The following statement is from the Macha-Tulama Cooperative and
Development Association (MTCDA), USA, Inc., a not-for-profit organization registered in the United States. The Macha-Tulama Association’s 50th Anniversary is set to be celebrated on August 1, 2014, in Washington, DC.

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Date: January 22, 2014

From: The Board of Directors of Macha-Tulama Cooperative and Development Association (MTCDA), USA, Inc.

To: All Oromo Community Associations and Concerned Oromo Individuals in the Diaspora

The Board of Directors of MTCDA-USA is writing this memo to inform you about the formation of the 50th Anniversary Organizing Team of the Macha-Tulama Association (MTA) in the United States and to request you to fully cooperate with, and provide your moral and material support to the team for facilitating the planning and celebration of this glorious anniversary. For your information, the MTCDA is a legally registered not-for-profit organization in the United States.

As you know, the Macha and Tulama Association was formed in 1963 and banned in 1967. The government of Haile-Selassie (1930-1974) banned the Association so quickly because the leaders of the Association organized huge mass meetings, at which through fierce oratory, dramas, poems and prayers in Afaan Oromo, which was banned during those days, moved the Oromo into tears of anger against the oppressive Ethiopian system. The leaders of the Association not only united and provided the Oromo with central leadership, but also made them conscious of their unity and their dehumanization as second-class subjects, and inspired them to be agents for their freedom and human dignity. In short, the Macha-Tulama Association planted the tree of Oromo political consciousness. The limited gains the Oromo achieved since the 1970s was the fruit from that tree of political consciousness. The Tigrayan People’s Liberation Front-dominated Ethiopian regime, which is determined to deprive the Oromo of any independent organization, has once again banned the Macha-Tulama Association. As a result, in 2014 the oldest Oromo civic association cannot celebrate its 50th anniversary among our people in Oromia itself.

Those of us who live in freedom beyond the long brutal arms of the Ethiopian state have a sacred mission for celebrating the 50th anniversary of the establishment of the Macha-Tulama Association. It will give us a wonderful opportunity for informing the international community that the Oromo, who make the single largest national group in the Horn of Africa and the third largest in Africa, are denied their basic human and democratic rights in their own country. What is greater shame for the Ethiopian government, that beats the drum of democracy, than denying the Oromo the right to celebrate the 50th anniversary of their civic organization? Together, let us celebrate a very successful 50th anniversary, expose the brutality of the Ethiopian regime, and lift up the spirit of our people. Now is the time for the Oromo Diaspora to rise to the challenge of organizing a wonderful 50th anniversary that will make our people proud. Those of us in the Diaspora must prove by our practical actions to our people, friends and foes that nobody can stop us from rebuilding our national institutions, including the Macha-Tulama Association. By uniting our energies and resources, we can brighten the future of our people.

It is our moral, intellectual, spiritual, and national obligation not to allow the destruction of our national institutions by our enemies by standing up for the rights of our people and defending them by rekindling the principles of Oromummaa and liberation, for which huge number of our heroines and heroes have sacrificed their precious lives. Supporting the celebration of the 50th anniversary of the MTA, both morally and materially, is one of the practical manifestations of our nationalist commitment for the cause of our nation. If we are committed to stand with our people at the time when they are not allowed to celebrate the 50th anniversary of their oldest civic organization in their own country, let us joyously celebrate it in the Diaspora and demonstrate to the Ethiopian regime that they will never be able to kill the spirit of freedom and human dignity that the Macha-Tulama Association planted in the heart, mind and soul of the Oromo nation.

Therefore, the Board of Directors MTCDA earnestly requests you to assist the team so that the celebration will successfully take place on August 1, 2014 in Washington, DC. We will be very grateful to all who will accept the challenge and support us with all kinds of imaginative efforts, such raising funds for the 50th anniversary and making the preparation for the event known as widely as possible. In the spirit of what the Macha-Tulama Association stands for, we urge all Oromo nationals, community associations, civic and religious groups, and political organizations to support the preparation for the 50th anniversary celebration. Together, we will make it a memorable event, which may inspire the renaissance of other Oromo organizations.

Some of the Founding Members of the Macha-Tulama Association

Tokkumma Barattoota Oromoo Biyyaa Jarmanii (TBOJ)
Union of Oromo Students in Germany (UOSG)

Kabaji guyyaa Waraana bilisummaa Oromoo gaafa 18/01/2014 sa’aa 13.00 irra eegalee eebba maanguddoota Oromoo amantaa garaa garaan baname. Guyyaa WBO kana hawaasni Oromoo biyya germanyf dhaaboliin siyaasa Oromoo bakka garaa garaarra kan irratti afeeramanidha. Walga’ii kanarratti yaadannoo gootota Oromoo wareegamaniif dungoon qabsiifamee faarun alaabaa Oromo faarfatameera.

Matadureen walga’ii erga beeksifameen booda barumsi namoota garaa garaan kennameera.

Durataa’aan tokkummaa barattoota Oromoo Bayer Luba Mulugeeta Girang sababa bu’uureffamuu qabsoo bilisummaa Oromoo bara Minilik 2ffaa kaasee qabxilee:-

• Qabsoo eegaluu saba Oromoof sababa kan ture
• Mootummaa minilikii kaasee rakkoo saba Oromoorra ga’aa ture irratti barumsa ballinaan kennaniiru.

Kabajjaa Guyyaa WBO Biyya Jarmanii

Barreessaan TBOM Obbo Tamaam Yasin waraana bilisummaa Oromoo ijaarun maaliif akka barbaachise akkasumas bu’aan waraanni bilisummaa Oromoo argamsiise maal akka ta’e ballinaan ibsaniiru. Qabsoon WBOn godhe-

• Oromoon akka ofbaru
• Biyyi Oromoyaa jedhamtu daangaan adda baatee akka beekamtu
• Aadaaf seenaa afaan saba Oromoo kanbeeksise ta’uusaa ibsaniiru. Akkasumas guyyaan WBO Amajjin 1 maaliif kabajuun akka barbaachisellee ibsaniiru.

Kabajjaa Guyyaa WBO Biyya Jarmanii

Walaloon bareedaa gootota Oromoo faarsu dargaggoo Oliyadi f dargaggoo Baahiru dhaan dhihaateera.

Durateessuun TBOJ adde Boontuu duula yeroo ammaa habashaan ummata Oromoorratti gochaa jiru kana dura dhaabbachuuf Oromoon tokkummaasaa cimsachuu akka qabu waamicha dabarsaniiru.

Xumurarratti yeroon gaaffiif deebii ballinaan akkasumas mariin ballinaan erga godhamee booda ibsi ejjennoo armaan gadiittii caqasamee nutii miiseensoonii TBOM fi TBOH kabaja guyyaa WBO kana sababeefachuun ibsa ejjano keenyaa akka armaan gadittii dabarfanee raa.

Ibsa Ejjano:

1. Seera shororkeessummaa isa tumatee jirutti hirkachuutiin wayita uumani Oromoo mirgasaaniif gaaffii dhi’eessanii, qabeenyasaaniirraa buqqa’uu fi saamamuu mormantti moottumaan TPLF wayyaanee hidhaa, ajjechaa fi dararrii saba keenya irraan ga’u nii mormina, nii balaalleffanas.

2. Bilisummaa Oromootiif bifa adda addaatiin karaa isaanii mijate qabsaa’u kessatti qooda fudhachuun beektotni, dargaggootnii fi abbootiin Oromoo mana hidhaa bulchiinsa wayyaaneetti dararaman haal-duree tokko malee akka hiikaman cimsinee gaafanna.

3. Dargaggota, barratoota, beektota, qote bultoota, daldaltoota Oromoo fi kan biros mirgasaaniif falmuuf jecha hidhaa, reebicha fi ajjeechaa mootummaa wayyaanee utuu homaatti hin lakkaa’in bakka hunduatti dura dhaabachuun qabsoo bilissumaa Oromoo geggeessaa jiran nuti miseensonni Tokkummaaa Barratoota Oromoo Jarmanii dame Bayern fi Hessen qabsoo isaanii kana galmaan ga’uudhaaf tumsa goona.

4. Sababa rakkoo siyaasatiif, akkasumas baratanii sababa miseensa yookaan deggertoota mootummaa TPLF wayyaanee hin taaneef qofa hojii dhabuurraa kan ka’e dargaggootni ilmaan Oromoo fi lammiiwwan Itiyoopiyaa biroo reebichaan lubbuunsaani biyya Arabaatti darbeef bulchiinsa mootummaa wayyaanee ni balaaleffanna.

5. Sababa mirga amantii isaanii sarbame gaafachuudhaaf hiriira nagaa magaalaa Finfinnee fi Arsii keessatti geggeessaniif rasaasa loltuu wayyaaneetiin kan ajjeefamaniif mootummaan Itiyoopiyaa itti gaafatamaadha.

6. Harr’a dhaaba siyaasaa biya Itophiyaa keessatti maqaa mormituu mootumaa Itoophiyaatiin of ijaaree karaa biraamoo uumata Oromoo seenaasaa fi adaasaa, afaansaas balleessee koloneefachuuf sirna Minilik II as deebisuuf lafa cira jiru kan akka Samaayawii Party (Blue Party) gochasaa nii balaallefanna; dura dhaabbanas.

7. Tooftaa, tarsiimoo fi sochii hiddi nafxanyootaa warra ilmaan Minilik II ta’an uummatta Oromoorratti hojjetan bifa kamiin iyyuu dura dhaabbana.

8. Rakkina Saba kenyaa furuuf Qabsoo bifa kam iyyu geggessuun mirga kenya fi dirqama lammumma kenyaa hubachu dhaan har’aas Qabsaa’oota Bilisummaa Oromoo walhubanno fi waliigalteen gara tokkumaatti akka dhuufani fi qabsoo jalqabame tokkummaahaan fiixaan akka baasnu waamicha kenya kabajaa dabarsina.

9. Biyyonni ilmaan Oromoo rakkoo siyaasatiif jecha itti baqatanii jiran soba mootummaa wayyaanee dhageefachuu dhiisanii rakkina saba Oromoo gad fageenyaan hubatanii mirga baqqattummaa akka kennan gaafatna.

Injifanoon Ummata Oromoof
Frankfurt/Main, 18.01.2014

Guyyaa WBO – London

Ayyanni kun gaafa Amajjii 25, 2014 biyya UK, magaalaa London keessatti kabajame ayyana kana irratti kan hirmaata miseensota ABO, deggartootaa fi hawaasa Oromoo biyya UK magala adda adda irraa  heddumminaan dhufan ture.

Kabajaan ayyana kanaa kan eegale manguddoo fi ibsa gabaabaa I/G ABO kutaa UK, Obbo barsiisaa Guutamaa kennanii ture. Itti annasee, Obbo Xahaa Abdii, MGS ABO, seenaa guyyaa WBO bal’inaan ibsaniiru. Itti annansee miseensotni WBO kabajamoon- J/ Lalisee Roobaa, J/ Obsaa Milkeessaa fi J/ Fayisaa (Mul’is) wal duraa duubaan muuxannoo WBO fi aarsaa qabsoon hidhannoo feessisu dhiheessuu dhan dargaggoo fi shammarran hamileessanii jiru.

J/ Abdii Raggaasaa, mataan Damee Waraana Bilisummaa Oromoo, karaa bilbilaa irratti qooda fudhataniiru. Bara 2013 keessaa sagantaalee WBOn baafatee fi tarkaanfiilee fudhataman; injifannoo WBO galmeesse ibsuu dhan waan qabatamaatti WBOn diina waliin falmii godhaa jiru addeessaniiru. Sochiin WBO goddinalee Oromiyaa mara keessaa fi handhuura Oromiyaa, magaalaa Finifinnee, keessatti tarkaanfiileen fudhataman diinaaf raffanna guddaa yeroo tahu, ummata oromoof abdii guddaa akka kenne ibsaniiru. Wagga dhufu keessa WBOn daran jabaatee hanga bilisummaan Oromoo fi walabummaan Oromiyaa dhugoomutti akka itti fufu hubachiisanii, Kanaaf ummatni Oromoo deeggarsa isaa daran akka jabeessu hubachiisan.

Itti annee Obbo Siifan Midhaqisaa, ilaalcha dhaaba siyaasaa alaatti, akka gaazexxeessaa tokkootti sochii qeerroo fi WBO biyya keessaatti godhamaa jiruuf maal akka fakkatuu fi hangama akka diina rifachiise ragaa bahaniiru. Sagantaan addatti WBOf qophaawe shamarran Oromoo London kennaa aaddaa (special surprise gift) qopheessuu dhan WBOf kennaniiru; jaalala WBO qabanii fi fedhii deeggarsa bilisummaa Oromoof qaban ibsaniiru. Sagantaa caal baasii fi tinnisaa ta’ee ummatni Oromoo biyyaa UK maalla guddaa WBOf gummachaniru.

Dhuma irratti ibsa ejjennoo armaa gadii bafatuun ayyanni WBO bara 2014 milkii, injifannoo fi hamilee guutuun kabajame.

Guyyaa WBO – London

IBSA EJENNO

Nuti misensonni ABO, deggartoonni fi hawaasi Oromoo biyya UK magaala adda adda irra ayyaana guyya WBO kabajachuuf wal geenye haala keessa dabarree fi itti deemaa jirru gadi fageenyaa fi bal’inan irraatti mari’anne jirra.

