, but also rallying support from possible sympathizers. An institution could be ground for participants to gain experience and a place to train futures leaders for several fields and for developing one’s culture.

What greater happiness could be there for a nation than hearing the gift of independent media for the New Year, at a time like this, when people had lost contact of each other, and alien propaganda is confusing them? What best wish message could be there greater than this short of independence? Reaching their people will be of great pride for Oromo in Diaspora. To make people conscious of their health, their activities, and their living is what the time demands. These days, those who can guide public opinion as they like are those who own media. They use it to advance their national and corporate interests. The movements we are seeing nowadays have to advance the interest of Oromo and other downtrodden. We are hearing that all their messages are based on Oromummaa. The only independent radio that reaches Oromiyaa was the voice of Oromo liberation (SBO). Its purpose is to advance the political program of Oromo liberation. Institutions being built these days could have a greater benefit if they focus on the economy and social affairs. Neutrality to existing intra Oromo political division could save from the quagmires their predecessors fell into. Not giving political education, but the matter of political organization must be separated from present movements. MWMF deserves special thanks for having clear stand on this issue. Let all put pressure on all of them from behind to keep them from faltering. As long as they contribute for the realization of the Oromo right to national self-determination, they all remain our common institutions. We hope they will work towards better understanding and find for us new techniques rather than allowing minuscule differences to keep them apart. We would like to once again congratulate MWMF for its declared success. Let us keep up the spirit of Oromummaaever alive. Qabsoon it fufa!

Honor and glory for the fallen heroines and heroes; liberty equality and freedom for the living and nagaa and araaraa for the Ayyaanaa of our fore parents!

- Gubirmans.com

Barbaachisummaa Dhaabaa
(Haasaa BMMW beeksisuuf tolfame jalqaba tolfame 12/14/2013)

Ibsaa Guutama irraa

Oromoon durii waan halleef dhaaba qaba ture.Dhaabi tokko fooyya’u haa ta’uu guddachuufi yaa’a qaba. Akka sirna Gadaatt seerri tokko waggaa saddeet saddeetiin keessa deebi’amee ilaalama. Seerri haala Yeroo waliin deemuu akka qabu bareechanii beeku turan. Dhaabi seeraan dhaabbata. Kanaaf yeroo waliin deemuu qaba jechuu dha. Kan haala waliin hin jijjiiramne fedha ummati birmadummaaf qabu. Akeeki yk kaayyoon fedha ummataa guutuuf yaada hordofamu. Fakkeenyaaf akeeki demokrasii Grikii afaan hundi leellisu kaayyoon saa bu’uuraa, bulcha ummataa dhugoomsuu dha. Sana jechuun tokko tokkoon namaa waan isa ilaalu irrati murti kennuuf suduudaan qooda fudhachuu ture. Biyyi guddataa yoo deemu lakkoofsi namaas yoo baayyatu suduudaan hirmaachuun rakkisaaa waan dhufeef iddoosotaan qooda fudhachuun murteeffame. Akeeki hundi mirga qabaachuu garuu hin jijjiiramne. Sirna Gadaa demokraasii suduudaa fi iddoosotaatiin qabu koloneeffataan Oromoo jalaa rukute. Hamma danda’e buqqisee gate.

Kanaaf Oromoon dhaabota jalaa jijjigan akka deebisanii itt ijaarraatan karaa ofii barbaaddachuu erga eegalanii turaniiru. Dhaaba yoo jennu ijaarsa qaammi tokko hamlata karoorfate itt gaggeeffatuu jechuu keenya. Ergamsaa fi daayi saa qaama bu’urseen murteeffama. Dhaabi akka ilmoo namaati. Naannaa keessatt guddatu dhiibbaa guddaa itt tolchee miira warri hin yaadnee ala horachuu danda’a. Hangammeessi hawaasa keessa jiru, akka maal naan jedhu, saalfii, safuu, laguu, ciigoo, sinsinnii, didhaa fi dorsisa fakkaatan bifaa geeddarsiisuun ni mala. Kanaaf dhaabi isa caasaan namaatt mulliisan qofa utuu hin ta’in kan barsiifataan hordofanis ta’uu ni danda’a.

Dhaabi hundii fiixan hin ba’u. Dhaabi tokko abdachiisaa dha kan jedhamu, kan gaggeessan hojii kanaan dura argisiisaniin amanamummaa horatan yoo ta’e yk shakalaan waan jedhanitt kan cichan ta’uu saanii yeroon erga agarsiise duuba ta’a. Seenaan dhaabota Oromoo kurnan darbanii kan caqaseef barumsa guddaa ta’a. Kaan amba kana erga mirqaansanii harka rukuchiisanii booda mirga agarsiisani bitaa lufanii. Hanqinni saanii maal ture? Kan waa tolchuuf ka’an hundi sana qorachuun kufaatii irra oolchuu danda’a.

Dhaabi hanqina hawaasa tokko keessatt argamu guutuuf ijaarama. Namooti dhaabicha hogganan hanqina jiru hubachuu qofa utuu hin ta’in sana guutuuf kutatoo fi akeeka saaniif dudhama kan qaban ta’uutu irra eegama. Akkasumas dhaaba saanii haleellaa dhokataa fi mullataa hamajaajiin aggaamamu irra eeguuf dammaqoo ta’uu qabuu. Dhaadannoon dudhama hin mirkaneessu kanaaf itt deemanii hojii irra oolchuu dha. Waggaa dhibbaa oliif Oromoon akka koloneeffataan barbaadett malee akka ofii barbaadutt bulanii hin beekanii. Kanaaf dhaabi maqaa saaniin ijaaramu kan madaalamu ummatichi mirga hiree saa sabummaa ofiin murteeffachu gara dandeessisutt tattaafii agarsiisaniinii.

Ummati Oromoo kanaan dura qabsoo baldhaa hunda hammataa gaggeeffatee hedduu itt wareegee milkii guddaas galmeeffate. Milkiin sun sabboonota xiiqiin Oromummaa kaakaaseen argame. Wayyabi saanii ijoollee qotee bulati. Onneen kakaasee dafqa fi dhiigaa saanii wareeguufi dhihaatan malee barumsa olaanaa fi kan addaa qabaataniif miti. Garuu hoggansi dhiibbaa adda addaa irra of eeguu fi yaada haromfachuu dadhabuun dhaabi malbulcha hedduu abdatame laasha’ee jira. Beekaa haa ta’uu wallaalaa wanti halle kan dalga itt gale fakkaata. Oromoon ala kana jiran waaggaa hedduuuf laasha’aama kanatt dhagaa guuruu fi deggeruutt diina gargaaraa fi walis mammadeessaa bahani. Alana gara itt qaban waldhaalluun akka hireen saanii godhe hata’an jedhanii kan itt dhiisan fakkaata. Hanqinni Oromiyaan qabu hedduu waan ta’eef garee gareen ogummaan waan wal hin giphasifnett bobba’aa jori. ABOn ammaaf malee, egereen saa hin yaaddessuu. Keessaan haa ta’uu alaan diiganii balleessuu irra ol ta’eera.

Amma Ilmaan Oromoo jalaa ka’iin dammaqaa waan dhufaniif, kan bade hunda deebisanii ijaaruuf mala dhahaa jiru. Kan hojjechuu bobba’uu fedhaniif, baldhanni dirree hamma hin qabu. Dhihenyuma kana sochiin “Afaan” jedhu hagam akka milkaawe argaa jirra. Kanaaf fula fuulan qabaa jabeeffachuu dha. Sana malee utuma malbulcha qofaa irratt ija babaasanii diinagdee fi hawasomaan gaafa biyyi argamu qophii dhabuun dhaqqabuu danda’a. Hobbaati sochootii amma tolfamaa jiranii, bulee kan qindeessu dhaabi malbulcha barbachisaa dha. Garuu al tokkoon hin baabsinees dhaaba malbulchaas ta’uu hin dandeenyu.