Haala yeeo amma ilaalchise

Yeeron amma keessa jirru, gama tokkon yeero mootummaan abba irree TPLFn durfamu sodaa ummata Oromoof qabu irra  ummaticha addatti akka diina innikkatti fudhata ajjeesaa, qe’ee isaa irraa arii’aa, seera ala; yaakka tokko malee mana hidhaatti dararama  ulfaataa dhala namaaf hin-malle irran geessisaa, baratoota qaroa fi egeree Oromoof bu’aa buusuu danada’u jedhaman ajjeesaa hidhaa, barumsaa irraa ar’aa,  kaan ammoo  qabsoo irra fageessuuf  doorsisaa jiru. Kana malees  humnoonni duran angoo irra turan ammas angootti ol-ba’uuf shira ifa  fi lafa jalaan nurraatti xaxaa jiraan keessa jirra.

Gama biraan ammo qabsoon ummata Oromoo daran dagaagaa tarkaannifin WBO daran jabaachaa, dammaqinsi fi gurmuun Oromoo dabalaa, qabsoon ummata Oromoo fi ummatoota cunqurfamoo biyyatti daran dhageetti argachaa, keessi mootumma Wayyanee daran tasgabbii dhabga, boora’aa adeemaa jira, Qeerroon Oromoo, murannoo dhan mootummaa amma funyaanitti hidhate dura dhaabachaa fi qabsoo saba isaaniitiif wareegama kamiyyuu baasuuf qophi ta’u mirkaneessaa jiran.

Halleen armaan olitti ka’faman gadi fageenyaan erga irraatti mar’annea booda nuti misensonni ABO, degartootnii fi hawaasi Oromoo biyya UK  ibsa ejjennoo armaan gadi baafanne jirra:

1. Haala rakkisa fi ulfaata ta’e keessatti mootummaa amma funyanii itti hidhate, afaan qawween ummata keenya irratti roorrisaa jiru dhabamsiisuf fi dararaa jarra tokko-ol ummata keenya irra ture hundeen buqqisuuf qabsoo hidhannoo ABOn gageeffamaa jiru keessatti qooda ol’anaa gochaa kan jiru, WBO ni mararffanna, muranno fi injifannoo WBO tiin godhamaa jiru ni dinqisiifanna, waan dandeenyun  bira ni dhaabbanna.

2. Sochi baratooni Oromoo QEERRON haraka du’uwwa mootumma amma funyanitti hidhate dura dabatanii falama mirga ummata Oromoof gocha jiran ni dinqisifanna, itti boonnas. Fincila didda gabrummaa bifa adda addatiin  biyya keessaa fi alatti adeemsifamaa  jiru ni deggarra, qooda keenyas ni gumaachina.

3. Moora qabsoo Oromoo jabeessun galma hawwamu shafisiisu keessatti haala gurmuu fi wal-hubannoo dhaabota siyaasaa Oromoo fi hawasa Oromoo murtessaa ta’uu beekne nutis  kara kenya waan nurraa eegamu ni gumaachina.

4. Qabsoo ummata tokko keessati qoodni shamarranni fi dargaggoo bakka guddaa qabaachuu beekne haala shamarran fi dargaggoota   Oromoo jabeessinuu fi ijaarru irratti ni hojjenna.

5. Sadarkaan qabsoon Oromoo irra ga’e hirriba kan isaan dho’wwe diinnonni qabasoo Oromoo ammayyuu qabsa’ota Oromoo addan babasuuf carraqii gochaa akka jiran ni hubanna; duras ni dhaabbanna. Ummatni Oromoos bakka jiru akka sochi diinotaa kana dura dhabatu fi sochi isaanis damaqinsan hordofu fi fashalsiisu dhaamsa keenya dabarfanna.

6. Mootumma TPLF bu’ureffama isa irra ka’e mootumman kun kara naga a’ango ni lakkisa jedhanii yaaduun kan hin-danda’amne ta’u isa ni hubanna. Kanaafis dhaabota kara nagaa ni qabsofna jedhaniif haalli ammaan dura isaan mudate ragaa quubsaa dha. Biyya ol-antumman seeraa kessaatti hin-kabajamne, manni murtii bilisa hin taane; biyya komishinni filannoo walaba ta’e fi meeshaan sab-quunnamti mootumma abba-irrettin dhunfatame jiru keessaatti filannoo walabaa gaggeessun tasa akka hin danda’amne irra deddbi’e waan mul’ataa tureef filannoo sobaa maqa ummatootatiin ammas mootummaan abban irree aangoo irra ittiin turuus  bara dhuftu ni deemsifama jedhamu kana irras Oromoon bu’an inni argatu tokkoyyu akka hin-jirre beeke filmaata dharaa kana haala ittin dura dhaabbattu irraati ammumaan akka yaadnu waamicha keenya dabarfanna.

7. Qabsoo haqaa ummatni keenya adeemsisaa jiru, akka firoota horatu gochuu keessatti hubannoo hawaasaa fi mootummaan biyya UK caalatti ol-kaasuaf ni hojjenna, deggarsa barbaachisu ummata keenyaaf akka godhan qabsoo haqa ummata keenya cinaa akka hiriirani gochuu irratti ni hojjenna.

8. Duula farren ummata Oromoo fi cunqurfamoo biyyatti,  amma ille Minilikiin farasaa jiraniin madaa ummata keenya utuu hin-qoorin ammas deeb’ani nutti bubu’a jiran ni balaleffanna.

9. Maqaa investmenti jedhamuun dacheen Oromoo samaamun, Oromoon dachee isa irra buqifamuun, bosonnii fi garreen ibiddaan  barbadeeffamuun; lageen keenya summaa’un hattattamaan akka dhaabbatu ni gaafanna. Ogeeyyiin Oromos bakka jiran hundatti dhimma kana irraatti daran akka hojettan dhaamsa lammumma dabarfanna.

10. Dhaabni kallacha qabsoo Oromoo, Addi Bilisumma Oromo, halla amma keessa jirru; haala fuula keenya dura  as adeema jiruu  fi haala amma dura nu mudatani irraa muuxxannoo argame irraatti hunda’udhan xiinxala jabaa akka godhu jabeesinee gaafacha nutis akka miseensota dhaabaa, yookan hawasaa akkasumas akka nam-tokkootti bakka jirru hundatti murannoon hojechuun waan dandeenyu hunda gumachuuf BO kara dandeenyu hundan deggarsa lammumma nurra eegamu baasuuf waada keenya ni haromfanna.

Injifannoo Ummata Oromoof!

Gadaan gadaa bilsummaa ti!

Miseensota ABO, Degertoota fi Hawasa Oromoo biyya UK

Amajjii 25, 2014

By Tolera Fikru Gemta*

Background
Merara Gudina (PHD), 2006, explained that the Ethiopian political system has been dominated by three contending perspectives, namely, the nation building (Menelikian) perspective, the national domination perspective and the colonial thesis. He further explained that nation building (Menelikian) perspective, which considers all atrocities committed on the oppressed peoples as holy actions to build a nation, is no longer relevant and dominant in the Ethiopian political arena. However, the Menelikian block recently came with a revised open strategy to reclaim the past tyrannical imperial legacy. Perhaps, in this brief essay, I will explain that the revitalizing actions being undertaken by the counterparts of Menelik II provide both threats and immense opportunity for genuine political engagements.

The Menelikian Effect: Fragility and Disintegration of Political Forces
The experiences of organized political forces since 1960s (from which political organizations and mobilizations had commenced) are explained by notions of political fragility and disintegration. Among other factors that caused such fragility and disintegration among political forces, the Menelikian-masked objective is the chief one. The recent practices of opposition political forces can clearly show this fact. I would like to elaborate this fact using a case study.

In 2008, as an input for my former newspaper – Raji, I had conducted a small survey to understand what really constituted a multinational political organization in Ethiopia. Most of the leaders of the parties that organized along ethnic/national lines responded that “a multinational organization in the Ethiopian context must be the organization that represents the interests of all peoples.” The responses of some of those who claimed to be of the multinational organization was, on the other hand, read as, “a multinational political organization is a group that is not organized along ethnic/national lines, but that which represents the unity of the entire Ethiopia.”

This small survey was conducted during the time the opposition political forces in Ethiopia were discussing a new umbrella organizational framework called Medrek. Though the finding of the small survey (that was published on Raji newspaper) showed that the parties in Medrek were pursuing most divergent political objectives, they established the new umbrella organization without giving focus for such a fundamental issue. The ultimate fate of Medrek indeed could not be different from the preceding similar organizations. The parties that bogusly claimed to have a multinational institutional base (such as, the Unity for Justice and Democracy – UJD) started ridiculing those organized across respective ethnic/national lines (such as, Oromo, Sidama and Somali) to denounce their political bases and adopt a pseudo-multinational representation. UJD and its counterparts attempted to learn from their preceding similar organizations and tried to comprise of some elites from Oromo and other nations, such as Negaso Gidada (PHD) and others. The final fate of Medrek is, however, what Obbo Bulcha Demeksa recently disclosed to the media. “UDJ’s political objective made Medrek fragile. The UDJ’s consider themselves as the only capable organization to lead the country. They undermine political parties organized across ethnic/national lines while they themselves are predominantly promoting the interests of Amhara,” he told a reporter from the Voice of America (VOA). This is a trajectory that led many political forces to vanish without serving the intended purpose. We can mention similar experiences from Diaspora, such as UEDF and AFD. Though the influences of the ruling party, EPRDF/TPLF, on the fragility and disintegration of political coalitions – take lions share, the Menelikian’s bogus political objectives have significantly contributed for the disintegration and fragility of such organized political alternatives. Such actions were most of the time pursued in covert aspect to garner supporters from various ethnic/national groups.

What Forced Menelikian to Pursue Overt Actions?
Recently, we are observing a shift in the Menelikian political block – in which they are openly pursuing the political campaign that promotes the tyrannical old empire. The move is a rapture which has got threats and opportunities, for me. In my opinion, the major cause that has forced Menelikians to pursue the open strategy (contrary to their past) is the level of awareness and conscious attained by peoples and nations. The understanding of the peoples on the formation, consequences and future prospects of the Ethiopian polity has significantly increased during the past decades. Particularly, the Oromo people, as a major nation representing the largest ethnic group in the country, have come through a series of political developments – in terms awareness and organization – which have appeared as threats to the Menelikian Ethiopia, which still pursues the imperial nation-building project of one-nation (Abyssinia), one-language (Amharic) and one-culture (Habesha), and so on. As I have argued in my previous article (Unmasking the Pseudo “Multinational-ism” in the Era of Social Media), in the past decades, the Amhara elites – who have preferred to promote the Menelik-type of political system under the cover of multinationalism, have faced political bankruptcy while the oppressed peoples have relatively gained by reviving their lost identities. The current shift by the Menelikians to an open action to blatantly promote the despotic regime of Menelik should indeed be the final response to such achievements of the targeted peoples. I hope the Menelikians shall fully unmask their political objectives through fully abandoning the pseudo-multinationalism claim and organize themselves across their real national pictures (if they want their own nation to keep abreast of the existing trend).

Holy War – In the Name of Unity and Love
The “holy war” campaign of the Menelikians – which is being currently conducted in an organized way – will hopefully be the final effort of this camp in the political history of the Ethiopian polity. It has been witnessed that the camp is using media outlets and celebrities, such as Teddy Afro and others, to accomplish its mission. Both the targeted media outlets and Teddy Afro are not new instruments of the camp. These are the instruments that have been bitterly worked to reverse the relative achievements of the targeted peoples on one side, and garner all efforts of the “united” (i.e. pseudo-multinational forces) together, on the other hand. Teddy Afro was keen in praising Ethiopian despotic kings and had boldly worked to contribute for the political purposes of the Menelikians, in manners that have attracted the interests of the targeted groups, particularly the youth. He was also instrumental during the 2005 election to forge strong unity between pseudo-multinational parties, which were organized to restore the tyrannical imperial regime based on one-language, one-culture and one-history. His music album, titled “Yasteserial,” was just released at the start of the political debates ahead of the 2005 election to influence the system in favor of those advocating for one-language, one-culture and one-history. In his recent music album, titled “Tikur Sew,” he also openly praised Menelik II and Menelik’s counterparts. This same artist did not have the courage to use his talent to promote a system of justice, equality and democracy – which is more relevant and important to present days. Finally, Teddy Afro expressed his deep love-affair with past despotic kings by declaring Menelik’s brutal actions as “holy war.” In collaboration with like minds, he was ready for a campaign to promote the despotic political motive in the name of unity and love – well, until #BoycottBedele nipped his promotion of tyrannical kings and their brutal actions in the bud.