Dhaabota ijaaramaa jiran keessaa Bu’uursa Media Madda Walaabu kan jedhamu afaan Oromoon Amajjii tokkoo 2014 irraa ka’ee dhaamsa raadiyoo biyyatt facaasuuf karoorfatee socho’utt jira. Barruunqabii (documents) akka heera, seeraa fi dambiilee, ergamsaa fi daayaa, yoo ilaallu karaa isaan jalqaban amansiisaa ta’a. Hojiin fulduratt ilaallaa. Leellisoo gola kamiiyyuu akka hin taane fi dhaaba Oromoo kamuu deggeruu malee akka gufuu itt hin taane barruunqaboti kun ni agarsiisu. Kanaaf Barlabsi Gubirmans hamma isaan karaa jedhan irra deemanitt waliin ijaajja. Gocha saanii keessattis qooda fudhata. Sochiin “ganda, amantee, gosa kkf” “Dura Nuti Oromoo dha” jechuun dhaadannoo angafoti waggaa shantama dura ittiin ummata dammaqsaa turan haaromsee kan labses waan akeekkatettshaffisaan akka milkaawu hawwinaafi. Kan akeeka tokkoo qaban gamtaan bobba’uun anjaa akka qabu qayyabachaa walii tumsuuf ammumaa karaa mijjeessaa deemuun gamnummaa dha. Hunduu akeeka taliilaa, bilchaataa fi garaa qulqulluun hanga bobba’anitt wanti hin milkoofneef hin jiratu.

Oromoo ogeeyyiin yoo waliinis garee gareenis bobba’an wanti tulchuu danda’an daanga hin qabu. Alana waan ittiin walbarsiisan fi wal dammaqsan tolchuuf kan tattaafataa jiran eebbifamoo dha. Sun dandeett Oromoo olkaasanii ummaticha aangessuuf yoo ta’e gammachuu hundaati. Hanqina jiru guutee dhaabota hawaasomaa kan gitaa fi ilaalchaan hin baabsine diriirsuu,dandessisa. Qoodi miseensotaa gargaarsa, yaadaa, horii, humnaa, dandeettii, beekumsaa fi hamilee gumaachuu dha. Namoota biyyaaf yaadan sanaaf hiriirsuunis qooda saanii ta’a. Oromoon holola halagaa locaa ta’e qofa dhaggeeffachuu erga nuffee turee jira. Kanaf dhaqabuufii kan murteeffatan shaffisuun barbaachisaa dha. “Qaqqabatan dhirsaa namatt fida” jedhama.

Oromoon gaanfa Afrika keessa ummata wayyaba. Dhaabota bu’a malee qofa utuu hin ta’in kan bu’aaf ijaaramanis gabaa riphaa guddaa qabu. Guddina saanii bahee mullachuuf hanqina dhaabota diinagdee, hawaasomaa fi laafina dhaabota malbulchaatu jira. Dhaabi waan jedhu shaffisaa fi mudaa malee hojiirra oolchu miseensaa fi deggertootaa boonaa fi gammachuu horaafi. Dhaabicha keessatt qooda kan fudhatan muuxxannoo duubaaf tolu argachuu danda’u. Dhaabi bakka itt waa baratan, dirree adda addaaf bakka hogganoota keessaa maddisiifatanii fi aadaa saanii itt misomfatan ta’uu danda’a.

Yero itt namooti afuura walii dhabanii mediyaa hamajaajiin afanfajjeeffamaa jiran kana, media ittiin dhaqabnu ijaarra kan jedhan as bahuun hammaam garaa lammii haa ciibsuu? Kana Caalaa kennaa Waggaa haaraa malliitu jira? Oromoo ala jiraniif ummata saanii dhaqabuu boonsaa dha. Ummmata waa’ee fayyaa saa, jiru saa fi oolmaa saa dammaqsuun waan yeroon gaafatu. Si’ana ilaalcha addunya gara barbaadanitt kan masakan kan mediyaa qabanii. Hundu fedha sabaa fi daldala ofii duratt ittiin dhiibu. Sochooti si’ana mumuldhataa jiran fedha ummata Oromoo fi cunqurfamootaa ifa baasuu qabu. Dhaamsi saani hunduu akka dhagahaa jirrutt Oromummaa irratt hundaawaa. Raadiyoo walabi maqaa Oromoon Oromiyyaa dhaqabu SBO qofa ture. Inni sagantaa bilisummaa Oromoo utubuuf dhaabbate. Dhaaboti amma ijaaramaa jiran kan xiyyeeffatan hawasomaa fi diinagdee irratt yoo ta’e bu’aa wayyaa qabaatu. Sagantaa dhaaba malbulchaa kamiifuu hin baabsinee fi dhaaba malbulchaa ta’uufis hin dorgomnee yoo ta’an dhaddhaqii sochooti isaan dura seenan irra of baraaru. Waa’ee malbulcha barsiisuu utuu hin ta’in waa’een dhaaba malbulchaa sochoota si’ana jiran irra addatt ilaalamuu qaba. “Afaan fi BMMW sana ifa baasuu saaniif galata qabu. Hunduu jalqabamanii akka duubatt hin deebine duubaa haa dhiibnu. Hanga ummati Oromoo mirga hiree ofii ofiin murteeffachuu haala mijjeessanitt, hundi saanii dhabota keenya. Garagarummaa bubbucuu qaban afarsuu caalaa wal qayyabachuuf tattaafachuun mala adda addaa nuuf burqisisu jennee abdanna. BMMWn keessa deebinee baga ooffalte jennaa. Ayyaana Oromummaa yoomu haa jabeessinuu. Qabsoon it fufa!

Ulfinaa fi surraan gootota kufaniif; walabummaa, walqixxummaa fi bilisummaan kan hafaniif; nagaa fi araarri Ayyaana abboolii fi ayyoliif haa tahu!

- Gubirmans.com

Full Speech of the OLF Representative, Dr. Shigux Geleta, on the Frankfurt Horn of African Solidarity Conference (Jan. 4, 2014)

Posted: Amajjii/January 20, 2014 · Finfinne Tribune | Gadaa.com | Comments (1)

The Frankfurt Horn of African Solidarity Conference (January 4, 2014)

Dear Mr. Chairman,

Dear Honorable Representatives of the People’s Front for Democracy and Justice (PFDJ) and the Ogaden National Liberation Front (ONLF), and beloved members of the Oromo, Ogadenian and Eritrean communities as a whole! It is a great privilege and honor for me to be among you today representing the Oromo Liberation Front (OLF).  First of all, I would like to express my deepest gratitude to the Organizing Committee for having organized such a timely and important conference supposed to assess the social, political and economic situations of the Horn of Africa with a special emphasis on the Ethiopian empire.

Ladies and Gentlemen,

The Oromo-Ogaden and Eritrean Solidarity, such as the one we see today here in Frankfurt, did not emanate overnight or out of naught. It has rather had its own history and raison d’etre in our distant history of struggles for freedom against the oppression and subjugation we commonly had suffered, and are still suffering, under the Ethiopian empire.  Indeed, I believe that the Oromo-Ogaden-Eritrean solidarity is deeply rooted in the hearts of our respective peoples who continually aspire through their struggles to restore their inalienable right to the right to self-determination. No doubt, each people has its own separate history and social identity – in accordance to which it articulates the specificity of its problems, and hence propose their solutions accordingly. However, those specificities can never override the common experience of colonial oppression, and therefore, the necessity of solidarity among different freedom-seeking peoples. Freedom for each is pre-determined by freedom for all, and vice-versa. Such mutuality and reciprocity lies at the core principle of the type of solidarity I am talking about.

Though the Eritrean people have already counted two decades of freedom and sovereignty, it is precisely because of this basic principle that the Eritrean people and government still remain in solidarity with the Oromos, Ogadenians and other oppressed nations and nationalities. Its freedom will not be a full-fledged one without the freedom of other oppressed peoples of the region, because the security and political stability in Eritrea are unthinkable without peace and justice in the region as a whole. Therefore, the urge and strife for people’s freedom would remain to be the ultimate explanation for the relentless support the Eritrean state has been giving to the Oromo liberation struggle. The Oromo, Ogaden and Eritrean solidarity is a matter of categorical imperative to the political will of the region, and the Horn of Africa in general – not just an accidental phenomenon that lies in the whim of their respective politicians.

Honorable representatives and all participants of the conference,

Our common march to freedom, equality and justice is just like traveling on a big ship which sails on the vast open ocean to a common destiny. Not only do we need to ascertain where we are traveling to, but also the conditions of the ship and the possible obstructions it may face, be it natural or technical, so that the ship not only arrive at the point of its original and final destination safely, but also smoothly and punctually. This is an analogy that best describes for me the common march of the Oromo-Ogden and other oppressed peoples in the Ethiopian empire to freedom as they are progressing in their endeavor to build and shape a more stable, democratic and prosperous society. As much as the sailing journey is dependent on many unforeseeable natural calamities, human and technical failures, our common march to freedom can never be smooth, calculable or guaranteed against all odds. As experience has repetitively shown us, our journey has always been with many ups and downs which would often result with forth and backward movements in our struggle.