The irony is that – the Menelikians and their instruments are promoting a despotic and brutal system in a provocative approach, which may influence the actions of the peoples who belong to the targeted nations. Most of the promoters of Menelik’s brutal actions know naturally that, their actions will neither be entertained by the targeted peoples nor serve as a mutual agenda to pursue real multinational interests. The consequence of such a campaign may not be easy as they have originally thought. The more they promote the past despotic regimes, the more grievances, mistrust and aggressiveness it will establish among peoples and organizations. This is why those collaborators, sponsors and promoters of such despotic political motives should stop and rethink about the consequences of their actions. As matter of fact, the continued promotion of Menelik-type system shall never bring the intended objective, but to the contrary, it will complete the trajectory that leads to freedom and justice for nations and peoples in more autonomous and self determined framework. One can easily understand this reality by monitoring the level of social-media-based counter-actions of Oromo elites to the Menelikian actions.

Menelikian’s Revised Strategy as an Opportunity for Nations
As I have explained above, the pseudo-multinational strategy pursed by Amhara elites have been destructive in the entire history of organized political frameworks to ensure sustainable democracy, justice and equality. Thus, the revised strategy of the block – i.e. the open promotion of the tyrannical imperial system, has unmasked the pseudo-multinationality claims by Amhara elites. The revised strategy of Menelikians is, thus, useful – not as such for the block itself – but for other forces that aspire for freedom, justice and equality of their respective peoples. It is also helpful to rethink viable and functional framework based on clear objectives – without committing similar mistakes, which lead to disintegration and fragility.

Conclusion
The current despotic political choice of the Menelikian block has emerged as the final response to the ever-increasing awareness of the oppressed peoples towards the realization of self-determined, free and democratic nations. By openly praising the Menelik-type authoritarian and imperial political objective, the block has clearly shown its historical antagonistic position to interests of most of the peoples targeted by Menelik’s brutal actions. In doing so, the block has unmasked itself of its pseudo-multinational representation claim – which has been one of the causes for fragility and disintegration of political alternatives. This indeed provides an opportunity for genuine political actors to rethink viable frameworks based on clear objectives to ensure the intended results. For the Menelikians, however, it will be more helpful if they completely unmask themselves of their pseudo-multinational objective and opt for an institution that represents their real aspiration, i.e. an Amhara-based political organization. The open campaign that promotes Menelik II’s brutal actions as holy war shall mark the final demise of the block, but such a motive will lead to disastrous consequences. That is why all bodies that are currently sponsoring and promoting Menelik II’s brutal actions should stop and rethink before actual intervention.

* Tolera Fikru Gemta was as a Deputy Editor-in-Chief of the former Seife Nebelbal independent weekly newspaper. He was also the founder and Editor-in-Chief of the former, ‘The Voice’ and ‘Raji,’ independent weekly newspapers. He has authored well-known Afan Oromo novels: Imimmaan Haadhaa (2007, 2010) and Qeerransa Bokkaan Dhaane (2012).

By Leenjiso Horo* | January 2014

The marks of Aannolee, Azulee and Chalanqoo cannot be erased from the memory of successive Oromo generations and from the history of the Oromo people. These marks are incorporated into our collective memory. For this, centuries may pass, generations may come and go, but the crimes of Abyssinia – the mutilation of breasts of women and girls, and of the right hands of men and boys at Aannolee, and the mass massacres at Azulee and Chalanqoo will not be erased – will never be diminished, and never be forgotten.

Menelik II’s mutilation of breasts of women and girls, and of hands of men and boys is the first one in warfare throughout written history – from antiquity to modern times, unless proven to the contrary. Those who support Menelik’s genocide at Aannolee, Azulee & Calanqoo as a “holy war” or as a war of “reunification of Ethiopia” should hold full entitlement to it.

During the campaign of colonization of the south in the late nineteenth-century, king Menelik II of Abyssinia exterminated the Oromo population by 50%, Kaficho by 75%, Gimira by 80% and Madii by over 90% (according to Radio Simbirtuu’s interview with Prof. Mekuria Bulcha, 19 December 2013, Part 2). These are genocides of highest proportions. The basic argument of the Abyssinian genocide deniers has, however, remained the same as always: “it never happened; the term ‘genocide’ does not apply; it is a ‘reunification of Ethiopia’.” Recently, the tactics of the deniers of Menelik II’s genocide has been shifted from “reunification of Ethiopia” to “holy war.”

Abyssinians always avoid public discourse of the genocide at Aannolee, Azulee and Chalanqoo – believing that sooner or later, in the course of time, that generation would pass from the scene, and their children would become acculturated and assimilated in the Abyssinian way of life and Abyssinian political thought, and then the issue of genocide dies out and will be forgotten. However, what the Abyssinians forgot or failed to understand – is that the genocide at Aannolee, Azulee and Chalanqoo shapes not only the outlook of the immediate victims of the generation of the time, but also of subsequent generations of the future. It is very important for the descendants of the perpetrators, i.e. the deniers of the genocide on Oromo – to engage introspection to face and learn from their own history. It is time for the Nafxanyaas – the deniers of genocide to ask themselves a question as to how that gross mass genocide could have occurred, instead of denying it and trying to maintain a false righteous self-image.

The Abyssinians are unable or unwilling to deal with the truth. They have always refused to recognize the crimes committed against the peoples of the south, Oromo included, as genocide. Instead, they elevated it to the level of a “holy war/qidus xorrinnat,” then took pride in it – identified with it; enthusiastically embraced it; glorified and glamorized it. This campaign is in support of their political and religious elites, scholars, governments, institutions, and individuals – those who have been preaching the genocide committed against Oromos and the south as a “reunification of Ethiopia.”

The New and Present Genocide on Oromo, and Tigrayans’ Attempt to Deny It
Today, the Tigrayan regime is behind the discussion of the past genocide to divert attention from itself while it is committing genocide itself more dangerous than that of the past ones. It has undertaken open and total war campaign against the Oromo people. It is vitally important, therefore, that we should focus our attention on current genocide the Tigrayan regime is committing while, at the same time, reminding ourselves of the genocide that the Amhara regime of Menelik II committed a century ago. The Amharas have been denying the genocide against the Oromo and other southern peoples that their regime of Menelik II committed, and now the Tigrayans are also denying the genocide that their regime is committing.

The Amharas are simply dancing and singing to the ghost of Menelik II, but they do not possess the means and capabilities to commit anther genocide. Today, it is the Tigrayan regime led by TPLF that is committing genocidal mass murders against the Oromo people; it is this regime that possesses the means and capabilities to commit genocide. Its means are the army, paramilitary unit, the police force, the special police or Liyyuu police, secret state agents, death squads, the bureaucratic and judicial systems. All of these are already fully utilized for this purpose.

The sudden descend of the Tigrayan People’s Liberation Front (TPLF) upon Oromiyaa in 1991 set in a rapid motion a process to eliminate any opposition to its rule that culminate in the arrests, tortures and killings. Then, since 1992, it has been carrying out systematic, methodical, pre-planned, and centrally-organized genocidal mass murders against the Oromo people. Meles Zenawi was the notorious architect and organizer of the policy of the genocide on Oromo with his culprits and other thousands of perpetrators of genocide – who are still implementing his policy after his death. His brutality against the Oromo people has surpassed that of all his predecessors combined. His regime has erected concentration camps across Oromiyaa; camps, such as Hursoo, Bilaattee, Dhidheessaa, Zuwaay, and Qalittii, are the well known ones. But, numerous other clandestine prison cells, where the victims are eliminated, have been established across the empire. The regime has openly undertaken a major Oromiyaa-wide persecutions of Oromos. Hence, ordinary people, for the first time, being rounded up and sent to these clandestine centers for interrogations through torture. In the torture, few survived and many perished.

The pattern of destruction has been repeated over and over in different parts of Oromiyaa. Many of these repetitive destruction are far from the major cities; such repetition are a centrally design one. Further, a reward structure is set in place. That reward is geared towards those who implement the policy. The regional governors and officials, who refuses to carry out orders to annihilate the Oromo, are summarily replaced as disloyal and OLF agents. Community leaders are arrested and persecuted. Many women, children, and elderly run into forests and deserts to escape slaughters. Today, the Oromo people are in violent historical moment. They are the target of the Tigrayan regime for physical exterminations and forcible removal from their lands. Hundreds of thousands have been killed; millions have been forced out from their lands; and their lands haven been sold or leased to local and multinational land-grabbers.

The Tigrayan regime has fully undertaken the implementation of the policy of Oromo exterminations since 1992. The Amhara genocidal deniers are fully subscribed to this policy. In the Tigrayan regime’s jails, millions of Oromos perished as the result of starvation, diseases, the harsh environments, and physical exterminations.

We are the nation of heroes, heroines and victims. We were the victims of genocide yesterday, and we are the victims of genocide today. Yesterday, we were victims of genocide under Amhara successive regimes, and today, we are victims of genocide under the Tigrayan regime. Indeed, we are a wounded and bled nation in our country by another nation – the Abyssinian nation.

We oftentimes say, never again to genocide in Oromiyaa. We say, the seeds of Aannolee, Azulee and Chalanqoo must not be allowed to sprout again in Oromiyaa. And yet, it has already sprouted; violence is again around us; violence of genocide is still consuming our people. Menelik’s genocide at Aannolee, Azulee and Chalanqoo is reconstructed and renewed by Meles Zenawi, and implemented Oromiyaa wide. Hence, the past genocide has now become the present new genocide. Hence, the dead Oromo are still dead; more are still dying; expropriated Oromoland is still expropriated; the pillaging of Oromiyaa is at its height, and the colonized Oromiyaa is still colonized.

The Way Forward
The way forward is Oromo nationalists’ unity and the fight against occupation. For this, it is important to rebuild the Oromo Liberation Army (OLA) as a superior mighty force, both in quantity and quality, to protect the population and secure liberation. This enables the nation to drive out the Tigrayan regime and establish the independent Democratic Republic of Oromiyaa. Again, it is vitally important to remove Menelik’s statue from Oromiyaa, and establish the National Memorial Day of the Genocide on Oromo for the victims of Aannolee, Azulee and Chalanqoo. This National Memorial Day of the Genocide on Oromo should be established and observed annually while we are still fighting for independence. The date and the month must be different from the Oromo Martyrs’ Day/Guyyaa Gootoota Oromoo.

No one escapes from the history of one’s people. For this, we should and must not allow the past to rest and to be forgotten. Every generation must teach the succeeding generation about the past history, their heroes and heroines. The past, the present as well as the future belong to the succeeding generations. Each new generation hold the entitlement of the past and the present. For this, the establishment of the National Memorial Day of the Genocide on Oromo is the order of the day that the marks of Aannolee, Azulee and Chalanqoo cannot be erased from the memory of successive Oromo generations.

Oromiyaa Shall Be Free!

* Leenjiso Horo can be reached at tguyyoo@yahoo.com

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The National Memorial Day of the Genocide on Oromo

The Oromo Federalist Congress (OFC) has launched the Oromo Youth League (OYL) on the 25th of January, 2014. The League is expected to organize and mobilize the youth in Oromian Zones to peacefully and lawfully struggle for a democratic system that respects the social, economic, and political rights of the Oromo people in Ethiopia. Out of 18 zones in Oromia, 12 zones sent their representatives, who, in turn, elected the 11 members of OYL’s Executive Committee in the presence of the Chairman of the OFC, Merera Gudina (Phd.), and the Secretary, Obbo Bekele Nega. The members of the OYL’s Executive Committee hail from the following Oromian zones: North Shawaa, West Shawaa, Illuu Abbaa Booraa, Qalam Wallagaa, East Wallagaa, Gujii, West Wallagaa, Finfinnee, and East Arsii.

Oromo Federalist Congress (OFC) Launches the Oromo Youth League (OYL)

Oromo Federalist Congress (OFC) Launches the Oromo Youth League (OYL)

Oromo Federalist Congress (OFC) Launches the Oromo Youth League (OYL)

By Ibrahim Elemo*, M.D., M.P.H.

The following piece is in response to an article published on Ayyaantuu.com about the brain-drain of physicians and other skilled professionals from Ethiopia and other parts of Africa to Canada and other western countries. This is not a new story to many people. What is rather new to some of us is the Ethiopian government’s strategy to deal with this tragedy by over producing physicians.

I read this story a day after I called a 36-year school director, who ended up in a hospital, 100km away from his home town only because he had a headache and was found to have high blood-pressure, and given some medicine to control it. Actually, he lives in a town where there is a district hospital. I spoke with the same person 2 days before, and to my best knowledge, he was in good state of health. When I called to speak with him again, his phone was answered by his wife, who told me that he was receiving an urgent care in a hospital. I asked to speak with him, asked him how he felt and what medicine he was given. His blood-pressure, at the time I spoke with him, was not elevated. I realized that the unfortunate teacher was suffering not from hypertensive emergency, but the side effects of the wrong blood-pressure medication, about which neither the patient nor the health professional had any idea that it could be causing his symptoms. His wife initially told me that they were planning to take him to a higher-level immediately if he had not felt better. He had been given two medicines, which he continued to use them thinking that his blood-pressure was getting out of control and causing his profound dizziness. You can imagine the financial impact of such poor quality of care. It could cost this teacher thousands of Birr/dollars until he gets to a tertiary care level or a dedicated physician who reviews his medication, listens to his story well and tells him to stop taking the wrong medicine he had been put on. This is the story of thousands of people – if not every day, every week, in a country where the government’s policy is to deal with the massive exodus of physicians by overproducing physicians and saturating the domestic market.