Betrayal in the course of Ethiopian politics has been observed several times in our protracted struggle. In 1991, for example, the mediating international community promised solidarity with our struggle as it heralded the famous motto “No Democracy; No Support.” But sooner than the ink, with which the Transitional Charter had been written, dried, the Western World turned, as you all know – deaf ear and blind eye to the catastrophic aftermath of the failure of the Transitional Agreement. The so-called international community was not alone in such a betrayal. Even our neighboring countries, such as Kenya, Sudan and Djibouti, did the same by having subsequently handed over our veterans to the EPRDF government. In due course of time, we were even betrayed by our own members as the balance of force kept tilting to the side of the TPLF/EPRDF.

Despite all the odds and the calamities we had had to be through, our determination and resilience to the struggle for freedom have been gathering its momentum through the immense sacrifices the Oromo Liberation Army [OLA/WBO] and the Oromo youth have been paying back at home. By contrast, we, Oromos in Diaspora, need to critically assess ourselves in respect to the minimum national duties we are expected to fulfill on our part. We need to be reflective as to whether we have done, and are doing, all what we can do in protecting and safeguarding, at least, the achievements of those sacrifices. We need to learn from our past mistakes not to repeat history. Today, we need, more than ever, to resolutely work and endeavor to be the masters of our own destiny rather than simply waiting and hoping someone else to accomplish our own duties.

Today, our peoples are in a period of transition. It is a transition from self-awareness as a nation towards self-realizing as a social agent of change towards achieving a more stable, prosperous and democratic system for the entire region – without relinquishing one’s own ideals and national identities. As history has taught us, a period like this is indeed full of sensitive and critical problems, which can often result in a setback and the deterioration of the nation’s living conditions. It is in this situation that social instability would result and would further precipitate chaotic and disorderly behaviors even amongst freedom-seeking nations themselves. Such a period could even be more dangerous when the stronger or superior sides are forcing their own will by repressive mechanisms.  Accordingly, today, our nations are challenged with varied, complex and multifaceted problems in the areas of politics, economy, social affairs, and security and environmental conservation.

Therefore, taking this opportunity, I would like to extend our call again to stand shoulder to shoulder in the face of the larger common goal of eradicating the horrendous oppressive system of the Ethiopian empire, and to ascertain freedom, liberty, justice, and peace for our peoples and the Horn as well. Needless to stress the fact that only people’s freedom and liberation can guarantee for peace and stability in the region.

Ladies and Gentlemen,

In what follows, I would like to shed a light on how the TPLF-led EPRDF has ruled with iron feast for the last 22 years. It created in the 1990s a form of “indirect rule” based on the official definition of ethnicity. Organizationally, the TPLF has managed the full control over EPRDF. It has systematically pushed out viable opposition forces out of the legal political playing field. Key positions in the national defense force and security have been overwhelmingly occupied by Tigrayans. Finally, they have managed to build one of the strongest armies in Africa, not only to smash down any opposition force in the country, but also to keep and guard “security and stability” in other African states, such as the ones it has sent to Rwanda, Liberia, Sudan,  Somalia and South Sudan in the name of “peace-keeping forces.” In having done so, it has used the opportunity in portraying itself as the best partner of the West in fighting international terrorism. Mind you! Its achievements are two-fold at a stroke. While it is consolidating its military power and dominance in the region on the one hand; it is simultaneously using this very act as a source of securing international financial support and legitimacy, on the other. By the same token, it puts all IGAD [the Intergovernmental Authority on Development] member-countries under its influence either by cross-border raids or trade ties, such us promoting the electric power. It hires foreign consultants in Brussels, London, Washington D.C. and New York for the purpose of lobbying its repressive political system to the Western governments. It sells fertile land of Oromia and the South to foreigners, and uses its subversive action as a diplomatic leverage. It has bought and penetrated oppositions with money, and tries to attract the Diaspora with minor/petty benefits. Despite all these, it has never succeeded to defeat our liberation struggle. On the contrary, we are vigilant, resilient and determined in our struggle more than ever. Today, we are progressively getting better militarily. As I have already mentioned, the Oromo Liberation Army [OLA/WBO] is very much visible in its consistent operations in the entire Oromia region, including the central one, directly, adjacent to the capital city Finfinne/Addis Ababa. General civil unrest and mass movements have been underway for quite sometime thanks to the Oromo Youth, known as Qeerroo, which is getting progressively support from all other social sectors beyond the youth.