They have no strategy of retaining the best of the best, but have strategies to use the worst of the worst from all communities of people to rule over them indefinitely. To get back to the main reason why I decided to write this short piece: reflecting on my own trajectory from a “committed subject” willing to serve his country to someone soon-to-be-a-professional selling his service for a fee in a western country.

“According to Canada-based CUSO International, between 1990 and 2006, Ethiopia trained 3,700 doctors. Only 700 of them stayed to work there. Africa’s health-care system isn’t the only sector hemorrhaging skilled workers — there are more African-born engineers and scientists living in Canada and the U.S. than in all of Africa.”

Reading this story on Ayyaantuu.com made me think about circumstances that forced me to leave my country for a time being. Fresh out of a medical school, I went to the Oromiya Health Bureau and asked the Head to assign me to the Borana zone, which was, back then, one of the few zones physicians avoided going to at any cost. There was tremendous violence, even against physicians, and the economic deprivation of the local communities was unparalleled anywhere in Ethiopia, except Ogaden and parts of Hararge. Borana was occupied by thousands of TPLF soldiers stationed in almost all towns and major checkpoints and camps. Nobody wanted to go to Borana unless they had no other options – that was the situation 13 years ago.

Per my request, I was assigned to Borana, and I went there with a letter and asked the Head of the Zonal Health Department, Dr. Assefa Sime, to assign me to the most disadvantaged Health Center (HC) so that I could serve the poorest of the poor, and the most marginalized and difficult to reach population of the zone.

Here are some of the facts; Borana was the most liked place by physicians before the fall of Derg regime (because of lucrative contraband business, and the good financial status of the Borana and a grateful community), and it became the most unpopular few years later after the coming to power of the current regime. Moyale was a thriving business town which even attracted the sister of a Prime Minister to invest in a hotel industry. Years later, it became a military garrison – home to thousands of TPLF soldiers watching, at times, arming local communities to destroy each other. A few years before I came to Borana, there were 13 physicians in the Nagelle Borana Hospital (NBH), and 2-3 physicians in almost all Health Centers (HC). When I came there in 2000, there were only 3 general practitioners (GP’s) and 1 surgeon in NBH. They all had left in a matter of few years. There was a similar trend in almost all zones of Oromiya. There were more doctors in the capital, Addis Ababa (Finfinne), than in the rest of the country. Oromiya’s health facilities were to be “ghost places.”

The zonal health administration told me that they could not assign a doctor to HC when the zonal hospitals were almost empty. There were only 3 physicians in the brand new Bule Hora Hospital. Each of these hospitals were serving more than 1.5-million population at the time. As a result, I was assigned to work in the Nagelle Borana Hospital. A few months later, I had to go to the Taltalle District to supervise the National Polio Eradication Campaign.

Taltalle is a 10,000-sqkm wide district – its size is bigger than the North Shawa zone of Oromiya. We had only one car to conduct supervision, which lasted only for a few days in this big district. A certain European expatriate working for an international NGO (non-governmental organization) – who worked in Kosovo before coming to work in Taltalle – told me that Taltalle was actually bigger than Kosovo. There was no vehicle assigned to the HC, and there was no district health office. El-Dima, a police post at the Ethio-Kenya border during the Haile Selassie regime, is 105km from Millami, the main town. I had to travel to El-Dima from Millami on foot, back and forth – fresh out of high school. That was how teachers and health care workers used to travel to reach several communities in the Taltalle district. It was a difficult campaign to supervise.

Once I was there, I decided to go to Waata Wondo, a place no physician had ever set their feet on. It is only 60km from Millami. However, because of lack of road infrastructure, we had to take the longest route, through Birindar. Konso, across the Weyto River and the desert to reach Waata Wondo from the back. We had to take a better route – better is a relative term. Look at the picture below if you want to know how good that road had been.

The difficult road at a place called Abba-Roba, before crossing the Segen River to reach the Konso District

However, getting there was similar to making a spiritual journey. I lack words to express the feelings afterwards. The pride of being there, taking all the risks and personal hardships. It is, after all, a service to my country and my people. Being there for my people, against all odds and challenges! That is what I ask all physicians in training back home to consider. Graduate, be bold, and go to even the most disadvantaged and hard to reach areas, serve! You will be proud of your service to your country at the prime of your life. Always think about staying and working, and of course, cooperating with others in changing the political system to a system which is based on the best interests of all its peoples. Our vision to have a government of the people, by the people is probably the panacea. No amount of doctors’ training can change the equation, but a just system that motivates and continues to inspire the educated to serve, and serve again!

Kaayo Qabna!

Locating a village in Waata Wondo, a remote and hard to reach area of the Taltalle District in South Oromiya in 2000 during the National Polio Immunization Campaign

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* Dr. Ibrahim Elemo is the President of the Oromo Studies Association (OSA), a scholarly, multidisciplinary, non-profit international organization established to promote studies on issues relevant to the Oromo people.

SEENAA Y.G (2005)

Qabsoon Oromoo gaggeeffamaa jiru, waan ykn rakkoo keessa keenyatti nu mudatee jiruun madaalamee, lakkii Qabsoon keenya duubatti harkifame ykn waa tokkollee hin hojjanne, jennee kan goolabnu yoo ta’e, dogoggora keessa jirra. Waan nu mudataa jiru hundi isaa, kan addunyaan keessa dabartee fi rakkoo qabsoo keessatti isaan mudate ykn dogoggora keessa dabran irraa baratanii, adeemsa isaanii gama hundaa sirreeffatanii injifannoo goonfachuu isaanii wayita ilaallu, dhugumayyuu haalli keessa keenyatti umame, waan sirraa’uu ykn hiikamuu hin dandeenyedha jennee,  madaallii Qabsoo keenya isa dhumaa taasisu akka hin dandeenye hubachuun rakkisaa hin ta’u. Haqi tokko garuu waan irraa barannee jirru hedduu ta’ee, sirreeffachuuf yeroo fudhachuun isaa hanqina jennee fudhachuu dandeenya. Keessattu yeroo amma keessa jirru kanatti.

Jaallannus jibbinuus yeroon keessa jirru ykn waggootiin 3n ykn 5n dhufan nuuf murteessaadha. Qaawwaa hundaa duchachuun murteessaadha. Adeemsa keenya ariifchiisuu fi galii keenya dhiheeffachuu irratti halkanii fi guyyaa hojjachuun akka nu irra jiru gadi fageessine waliif dhaamu qabna. Waggootiin kaa’e kun, diinaaf yeroo lubbuutii. Humni nu dura dhaabbatuu hundumtuu yeroo itti siyaasa isaa itti xumuratu ta’a. Faallaa kanaa, gaaffiin Ummatoota cunqurfamoo kan ol ba’ee itti mul’atu ta’a jedheen amana. Raagutti kaatee? Hin jedhiinaa. garuu. Kun haqadha. Kun jabiina keenya irratti hundaa’a. Humna taanee ba’uu dhabuun keenya irraa kaanee murteessuuf nu rakkisus, Amala Siyaasa warra Gabroonfattootaa yoo ilaalle garuu, wayyaaneen kana irra deemu hin danda’u. Kan isa dhiibu yoo dhibellee, rakkoon keessa isaanii isaan salphisaa deemuun waan hin oolle. Hattun yeroo waa hattu waliif galtee, yeroo waan hatan itti hirmaatan wal ajjeesuu jedhama. Wayyaaneenis adeemsa kana keessa jirti. Carraa kanatti OROMOON waan qabu hundaan fayyadamee Biyya isaa irratti ol aantummaa isaa kabachiisuun murteessaadha.

Ummati keenya hangam jabaataa akka dhufee fi gaaffii isaa dhageesisuuf sochii akkamii taasisaa akka jiru, warra abbaa dhimmaa kan taane caalaa diinoota keenyatu hubataa jira. Kanaaf keessaa fi alaa nutti iyyan. Akka baalagee daandii irraa Arraba safuu hin qabne sana nutti haqatan. Humni sadarkaa kana irra jiru, mo’aa odoo hin taanee, mo’amaa jiraachuu isaa argisiisa. ‘Yeroo kana jabaachuu nu barbaachisa. Gootummaan Abbootii keenyaa kan afaaniin dubbannu ykn seenaa kaafnee dubbannu odoo hin taane, hojiin itti argisifnuudha. Dhalataan Oromoo addunyaa kana irra jiru, har’a siyaasa haaraa itti himamu waa tokkollee hin qabnu. Maal akka isa barbaachisus kan itti himamu hin jiru. kan nu hafu yoo jiraate, maraamrtoo hawwii keessaa baanee, waan nu irraa eegamu hojjannee argamuudha. Yeroo itti Oromummaa ykn sabboonummaa ofii argisiisuuf haasaan of mul’ifnu odoo hin taane, Oromummaa fi sabboonummaa keenya kabachiisuuf hanga wareegamaatti falmannudha. sochii qabatamaan humnatti jijjiiramnee argamuudha. Addunyaanis haqa keenya simachuuf, Biyyatti sana keessatti humna qabaachuu keenya hanga argisifnutti nu eegaa jiran. Hamileen bakka maraa mul’taa jiru kan takkaa ka’ee, deebi’ee qabbanaa’u osoo hin taane, hanga mirga keenya goonfanutti kan itti fufu taasisuuf hundi keenya bakka jirru yeroo itti sacha’uu qabnuudha. Kana dhugeessinaan Gootummaa keenyaan Bilisummaa mirkaneessine jechuudha.

Ilmaan Oromoo Addunyaa kana irra jiran wanni jabeessanii hubachuu qaban,Qabsoo Ummata ofii keessatti hirmaachuuf Ulaagaan kaa’ame akka hin jirredha. Waan Ummata koof fayyada jennee itti amannee hojjannu hundumtuu qabsoo keessa jiraachuu keenyatti fudhachuu qabna. Kana jechuun ammo warra bakka Ummata isaaniif hin tollee dhaabbatanii  seenaa xureessan hin ilaallatu.warra halgaatti hirkatanii ofii quufanii bulanii ummata ajjeesisanis hin hammatu. Garuu walaba ta’anii, hegaree Ummata keenyaa qalbeeffatanii, har’a irraa kaasee kana gumchuun dirqama kiyya/tiyya jedhanii kanneen socha’an hundi, qaama qabsoo ta’u isaanii hubatanii, waan itti jiran irraa duubatti deebi’uu akka hin qabne hubachuu qaban.

Hojiin ykn gumaachi qabsoof taasifnu, akka hojii tokkoffaatti fudhannee irratti hojjachuun murteessaa ta’uu, yerootu nu dirqisiisaa jira. Hundumtuu bakka jirutti haa hojjatuu, miseensummaa dhaabaa qofaan qabsoon hin gaggeeffamuu, qabsoon miseensa qofaa hin jedhu wayita jennu maal jechuu keenyadha? Hundumtu bakka jirutti gurmaa’ee qooda isaa haa gumaachu wayita jennu, maal jechuu keenyadha? Asi irratti waan of eeggachuu qabnuutu jira. hundumtuu bakka jirutti haa qabsaa’u wayita jennu, hundumtu dhaabsa siyaasaa ykn waanuma kanaan wal fakkaatu ijaarratee wal dura haa dhaabbatu jechuu akka hin taane akka gaaritti hubachuu nu feesisa. Kun qabsoo keenya caalaattu laaffisuu danda’a. humna silaa bakka tokkotti ititee diina dura dhaabbatu harcaasu ta’a. kanaaf sochii sabummaa keenya nutti mul’ate wayita gaggessinu, Dhaabbilee siyaasaa Oromoo haaraa ijaarrachuu akka hin ta’iin qalbeeffachuu nuu barbaachisa.yoo akkas goone yoomillee injifachuu hin dandeenyu.

Afriikaan Kibbaa Addunyaa irratti kabajaa argaa jirru kan goonfachiiseen, Barattootaa fi Dargaggoota ishee akkasumas Ummata ishee, Barnoonnis ta’ee jireenyi BILISUMMAA booda jedhanii, kan wareegames wareegamee, kana barbadaa’es barbadaa’ee of kabachiisuu qabna jedhanii warra of kannaniin ta’uun hin shakkisiisu. Bu’aa Sabummaa qofaa irratti hundaa’anii waliin dhaabbachuu kanadha.

Taaddasaa Birruun Dhalli Oromoo hundi akka baratu kan dhaammatee dabreef maaliif? Akka kiyyatti, yeroo sanatti waan inni hubate hundaa dhaloonni akka hubatuuf barachuu qabaa jedheetu. Waan inni yeroo sana dhaame har’a irra dhaabbannee wayita ilaallu, kan har’a jiru, kan waa hubatee beekaa duude yk dabe dhiifnee, dhalooti har’aa mana barumsaa sadarkaa tokkoffaa jiru iyyuu hundee qabsoo keenyaa ta’aa jiraachuu yennaa arginu, yaada Taaddee dinqisiifachuu hin dhiifnu. Taaddeen yaada yeroo fagoo qabaachuu isaa kanas yennaa ilaallu, yaada Maandeellaa kutaa lameen dabran keessattis kaafneef hundee ta’u mirkaneeffanna. Taddasaan Bilisummaa akka gaafannuuf dhaamsa barachuu qabanii nu dhaamee yoo ta’e, kan abarate daangaa olitti qabana. Kan barate kun hundi ammo Bilisummaa gaafachuuf sagalee tokko qabaachuu dhabuun isaa, dhaamsa Goota keenyaa naaffisuu ta’uun hin hafu. Inni hunda irra nama gaddisiisu ammo, inni barate jedhamu, waan Gootoonni isaa dhaamaniif irraa maquu isaati.  Waan barnootaa fi beekumsa namoota keenyaa yoo ilaallees, waggoota 50 dhufaniif ijoollee barsiifachuu dhiifnee, ijoollee Ummata isheef of kennite mooraa waraanaatti naqinee odoo barsiifneyyuu waan miidhamnu hin qabnu. Isaantu fala Ummata keenyaa ta’aafi.

GOOTUMMAA WAYITA JENNU MAAL JECHUU KEENYADHA? GOOTUMMAA AKKAMIITU BILISUMMAA MIRKANEESSA? GOOTUMMAAN MAALIIN IBSAMA? OROMOON NAMA MAAL HOJJATEEF GOOTA JEDHA?
Bara biyya keessa turre sababaa hojiin, carraa Godinaa Oromiyaa waliin ga’uu argadheen ture. Carraa kanaanis, Namoota hedduu waliin mari’chuuf carraa argadheera.hunda irra kan nattii toluu fi itti boonu garuu, Maanguddoota keenya warra waa hin baratiin waliin mariin gaggeesseedha. Akka isaan Umama Namaa kanaa fi addunyaa har’aa kana itti ibsan Nama ajaa’iba. Waan Umamaa kana tokko tokkon yennaa ibsan, waan dhalli namaa bira ga’uuf waggoota dheeraa itti fudhatee Piroofesaraa fi Dokitara ofiin jedhee dhaadatu kana, Maanguddoota waraqaa argee hin beekneetu tokko tokkoon ibsa. Seera Umamaa addunyaanu hin beekiin namattii himan. Kana irratti ragaa fira Oromoo kan ta’an Piroofeesar Asmaroom Laggasaa jedhaman kan dubbatan  tokko haa kaasu. Isaan qorannoo samii irraa ykn Urjiilee kan gaggeessan, Hayyoota Booranaa waraqaa fi qalama tokkolee hin beekne irraa ture. Akkas jedhan.

“Ani Boorana keessatti waa hundaa xumure. Sirna Gadaa Oromoo addunyaa kana irratti kan jalqabaa ta’e kan na barsiise Boorana. Dhalli OROMOO hundi waan kana bifa barnootaan argchuu qaba. beektoonni keessan kana irratti hojjachuu qabu. Kun akka seenaa qofatti ijoolleetti himamuu hin qabu.kun qabeenyaa keessan isa guddaadha. Kun addunyaa irratti kabaajaa ol aanaa isin goonfachiisa. Nageenya addunyaa hegareef Gadaan qoricha. Ani yeroon waa’ee Urjiilee qoradhu, Booranni Hayyuu tokko naaf kennee, gara Finfinnee dhaqinee, galgala galgala Gaara Inxoxxoo irra teenyee Urjiilee kana tokko tokkon barachaan ture. kan yeroo san hedduu na ajaa’iibu, waa’ee umama Urjiilee Sanaa Odoo hin taanee, Oromticha quba isaatiin urjiilee hundaa na lakkoofsiisaa tureeti. Eessaa barate? Inni isa barsiisee eenyu irraa barate? Bara addunyaanu mataa ol hin qabatiin Oromoonni waa’ee Urjii akkamiin barachuu danda’an? Kun har’ayyuu anaaf gaaffiidha.”biyya alaa dhaqee beektoonni kana irratti kan kataban irra, hayyuu Booranaa irraa kanan baradheetu caala. Qabatamaadhas. Bakka tokko tokkotti waanuma isaan qaoratan katabanii kan dhiheeffatan natti fakkaata.beekumsa ga’aa hanga isaanii iyyuu hin qaban. Isaanuu eessaa kana hubatte jedhanii na gaafachaa turan…….  Jedhan.

Anaan kan mudate ammo itti aansa. Bara 1997 fi 1998 Booranaa fi Baalee hojiif dhaqeen ture. Maanguddoota Godinaa lameeniif gaaffii wal fakkaataa kaasee, deebii wal fakkaataa argadheera. Gaaffiin kiyya, Oromoon duri Umamaa Namaa ykn jecha “NAMA” jedhu kana akkamiin ibsaa? kan jedhu ture. Nama jechuun jedhan, 1.Hayyuu kan ta’e, 2.Arjaa, 3.Goota, 4.Soba kan hooddate,5.dhugaaf kan du’u jedhan. Mee 5n isaa hiikkaa isaa waliin naa himaan gaaffii kiyya itti aanee dhihaateef ture.deebiin isaanis,

1. Hayyuu:- Hayyuu jechuun Sirnaa fi Seera Gadaa keessa warra dabraniif kan kennamuudha. Kana jechuun Gadaan jiraatanii fi  Gadaan Bulchuu ni dabalata. Yoo xiqqaate waa’ee gadaa fi Oromoo gadi fageenyaan beeku qaba. kun ragaa Maanguddootaan mirkanaa’a. Warri miidiyaa keessa hojjattan kun, warra barnoota addunyaa kana irraa baratee kanaan Hayyoota jettu. Garuu Hayuummaan Gadaa keessa dabruu gaafata akka Oromootti. Hayyummaa kana halgaan addunyaa kana irraa kamuu Namaaf kennuu ykn nama muuduu hin danda’u. Oromoon garuu halagaa addunyaa kana irraa ulaagaa hayyummaa guuteef, Hayyummaa kennuu danda’a.
2. Arjaa:- Arjaa jechuun waan qabeenyaan, Maallaqaan, beekumsaan waan hundaan of harkaa qabanitti dhimma ba’uun Nama gargaaree nama taasisuudha. Maallaqa firfirsuun odoo hin taane, kan humna hin qabne barsiisanii haa ta’uu waan biraan, akka of danda’u ykn Nama ta’u taasisuudha.
3. GOOTA:- Gootummaa raawwachuun karaa hedduu ibsamu danda’a. Gootummaa ol aanaa kan jedhamu, Ummata ofiif haqa argamsiisuuf gama hundaan of laachuudha. Gootummaa lolaan mirga Ummata ofii fi warra cunqurfamee kabachiisuu kaasee, waan qabaniin Ummata ofiif dhaabbachuun Gootummaa nama goonfachiisa. Waan Ummata ofiif tolu, Ummatis itti amanee harka rukuteef ykn deeggarsa barbaachisu taasiseef Goota jedhama. Dhimma Ofii irra kan Ummata ofii dursanii Ummataaf fakkeenya ta’uun, saba ofii addunyaan bakka geesseen geesisuuf tattaafachuu fi bu’aan isaas kan ummata gammachiisuu fi boonsu yoo ta’e, Gootummaatti ramadaa Oromoon.Gootummaan Lolaan, Biyya beeksisuun, Biyya gama hundaan guddisuun, Biyya Abbaa ofii irratti of kabachiisuuf hojjachuun Gootummaadha.
4. SOBA HOODDACHUU:- Nama kan jedhamu kan hin sobneedha. Addunyaa keessaa sadarkaa tokkoffaatti soba diina kan godhatuu NAMA jedhama. Sobuu jechuun waaqaan wal dhabuudha. Hanqachuu argisiisa.Nama ta’ee Nama sobuun of sobuudha. Kun waan hoodaati. Keessattu wal sobuun waan qaaniiti. Sobi kun aadaa keenyas hin turre. Gabrummaa keessa nuttii dhufe. Har’a maddi jireenyaa soba ta’ee jira. Jireenya gaarii jiraachuuf sobuun ulaagaa tokkoffaa ta’eera. Sobaan lubbuu namaa dabarsuun hammaateera. Sobaan haqa awwaaluun jabaateera. Kana  ammo diinatu nama keessa naqa. Maaliif akka ta’ee beektaa? Akka wal sobnee daandii tokko irra hin hiriirreefi. Kan nu diigaa jiru isa kana. Nu jabeessuu irra kan nu laaffisu sobuudha. Har’a waliin kakatta. Bor wal ganta. Kun sobdee waliin kakachuu irraa dhufa. Yoo dandeessan kana Ummata keenya barsiisaa.
5. DHUGAAF KAN DU’U:- Namni dhimma isaa kaasee hanga sabummaatti waan jiru hundaaf dhugaaf dhaabbachuu qaba. Oromoon waan dhugaa malee, waan dharaa hin dubbatu, hin godhu. Dhugaan ulaagaa Namummaa ishee hangafaati. Ofittummaa keessaa ba’anii dhugaaf du’an. Of jaallachuu f jecha dhugaa hin dabsan. Dhugaan Hundaaf bu’ura. Namni dhugaaf hin dhaabbannee, dikee bishaan irraa oofamaa jiraattun tokko. Gaafa isheenu bishaaniin dhuubamtee achumatti dhidhimti. Dhalli namaa dhugaa hin feenes kanuma. Dhugaa irra maquun salphinaaf nama kaadhimti. Dhugaaf dhaabbachuun diina heddumeessuu danda’a. diinni hedduun dhugaa hin qabne umuriin gabaabaa yennaa ta’u, kan dhugaa garuu galgalli isaa baredaadha. Naan jedhan. Gabaabseen waan yaadadhun katabe.

Gama kanaan gara fuula duraatti waa hedduun walitti dhufna. Namummaan keenya Oromummaa keenyaaf hundeedha. Oromummaan  keenyas, Sabboonummaa keenyaaf bu’ura. Sabboonummaan keenya ammo, GOOTUMMAA keenyaaf gaachana. Gootummaa kana qofaatu bilisummaa mirkaneessa. XUMUREERA.

Barruu kutaa sadiin dhiheesse xumureen jira. Dargaggoonni akka dhuunfaatti yaada naa laattanii fi kanneen biroo hedduun galateeffadha. Waan katabdu kana kitaabatti odoo geeddartee kan jettaniif, GALATOOMAA! Kan waaqaa haa caalu. Horaa bulaa!

(MOA, Perth) – Ayyaanni WBO Amajjii 26/2014 magaalaa guddittii “West Australia” kan taate “Perth” ti sirna hoo’aa fi miidhagaan ayyaaneffatame. Sirni ayyaana kanaa akkuma aadeeffatametti eebba manguddotaa fi Faaruu Alaabaa Oromoon eegale. Itti aansuun Konyaa ABO Perth bakka bu’uun hirmaattotaan bagan nagaan dhuftanii fi galata kan galchan Jaal Gammachuu Dambalii ti. Jaal Gammachuun keessummoota hirmaattotaan erga wal barsiisaniin booda, akeeka qophichaa fi sagantaalee jiran beeksisuun MGS fi MBBA – ABO Ob. Gaashuu Lammeessaa fi gaafatamaa Jaarmayaa fi Siyaasaa kutaa ABO Australia Jaal Gammachuu Fayyeeraa gara waltajjiitti afeeran.

Jaal Gaashuu Lammeessaa seenaa Ayyaana Guyyaa WBO yaadachiisuun dirree qabsoo fi caayaalee ABO qofaa biratti waggoota muraasaaf erga kabajamee booda guddachaa fi babal’achaa deemuun ayyaana Ummata Oromoo bal’aa ta’uu ibsan. Kan seenaa hayyoota seenaaf keenyee, akka qabsaa’aatti kan itti xiyyeeffannu haala qabatamaan har’a harkaa qabnuu irratti kan jedhan Jaal  Gaashuun qabsoon bilisummaa Oromoo yeroo ammaa qabatamaan irra jiru ayyaaneffattootaaf bal’inaan ibsan.

Qabsoon bilisummaa Oromoo ABOn hogganamu bu’aa bahii fi gufuun keessaa fi alaan itti heddummaatu illee gufuulee hunda injifannoon irra aanee akeeka QBO; Bilisummaa Ummata Oromoo fi Walabummaa Oromiyaa dhugoomsuuf qabsoo hidhannoo, siyaasaa, dipilomaasii fi Warraaqsa Ummataa qindeeffatee gaggeessuun humna guddaa ta’uutti Ummanni Oromoo ittiin boonuu qaba jedhan.

Wabii fi Gaacha Umaata Oromoo kan ta’e WBO ilaalchisee Jaal Gaashuun yommuu ibsan dirree sochii kaabaa-kibba, bahaa-dhiha, akkasumas jeddu gala Oromiyaa keessaatti babal’ifachaa tarkaanfilee jajjabduu diina irratti fudhachaa akka jiru, tarkaanfii kanas jabeessee akka itti fufu ta’uu firootaa fi diinota keenya maraaf ifa goona jedhan.

Sochii biyya keessaa ilaalchisees caasaalee ABOn ijaaraman fi qabsichi kan of keessa uummate Sochii Qeerroon Bilisummaa Oromoo taasisu akka jabaatee humna jijjiirraa bu’uraa argamsiisuu danda’utti Addi Bilisummaa Oromoo tumsa irraa eegamu mara of qusannaa tokko malee taasisa jedhan. Kanuma waliin hojii dipilomaasii kan ilaalu sagalee Ummata Oromoo  fi sochii QBO dhageessisuun cinatti shiraa fi yakka Wayyaaneen Ummata Oromoo fi Oromiyaa irraan gahaa jirtu saaxiluuf ABO jabaatee hojjataa akka jiruu fi dhageettii  hedduun argamuu kan ibsan Jaal Gaashuun hojii gama kanaa humneessinee gurra horuun;  adda durummaan hawaasa Oromoo biyya alaa jiraatan irraa kan eegamu ta’uu jabeessanii dhaaman.