Ladies and Gentlemen,

Finally, our struggle for democracy, freedom and self-determination stands at a historic juncture where it is gathering and consolidating its momentum in determining not only our separate destinies, but also the course of history for the entire region in the future. As I have already mentioned elsewhere, as an Oromo nation and the Oromo Liberation Front, we believe that our alliances with all oppressed peoples, progressive democratic forces and peace-seeking neighboring countries in the region are strategically important in the drive towards freedom, peace and stability for the Horn. The struggle for freedom will be concluded when the right to self-determination is realized, and the choice of the people is implemented and respected. In this regard we have to be cautious not to make unforgivable failure by deciding ourselves the outcome of a people’s choice that affects the existence of the right to make a choice. The outcome of our people’s referendum should not be a subject of a political discussion as we witness today. In respect to this principal position of the OLF, I recommend my fellow Oromos to see not things in their mundane existence, but in their interrelationships – not in their snapshot appearance, but in their contextual essence as part and parcel of a larger process.

Ladies and Gentlemen,

The politics of alliance demands identifying reliable partners, articulating and undertaking common objectives to be achieved and cultivating mutual trust to achieve further consolidation of unity at yet higher level. Interests based on geographic proximity, cultural ties, complementary economy, suffering the same fate of subjugation are all factors that make the Oromo and other oppressed peoples of the south natural allies. This shouldn’t be misused by lack of skills and foresight on both sides. EPRDF is skilled in instigating ethnic conflicts. The ongoing savage act of “the Somali kilil liyyuu tor” [the Special Military-Police of the Somali Region in Ethiopia] on Oromos (in the Mayyoo, Fadiis, Miidhagaa Lolaa, Cinaaksan, Baabbilee areas of east Oromia and farther south in Diida of the Borana zone) is just a case in point. Our vanguard organizations, and both Oromo and Ogaden elders, need to work hard to stop such bloodshed orchestrated by our common enemy, the TPLF.

I should unmistakably emphasize that we, Oromos, have no animosity towards any other people in the region except that we are against the oppressive and repressive system in the Ethiopian empire. We all know that governmental systems are temporal as a matter of historical necessity. However, peoples and their relations to one another remain eternal, in fact, often bonded by common destiny. It is based on this basic fact that we insist on the need and importance of solidarity among our peoples if they are to achieve freedom, justice, prosperity and peace in the region as a whole. An enduring and lasting peace can only be achieved through justice that confers each people with the right to self-determination – a fundamental principle of voluntarism, free choice based contractual conception of society upon which all modern democracies are established.

As a result, let us stand together; unite our efforts against the EPRDF regime; and support each other and work hard in collaboration to achieve our dream for freedom.

Ladies and Gentlemen,

Let me conclude my speech with a reminding announcement to my Oromo fellows and, of course, friends of the Oromo:

As I suppose you all know, January-First is a multifaceted anniversary for OLF members and supporters, and the Oromo people at large. It was decided as a date of anniversary for the Oromo Liberation Army [OLA/WBO] in 1979, and it was first celebrated in 1980. Since then, it has always been celebrated by all freedom-loving Oromos around the world. The historical background to this choice is shortly as follows: In November 1973 J/ Elemo Qilxuu and his comrades took Chercher as a guerrilla base to fight against the colonial yoke, and in September 1974 they began to combat against the Emperor’s army, but the armed struggle was terminated for a while, and again started in 1976. It was endangered in 1978 and recovered in 1979. As a result of such hazardous situations encountered by the OLA, January 1^st was selected to be the anniversary day of OLA. Since January 1st of 1980, it has been celebrated as the Day of OLA and New Year. Once again, I congratulate you for the Day of OLA and wish you a happy New Year.

Thank you for your attention,

Long Live OLA!

Freedom and Justice Shall Prevail!

The Struggle for Freedom Shall Continue until Victory!

Honor and Glory for the Fallen Heroines!

Thank you,

January 04, 2014
Frankfurt am Main, Germany

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The Frankfurt Horn of African Solidarity Conference (January 4, 2014)