Ibsa bal’aa viidiyoo fi suuraaleen deeggaramee kenname si’aa’inaan kan dhaggeeffatan ayyaaneffattoonni waantota ifa hin taane hunda naamusaa fi naamusa  ijaaraa ta’een gaafataniiru. Jaal Gaashuunis  deebii qubsaa deebisaniiru. Dabalataan ABO maal nurraa eega? Maal nuuf dhaamtu? Gaafii jedhuuf.

Diinonnii QBOs ta’ee Ummata Oromoo cabsuuf dhama’an Wayyaanee qofa otoo hin taane kanneen bakka kufanii ka’uuf ekeraa faarsuu eegalan akka dabalatu yaadachiisuun kana hunda irra aanuuf injifannoolee amma har’aatti argame eeggachaa qaawwa diinni ittiin nu seenuu danda’u mara cufachuu keenya marikaneeffachuu akka feesisu; kanuma waliin mooraa Oromummaa  keessatti of eeguun ulaagaa sabbonummaa ti kan jedhan Jaal Gaashuu yeroon ammaa taa’anii kan hojjatu yeroo itti qeeqan otoo hin taane kan beekumsa qabu beekumsaan, kan ogummaa qabu ogummaan, kan humna qabu humnaan, kan maallaqa qabu maallaqaan qabsaa’otaa fi WBO cina dhaabbachuun gaafatamuummaa seenaa jalaa yeroo of baasuu qabnu waan ta’eef bakka dandeettii keenyaa adda baafannee dirqama keenya haa baanu jechuun dhaaman.

Ayyaana kana irratti kabajamtuu fi jaalatamtuu kan taane artiisti Ilfinash Qannoo Norway irraa kan argamte yommuu ta’uu haasaa gabaabaa taasifteen jabinni qabsaa’otaa obsaa fi cichoomina akeeka dhaabbataniif qabaniin akka madaalamu ibsuun obsa waliif qabaannee tokkummaan dhaaba keenya ABO cinaa haa dhaabbanu jechuun dhaamsa qabdu dabarfatte.

Jaal Gammachuu Fayyeeraa gama isaaniitiin sochii ABO biyya Australia keessatti taasisaa jiruu fi tarsiimoo diinni ittiin hawaasa Oromootti seentu yaadachiisuun, hawaasni Oromoo akkuma aadaa isaatti jabaatee sochii diinaa akka fashalsuu fi dursee irratti hojjatu dhaaman.

Ayyaana kana irratti Vidiyoon sochii WBO fi diddaa sabboontota Oromoo biyya keessa qalbeeffachiisu  kan agarsiifame yommuu ta’u; hirmaatonni ayyaana kanaas vidiyoolee sa’aa dheeraaf agarsiifame gammachuu fi marartoo guddaan erga ilaalanii booda battalumatti tinnisa WBOf oolu kumoota hedduun lakkaa’amu gumaachuun gumaachi fakkaataan jabaatee akka itti fufuu fi  waan qaban maraan ABO waliin akka hiriiran waadaa galan. Gumaata taasifameenis ta’ee hirmaannan hawwan Oromoo Perth fakkeenya gaarii fi abdii qabsaa’otaa Oromoo ta’uu isaanii kan mirkaneesse ture.

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J/ Abbaa Caalaa Lataa MSG fi Gaafatamaa Siyaasaa fi Jaarmiyaa ABO

Guyyaan Waraana Bilisummaa Oromoo (WBO) gaafa Sanbataa Amajjii 25, 2014 magaalaa guddoo Ameerikaa, Washington, DCtti sirna ho’aan kabajame.

Kabaji guyyaa WBO kun akka aadaa Oromootti eebba maanguddootaan kan eegalamee yoo ta’u, eebba kanatti aansuudhaan faaruun alaabaa Oromoo faarfameera. Itti aansuudhan sagantaaleen yaadannoo guyyaa kanaa waliin wal-qabataan barsiisoo fi hamileessoon walduraa duubaan qindessitoota Koynaa ABO Washington DC fi keessumoota kabajaa guyyaa kanaan dhiyaatanii jiru.

Akkuma kanaan, bakka bu’aan Konyaa ABO Washington, J/ Kabiir Abbaa Gumbul hasawa baniinsa sagantaa kanaa godhaniin ABO fi WBOn yeroo adda addaatti halawwan hagam hadhawaa fi abdi kutachiisoo isaan mudataa ture gootummaan keeysa dabruudhaan injifannoo qaqqaalii ka galmeessisaa turan ta’uurrayyuu guyyaadhumti har’a kabajnu kuniyyuu yaadannoo WBOn sadarkaa diinni ummata Oromoo gaachana keenya kana dhabamsiisuf irratti bobba’e if irraa qolachuudhaan sochii isaa gara injifannootti jijjiiree dirree waraanaa qulqulleeffate irratti yeroo calqabaaf goototi ilaaman Oromoo waloodhaan Amajjii guyyaa 1, 1980 akka guyyaa WBOtti kabajachuu eegalan yaadachuuf ta’uu ibsanii, guyyaa kana kan kabajannu gootota lubbu isaanii bakka bu’a hin qabne haqa ummata isaaniif kitimaa godhan akkasumas gootota yeroo ammaan tana diina koloneeffataa kuffisanii kufaa jiran faarsuuf ta’uurrayyuu injifannoolee boonsaa QBO tiif argamsiisaa jiraniif nuti lammiin Oromoo humna, dandeettii fi hamlee dhaan isaan bira dhaabachuun dirqama lammummaa ta’uu hubannee WBO cina hiriiruuf kan itti waadaa haaromsinee kanas hojiidhaan mirkaneessinu akka ta’e dhaamanii jiruu.

Guyyaan WBO Magaala Guddoo Ameerikaa, Washington, DCtti Sirna Ho’aan Kabajame

Guyyaa kanatti Obbo Abdii Boruu haala yakkaa fi dhiittaa mirga dhala Oromoo irratti yeroo ammaa gahaa jiruu fi isaan mataa isaanii irra gahe, akkasumas gochaa suukkanneessaa fi dhokataa hagana hin jedhamne mana hidhaa Wayyaanee kannnen akka Maa’ikelawwii fi Qaallittii keeysatti isaanii fi ilaam Oromoo irra gahaa jiru ragaa maqaalee ilaaman Oromoo tuquudhaan kan dhiyeessan yeroo ta’u Oromoon qe’ee isaa irratti ajjeeffamuun, reebamuun, jumilaan hidhamuun, lafa isaarraa buqqifamuun walumaa galatti gochaan faashistummaa murna TPLF/Wayyaaneetiin Oromoo irra gahaa jiru kan hambisuun danda’amu yoo ummati Oromoo tokkumaan fuundura dhaabbatee of irraa qolate ta’uu ibsani,i furmaati Oromoon akka ummataatti Oromiyaan akka biyyaatti jiraachuuf qabanus tokko taanee humna keenya jabeeffachuudhaan diina keenya akkaataa dhufaatii isaatti ofirraa deebisnee waaroo salphinaa jaarraa 21ffaatti keeyssa jirru keeyssaa if baasuu qofa akka ta’e jala muranii jiruu.

Itti aansuudhaan Obbo Abarraa Tafarraa bakka bu’aan ULFO dhamsa dabarssaniin bu’aa bahiin qabsoon bilisummaa Oromoo keeyssa dabre rakkisaa ta’uu ibsanii, ilaalchota faallaa adeemsaa fi kaayyoo qabsoo bilisummaa Oromoo keeyssa riphanii turan miidhaa diigumsaa geeysisaa turuu ibsanii humnoonni mooraa bilisummaa Oromoo keeysatti hafan ammatti kan irraa eegamu tumsa tolfachuu osoo hin taane haal-duree tokko malee tokko ta’uu akka qabanii fi tokkummaan kunis hoggana tokko, jaarmiyaa tokko, caasaa tokko fi alaabaa tokko jalatti deebi’uu ta’uu hubachiisanii jiru. Kana gochuu hanqachuudhaaf sababi himatan tokkollee akka hin jirre tuqanii miidhaa gara jabinaa fi jireenya gadadoo Oromoon akka ummatatti keessa jiruu fi kan diinoti durii fi ammaa wal-ta’uudhaan qabeenya fi namuma keenyaan qe’ee keenya keeysatti nu ajjeessaa fi nu gubaa jiran tokko taanee wal-dhagayuudhaan irree keenya jabeeffannee yeroo dhumaatiif ifirraa hundeedhan buqqifnee gatuu qabna jedhanii jiru.

Guyyaan WBO Magaala Guddoo Ameerikaa, Washington, DCtti Sirna Ho’aan Kabajame

J/ Abbaa Caalaa Lataa, MSG fi gaafatamaan Jaarmiyaa fi Siyaasaa ABO gama isaaniitiin hasawa godhaniin seenaa gaddisiisaa fi honnee lammii Oromo kamuu kakaasu qabsoon bilisummaa Oromoo keeysa dabartee yeroo ibsan, dirreen qabsoo Oromoo bikka hedduutti haala hadhaawaa keeyssa kan gaggalaa ture injifannootin irra aanaa kan as gahe yoo ta’u keeysattu dirree qabsoo lixaa irratti haala hamaa fi rakkisaa keyssatti diinni Oromoo miidhaa qaqqabsiisuu yaaletti dabaltee wareegama hoggantootaa fi haala gantummaa isaan mudate bira tarudhaan gara-kutannoo guddadhaan socho’anii humna isaanii dhabamuu irraa gara sadarkaa amasiisaa fi humna guddaa ta’uutti of jijjiiruu akka danda’an tuqanii, hojii bu’uuraa haarsaa qaqqaaliidhaan hundee jabaa irratti ijaaraman lammiin Oromoo marti keessattuu dhalooti haaraan waadaa abbootii haaressuudhan qabsoo Oromoo gara dhumaatti qaqqabaa jiru akka saffisiisanii bikkaan gayan hubachiisanii jiru. Itti dabalaanis, isaan akka qabsayaa Oromoo tokkootti jiruu fi jireenya dhuunfaa isaanii gaaffii haqaa fi ka bilisummaa ummata isaaniif dabarsanii haarsaa gochuudhaan sadarkaa amansisaa amma irra jiruun waan gayaniif dhalooti ammaa immoo wanta irra gayame irra tokkumaan ijaajjuudhaan wal-qeequu fi dura dhaabbachuu irra harka wal-qabatuun haarsaa qabsoon kun gaafatuuf if qopheeyisanii gaaffii Oromoo galamaan akka geessisan dhaamsa isaanii dabarsanii jiru.

Guyyuma kana galgala sagantaalee biroo konyaan ABO Wahsington, DC qopheessee ture keessaa caalbaasiin qomee (T-Shirt) suuraa J/ Laggasaa Wagii ifirra qabuu caalbasiif dhiyaatee sabboontota Oromoon gatii guddaadhaan ka bitame yoo ta’u, sirna WBO dinagdeen gargaaruu fi bira dhaabbachuudhaaf geeggffame irratti qooda fudhattooti guyyaa WBO haala nama hamilchiisuu fi nama gammchiisuun gargaarsa maallaqaa godhaniiru.

Dhuma irratti sagantaa gaaffii fi deebii geggeeffameen hirmaattoti kabaja guyyaa kanaa gaaffilee adda addaa waa’ee haala qabsoo bilisummaa Oromoo irratti keessummoota kabajaa guyyaa kanaa sadaniif dhiyeessaniin mariin geggeeffamee deebii quubsaanis keessumoota hunda irraa kennamuun sagantaan kabaja guyyaa WBO Washington, DCtti injifannoon xumuramee jira.

Guyyaan WBO Magaala Guddoo Ameerikaa, Washington, DCtti Sirna Ho’aan Kabajame

Guyyaan WBO Magaala Guddoo Ameerikaa, Washington, DCtti Sirna Ho’aan Kabajame

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(Qeerroo.org) – Diddaa barattooti Yuuniversitii Haromaayaa kaasaniin wal qabatee guyyaa har’aa sirni abbaa hirree mootummaa Wayyaanee baraa gara baraatti barattoota mala adda addaan fixuu aadeffate har’as caalmaatti jabeeffatee itti fufee jira. Haala kanaa har’a 31/1/014 dallaa university Haromayyaa keessatti nyaata barattootaa keessatti summii lubbuu dabarsaa makuun barattootni nyaata kana nyaatan kumaatamni miidhaan guddaa irra gahuun kan mana yaalaa seenan yoo tahu, kanneen maqaan isaanii adda hin baane lakkoofsi isaanii tilmaamaan ja’a tahan lubbuun akka darbee jiruus dhagahamaa jira. Barattootni mana yaalaa galan illee lubbuu darbuu irraa akka hin baraaramne dhagahamaa jira. Kanneen maqaan isaanii adda hin bahiinii fi haala gabaasa kanaa jala jalaan kan gabaafnu tahuu gamanumaa Qeerroon hubachiifna.

- Qeerroo.org

Taammanaa Bitimaa irraa*

DURADUBBII

MINILIKOOTA? Eenyu isaan? Gaafii qalbii! Raajii Rabbi! Eenyu egaa isaan? Dursee Minilikoonni as irratti ka’an kun namoota laalleewwan (informeeshina) dhabiisaan, itti-yaada dhabiisaan yookaan lafumaa ka’anii onnoomudhaan: “Minilik, Minilik” jechuun Minilik naazicha Afrikaa sana faarsanii miti. Minilikoonnin ani baanu kun Habashoota Amaaraa keessaa garii kanneen yaada Minilik Lammaffaa amantii fi baruyaa (idolojii) godhachuun alaa-manaa nutti wacaa, arrabaa fi qalamaan nutti duulaa jiran kana. Isaan waraana fi duula hamaa fi kan hammeenyaa, jibbamaa fi jibbisiisaa kanan: “waraana qulqulluu” jedhaniiti jiru. Jarreen kun namtokkeewwan asii fi achi cecceyaa jiran wayii otoo hin taane, warreen: gareewwan  taliigaa dhaddhaabbatan, gaazexootaa fi kitaabeewwan maxxaansuun raabsatan, weebotaa fi biloogota kukurfeeffatan, paaltokii fi maaltokii wawaammatan, raadiyolee fi fago-muldhiftuuwwan (tiibiiwwan) babbanachuun “waraana qulqulluu” isaanii kana: uummata Oromoo, saba Oromoo fi Oromiyaa irratti dabraniis uummatoota Kibbaa maraa fi biyyota isaanii mara irratti oofaa jirani.

Nuti Oromoonni, nuti Somaalonni, nuti Sidaamonni, nuti Hadiyyoonni, nuti Kambaatonni, nuti Gede’oonni, nuti Koonsonni, nuti Walaayitoonni, nuti Gaamonni, nuti Kafichoonni, nuti Gimiroonni, nuti Moochonni, nuti Adareewwan, nuti Guraageewwan, nuti Nuweeri fi Anyuwaakonni, nuti Beenishaanguloonni, nuti uummatoonni Sulula Laga Omoo akka isaan nu waamanitti: eekaa “Gaallonni, Shirrixaamonni, Gudeellonni, Walaamonni, Shaanqilloonni, “haramanoonni” fi “minaamintoonni”, maarree nuti ”gabroonni fi niigaroonni (Niggers)“ laggeen isaanii ceenee, daangaa isaanii irra tarkaanfachuun Gondorii fi Goojjam, Manjee fi Amaaraa Saayintii deemuun biyya isaanii hin qabanne.

Isaan garuu, ofii kophaa isaanii jaarraawwan danuu yaalanii daddhabnaan baargama cewuun daboo fi bayii kadhatanii qawwee ibiddaatiin ibidda tufaa nu fixanii, nu qalanii biyyoota fi biyyee teenya qabatani. Harmoota aayyolee teenya fi harkoota aabbolee keenyaa mummuratanii, mormoota fi funyaanota manguddoolee cicciranii, ijoollee kichuuwwan jiraa isaanii hallayyaatti darbachuun irbaata waraabeyyii godhanii, dachee jagnootaa Biyya Walaayitaatti akka waraabessaa dhiiga namoota gorra’anii gadi-ciisuun xuuxxatanii, uummata Dimmee fi uummata Kafichoo lafa irraa duguuguun dhibba keessaa harka 70 fixani. Egaa kunoo, hamma hardhaattti kolonii taasifamuun, harqootata gabrummaa isaanii jalatti argamna.

Hamma Tokkummaan Addunyaa kan “League of Nations” jedhamu, bara 1922 keessa isaan dhoowwetti akka bineeyyii daggalaatti addamfamnee gabaa biyya keessaa fi biyyoota alaatti gurguramaa turre. Abbootii gabraa fi daldaltoota gabraa isaan olaanoo tahan keessaa Minilik isa hangafa ture. Namicha wanneen isaan kanaa olitti eeraman adeemsise, Minilik Lammaffaa isaanii kana ofii isaaniif goota taasifachuu bira kutanii nuuf goota taasiisuuf aggaamaa, wacaa, gurra nu duuchaa jiru. Amma ija-nyaatanii, nyaara-addachuun:  “Minilik jagna keessanii siidaa isaa qeyee-qeyee keessan keessatti dhaddhaabbaddhaa” nuun jechuutti ka’ani. Nuti sagalee tokkoon kana fudhachuu dinnaan kunoo: “waraana qulqulluu” nutti labsanii jiru. Egaa, waayeen kanaa baldhinaan barreeffata kana keessatti ilaalamaa, yoo yeroon isiinii hayyame mee duukaa-bu’aa!

SEENSA
Irranatti: “Minilikoonnin ani baanu kun namoota Habashoota Amaaraa keessaa garii, kanneen yaada Minilik Lammaffaa amantii fi idolojii” godhatani jedheetan ture. Jarreen kun “amantii fi idolojii” bira dabraniiyyuu yaada Minilik “sagantaa” taasifatanii argamu. Jarreen ijjii fi sammuun isaanii waan yaada Minilikiin cufameef, ekaraa isaa amantii godhachuu irra dhaqqabanii jiru. Dabraniis yaada isaa “idolojii” ofii, hojiiwwanii fi gochoota isaammoo “sagantaa” ofii godhachuun adeemaa jiru. Raajii WAAQAA, safuu namaa! Jarreen: “nuti Kiristaanota” nuun jedhan kanatu, ekeraa Minilik bakka Kiristoos buufate jechaa dha. Akkuma jirutti bala’ummaa fi balleessanii baduun jarreen kanaa as irratti kan dhaabate.

Kanaaf, ee kanaaf nuti Oromoonni fi uummatoonni Kibbaa warreen harqoota gabrummaa Habashaa jalatti argamnuu, dubbii isaanii kana akka laayyootti ilaaluu hin qabnu! Namni harra ekeraa Minilik, yaada Minilik, hojiiwwanii fi gochoota Minilikiin adeemaa jiru, boru: hojii fi gocha suukkaneessaa inni bowwaa Aannoleetti, gooroo Calanqootti, baddaa Gullallee fi Darraatti, dachee Walaayitaa fi Kafichootti, qeyeewwan Dimmee, warra Gaambellaa fi Gimiraa faatti adeemsise sana amma adeemsisuu irraa hin deebiyu. Ammaan tana duulli isaan nu Oromoota irratti: eekaa nu Jawaarota, nu Qeerrota, nu dura-dhaabattoota Biiraa Baddallee, nu dura-dhaabatoota asimaarii maraatee, nu “Wonagoota (OLF)“, ee isaaniif silaa “Gaallaan Gaallaa“-dhumaa nu ABO-ota fi nu ULFO-ota warra OPDO irraa addaan hin baasanii, duulli fi ololli, maqaballeessii fi maqaxureessiin isaan oofaa jiran kan hedduu nama maalalu, dabreetuu kan nama suukkaneessu. Jarri karaa badii fi badiisaa qabatan kun, sarara-diimaa (“redline“) irra tarkaanfachuun uummata Oromoo guddicha irratti duula hamaa labsaa jiru.

“Karaan jaldeessaa hallayyaa nama geessa“, jedha mammaaksi Oromoo tokko. Jarreen karaa jaldeessaa qabatanii deemaa jiran kun, otoo karaan isaan qabatanii deemaa jiran sun kan biyya isaanii, Biyya Amaaraa yookaan Biyya Habashaa keessa tahee ammana rakkoo miti. Garuu, karaan badii fi badiisaa inni isaan irra xaxallisaa jiran kun kan Oromiyaa fi Biyyoota Kibbaa keessatti argamu. Isaan biyyuma keenya keessatti, dacheedhuma teenya irratti, magaalaawwanii fi baadiyyaalee keenya keessatti duula hamaa kana nu irratti gaggeessaa jiru. Ammoo, ibiddi isaan nu guggubuuf nu irratti, qeyeedhuma keenya keessatti qabsiisaa, afuufaa jiran kun akka garuma isaaniitti cewuu dandayu ganamumaan beekuu qabu. “Yaa qotiyyoo ati marga agarte malee, hallayyaa hamaa marga san cinaa jiru hin agarrekaa, yaa matadhabeessa, garaqabeessa nanaa!”, jedha jechantaan Oromoo tokko! Ibiddi hamaan amma isaan nuuf shidaa jiran kun waan akka laayyootti ilaalamuu hin qabne. Jarri karaa badii fi badiisaa qabatee nus, ofis balleessuuf deemu kana, Oromiyaa guutuu fi addunyaa guutuu irratti sagalee tokkoon akka isaan kana irra adabatanii taa’an cimsinee itti-himuu qabna! Ee, kana akka isaanitti himuun ofis, isaanis ibidda isaanii jalaa-oolchinu kan nu taasisu aadaa keenya, aadaa Oromoo isa namummaa fi namooma irratti hundaaye sana!

Wanneen jarreen kun raasaa kana (jidduu kana) uummataa fi saba Oromoo irratti adeemsisan keessaa inni tokko: “Oromoon Toopphiyaa fi Afrikaa alaayyi” dhufe kan jedhamu, isa dabtaroonni isaanii bardhibbee 16-ffaa irraa kaasuun xibaaran sana haaromsanii afuufuu dha. Muummiyyeewwan (iliitonni) Habashoota Amaaraa seenaan isaanii kan sobaan lallaaqame waan taheef, kan warreen biroos akkanuma isaanitti fakkaata. Dubbiin isaanii tun akkuma Oromoon: “haati hattuun intala ofii hin amantu” jedhu sani. Isaan alaa, Arabiyaa Kibbaa, Yaman irraa dhufuu isaanii dhokfachuuf dursaniitoo nuun: “Biyya Hindii irraa“, “Biyya Faransaa irraa“, maaloo maaloo irraa nuun jedhu.

Isaan seenaa sobaa fi seenaa ergisaa akka kooraa fardaatti ergifachaa waan as gayaniif, keenyas akkanuma isaanitti fakkaatee laata? Mootuu Saabaa, Minilik Tokkoffaa, mootii warra Yuudaa Solomoon faa irraayyi dhalannaa faan, amantiin Kiristaanaas dhuunfaa isaanii tuhuun isaa, fidalli isaanii kan alaa Yaman irraa, innumtuu Fooneshiyaa (Libaanon ammaa), innumtuu Gibxii, qeyee Fara’oonotaa Afrikaa, dachee Kuushota durii fi Nuu-Biyyaa faa irraa madduun isaa dhokfameeti akka xaafii Bichanaatti, akka baaqilaa Saalaa Dingaay faatti biqiluu isaa, ammoo Qubeen teenya alaa dhufuu isaa nutti lallabu. Garuu, yoo hundee dubbii tanaa jala-buune, deemnee deemnee hundeen fidala isaanii fi hundeen Qubee teenyaa tokkuma. Deemee deemee maddi isaanii dachee Fara’oonotaa, Gibxii Kuushota duriiti. Isaan ala irraa dhufuu keenya kana, isaanimmoo Biyya Habashaatti biqiluu isaanii kana maaf isaan dabtaroota Mooxaa-Qaraaniyoo kanneen fidala isaanituu dubbisuu hin dandeenye sana dhiisanii, bantii barateeyyii barachiis (pirofeesar) Laaphisoo Deleeboo leencicha Hadiyyaa, qeerransicha Kuush keenyaa sana hin gaafanne?

Rakkoon amma jiru, oduu isaanii isa Oromoon ala irraa dhufuu isaa himu sana otoo hin taane, isaan keessaa gariin ammaan tana: “uummanni Oromoo biyya dhufe sanitti haa deebiyu“, jechuu isaaniiti. Uggum yaa WAAQ! Jarri kun namoota fayyaaleyyii dha moo maal dubbiin? Mee haa jennutti yaada maraattuuwwanii fi warra dhukkubsatoota sammuu kana, warra Hospitaalli Qarree Kolfee (“Amaanu’eel“) isaaniif malu kana uummanni isaanii kabajamaan sun fudhate haa jennu. Maal godhaniitu? Akkamitti? Humna maalitiin faa uummata Oromoo kan kitila 46-aan lakkaawamu kana Gaafa Afrikaa irraa buqqisanii Biyya Hindii yookaan Paaris, Biyya Faransaatti ergu? Harra mee, baqattoota kitila lamaa-sadii faatu eessattuu gaafa argaman addunyaa guutuu iyyisiisaa, rakkisaa jiraa?

Inni uummanni tokko waggaalee 500, yookaan sanaa ol booda: “gara biyya irraa dhufeetti haa deebyu” jedhamu kun, yaada bu’ura-maleessa tahe kan raatuu fi maraatuun wayii kaasu. Akka isaan jechaa jiran kanatti yoo deemne mee, warra Oroppaa irraa gara Ameerikaa Kaabaa, Ameerikaa Kibbaa fi Awustiraaliyaa dhaquun qubates gara Oroppaatti deebiya jechaa dha. Kun dubbii maraatuun gabaa keessaa dudubbatu wayiiti malee, kan nama-lafee tokkoon kaafamuu miti. Waan hundaafuu, Oromoon eessumaayyuu gara Afrikaa akka hin dhufne; akka uummatoota maddi isaanii Afrikaa Kaaba-Bahaa fi Bahaa tahe kan agarsiisu waan hedduutu tuulamee, tuulamee ciisaa nuti kanatti homaa hin rakkannu.

Yaa warra abbaa “Manxir“, yaada “minxaraa” kana irraa adabattanitoo yoo teessan isiniif wayya! Hin maraattani moo maaf uummataa fi saba Oromoo burkaana (“volcano“) riphee ciisu kana dhagaraa fi doomaa-dhaan qoqqottanii ofitti gadi-dhiiftu? Garuu, nuti akka keessanii mitii, akka keessan of hin goonuu namummaa-dhaan namummaa irraatti dhaabanee qabsoo namummaa, isa mirga ilmoo namaa kan jalqabne kana fiixaan-baafanna. Gaafas, uummanni keessan kun inni amma isin maqaa isaatiin nutti kaatan, ibidda qabsiisaa jirtan kana jalaa-bawuu dandaya. Gaafa sana Oromiyaan walaboomtee Republika Gadaa-tiin durfamtu biyya keessan Biyya Habashaa wajjin akka biyya ollaa tokkootti, akkuma Biyya Jarmanii fi Biyya Faransaa hardhaa kana nagaan wal-cinaa jiraatti! Kun akkuma jagnichi Oromoo Jaarraa Abbaa Gadaa jedhe san: “waan akka du’aatii, homaayyuu hin hafuu“, kana ganamumaan nuuf beekaa!

Itti-fufa!

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* Taammanaa Bitimaa: gurree@web.de

OROMIYAA TIYYA
Date: February 26, 2014
Venue: Gold Coast Hotel and Casino
Ticket: $50.00 in advance and $60.00 at door.
Door open: 8:00pm – 3:00am

For more information, please visit our website OromoCommunityOLV.org

- The Oromo Community of Las Vegas

Baareentuu Gadaa irraa*

Akkuma hunduu beeku murni Impaayera Itiyoophiyaa weerartee bulchaa jirtu wayyaaneen ummatoota biyyattii keessattuu saba Oromoorratti xiyyeeffattee maqaa ‘Tokko Shanee’ jedhuu fi ijaarsaalee siyaasaa adda addaatin gaaditee jireenya isaa guyya-guyyaa booressaa fi goolaa jirti. Maatidhaa kaaftee hanaga naannootti walitti qaanjessitee tokko-tokko akka hordofuu, akka too’atu fi akka basaasu gootee bahaa gala dhorkaa jirti. Biyyattii keechatti addatti ammoo naannoo Oromiyaa keeysatti har’a namni ‘Tokko shanee’ wayyaaneen diriirsite keeysatti hammatamee hojii basaasummaa fi dalagaa biraa wayyaaneen itti kennite hin raawwanne farra misoomaati, farra uummataati, farra biyyaati. Tokko shanee keessatti hin hammatamu jedhee diduu isaatiin adabbiin isarra gahu hanga lafa qonnaa saamamuu, hojii dhabuu fi hidhamuu tahuu danda’a, ta’as jira. Kun dhugaa adduunyaan beeytu, dhugaa ummanni Oromoo yeroo ammaa kana keecha jiraachaa jiru dha. Waluma yaadachiisuf yoo tahe malee namni quba hin qabne hin jiru.

Har’a murni wayyaanee maqaa tokko shaneetiin yakki saba Oromoorratti raawwachaa jirtu gongumaa kan jaarraa 21ffaa kana keessa ilmi namaa, namarratti ni raawwata jedhamee eegamuu miti. Yakkii wayyaaneen karaa qindaayeen saba Oromoorratti raawwachaa jirtu kun hidhaa fi ajjeechaa sabboontota muraasa qofaarratti raawwatuun daangeffamee miti. Haangoo hunda qabattee saamicha qabeenya Oromoo muraasa saamuu biras dabarteetti. Yakki wayyaaneen saba Oromoorratti raawwachaa turtee fi jirtu kan addabaabaayitti dhageenyuu fi agarruu qofaas miti. Kan fulleetti hojjetturra kan dhoksaatti dalagdutu caala.

Har’a wayyaaneen kan itti jirtu akka walii galaatti saba Oromoo hundeerraa dhabamsiisuuf hojii bu’uuraa hojjeechuu dha. Innis karaa ittiin milkaawu taraartee waan dadeechu hundaan halkanii guyyaa hojjechaa jirti. Akka fakkeenyaatti gocha dabaa wayyaaneen saba Oromoo hundeen balleessuuf hojjettu keechaa tokko lafa Oromoo saboota biraatiin guutuu, abbootii qabeenyaa biyya alaatti waggaa 99 fi sanaan oliif heektaara miliyoonaan lakkaawwamu gurgurudha. Iddoo kaanitti ammoo Saboota akka Sumaalee fi Affaar hidhachiistee Oromootti bobbaasuun uummata Oromoo baqachiisun daangaa Oromoo dhiphisuu dha.

Kun dhugaa har’a, amma uummata Oromoo gama Bahaa naannoo Harargeetti raawwachaa jiruu dha. Gama dhiha Oromiyaatinis saboota akka Gumzii fi kanneen biroo hidhachiisuun uummata Oromoo harka duwwaa jiru rukuchiisuudhaan lafa isaa weerarsiisaa fi qabeenya isaa saamsisaa jirti. Kibbaa fi kibba dhiha Oromiyaa Boorana, Gujii, Jimmaa fi godinaalee Oromiyaa biroo keessattis kan raawwatamaa jiru waanuma wal fakkaata dha. Giddu gala Oromiyaa fi kaaba Oromiyaa naannoo wallootis lafa Oromoo kaan naannoo Tigraayitti ciruun kan hafe ammoo saba Amaaraa kennitee jirti. Shawaa Bahaa Karrayyuu (Ona Fantaallee) irraa ciramee kan gara naannoo Amaaraatti maxxanfame, shawaa kaabaa naannoo Laga Mugaa fi Laga Jamaa gama kan akka naannoo Magaalaa Lammii fi Onoonni biroo Oromiyaarraa ciramanii dhiheenya kana naannoo Amaaraaf kennamana kaasuun ni danada’ama. Gochi wayyaane kun hundumtuu yoo walitti qabamee ilaalamu gocha saba Oromoo saamuf jecha yeroof ta’aa jiruu miti. Carraaqiin wayyaanee hundumtuu saba Oromoo dhaloota borii biyya dhablee taasiisuu dha.

Namni dhugaa har’a wayyaaneen itti jirtu kana hubate kamuummoo wayyaaneen qabeenya Oromoo muraasa saamuu, hangoo qabatteen fayyadamtee sabboontoota Oromoo muraasa hidhuu fi ajjeesuu qofarratti bobbaatee akka hin jirre ni hubata. Dhugaan wayyaaneen itti jirtu jaalannee jibbinee, amannee dhiifanee duula saba Oromoo jumlaadhan hundeerraa buqqisuu waan ta’eef. Duulli wayyaaneen itti jirtu biyya Oromoo saboota biraatiin guutanii Oromoo biyya dhablee taasisuu dha. Duulli wayyaaneen har’a uummata Oromoorratti gaggeessaa jirtu kun duula haaraa miti. Duula nafaxanyoonni kaleessaa calqabanii osoo fiixaan hin baasiin irree ummatoota cunqurfamootiin kufan itti fufsiisaa jirti. Toftaan duula kana galmaan gahuuf wayyaaneen itti fayyadamaa jirtu ammoo akkuma hunduu beeku ijaarsa siyaasaa “tokko shanee” jedhamu diriirsudhaan, tokkoo tokkoti qaanjeessuu fi walirratti ijaaruudhaan akka uummanni rakkina isaa walitti dhufee hin mari’anne wal shakkiisiisuu fi wal sodaachisuu dha. Wal basaasisuu dha. Kun biyya keessaa fi alattiilleen hojiirra oolaa jira.

Murni ka’umsa ishee Tigraay godhatte Wayyaaneen saamicha qabeenyaa, hidhaa fi ajjeechaa jalqabde gaggeessuu cinaatti saba Oromoo biyya abbaa isaa dhabsiisuuf kaayyoo qabattee galmaan gahuuf ijaarsa ‘tokko shanee’ kanatti haalaan fayyadamuun sochii siyaas- diinagdee, jiruu fi jireenya saba Oromoo jeequun hiraarsaa jirti. Har’a Oromiyaa keessatti namni tokko shanee keessatti hin ijaarmane wayyaanee biratti diina ijoo dha. Waan lammiin tokko biyya isaa keessatti argachuu qabu kamuu argachuu hin danda’u. Tokko shanee keessatti wal basaasuun, abbaan warraa haadha warraa isaa, ilmi abbaa, intalli haadha, Ollaan ollaa isaa basaasuu fi dabbaloota wayyaaneetti gabaasuun dirqama ta’ee jira. walumaa galatti Sabni Oromoo har’a caasaa ‘tokko shanee’ jechuun wayyaaneen diriirsite kanaan jiruu fi jireenyi hawaasummaa isaa, aadaa fi duudhaan isaa, wal amantii fi waliin jireenyi isaa diigamaa jira. Aadaa wal basaasuu, aadaa wal shakkuu fi wal-hordofuu sirni Habashootaa/wayyaaneen/har’a itti fideen mankaraaraa fi dhunfatamaati jira.

Gochaan wayyaanee abaaramaan kun “duruu durii……” akkuma jedhamu filannoo as deemaa jiruun waliin wal qabatee yeroo ammaa kana garmalee jabaachaa fi gaadi’aa ta’aa jira. Uummatni keenya akka bahee hin galle kan yeroo kamiyyuu caalaa sakaallaa dacha itti ta’ee goolaa jiraachun dubbatamaas muldhachaas jira. Walumaa galattii yeroo ammaa kana ummanni Oromoo jumlaadhan mana hidhaa wayyaaneen maqaa tokko shaneetiin itti ijaarte keessatti dhaabbidhaan hidhamee dararamaa fi goolamaa jira jechuun ni danda’ama.

Ummanni Oromoo ummata guddaa dha, uummata biyya “kun kiyya” jedhu qabuu dha. Ummata aadaa, seenaa fi duudhaa dinqiisiisoo fi kabajamaa qabuu dha. Uummata seeraa fi sirnaan wal ijaaree waggoota kuma hedduuf wal gaggeessaa turee dha. Oromoon wal hin basaasu, Oromoon aadaa isaa keessatti wal hin shakku, yakka walirratti barbaaduufis wal hin ordofu. Wal ijaareeti diina isaa ifirraa ittisa ture malee takkaa kaayyoo halagaa/Diinaa/ galmaan gahuuf wal basaasee, lammiin lammii gurguree hin beeku. Faayidaaf jecha ykn lubbuu isaaf sodaatee lammiin diinaaf lammii dabarsee kennee jira jedhamee ennaa haasa’amus ta’e waan akka ragaatti dhihaatu ani akka nama tokkootti dubbisees, dhagahees hin beeku. Barsiifanni akkanaa, barsiifanni gadheen faayidaaf jecha lammiin lammii gurguruu kan Oromootii miti. Ollaan ollaa, firri fira, haati intala, abbaan ilma, ilmi abbaa basaasuu fi diinaaf dabarsee kennu kan gama Oromoo dhufe weerara Habashootaa ordofeeti. Isaantu Oromoo Oromoodhaan cabsuuf nutti fide. Intalli haadha basaasuun, ilmi abbaa, obbooleessi abbooleettiirratti, Ollaan ollaa isaarratti, lammiin lammiirratti ijaaramee diinaaf odeessa kennuun aadaa Oromootii miti. Seeraa fi safuu Oromoo keessa hin jiru. yoo walitti mufatelleen hanga dhimmi isaa furmaata argatutti walitti dhufuu dhiisa malee diinaaf dabarsee wal hin kennu. Iccitii walii diinaaf hin odeessu. Kun aadaa fi toftaa diinni gaafa nu weerare nurra turuuf nutti fidee dha. Sabni Oromoo aadaa weerartootaa, aadaa saamtootaa, aadaa Habashootaa har’a wayyaaneen maqaa “tokko shanee” jedhuun dhimma itti bahaa jirtu kana irree tokkoon ka’ee ofirraa diiguu qaba. Mana hidhaa kana keessaa of baasuun waa hunda dursuu qaba. Sabboontoonnii fi qabsaawoonni bilisummaa Oromootiis akka uummanni Oromoo irree tokkoon ka’ee dallaa wayyaanee maqaa tokko shaneetiin ijaarame kana cabsee keessaa bahu karaa akeeku fi ofiifis tokkummaadhan, irree tokkoon, afaan tokkoon diinarratti qiyyaafachuun kan hunda dursuu qabuu dha.

Ijaarsa shiraa wayyaaneen tokko shanee jechuun saba Oromoo harkaa luka ittiin hiidhuuf diriirsite kana; kan diiguun danda’amu akkuma isheen ijaarsa siyaasaa kan dhoksaa fi kan harka lafa jalaa ijaartee gaggeessaa jirtu nus caalaatti ijaaramnee faallaa ishii socho’uu yoo dandeenyee dha. Lammiin alaa manattii, baadiyyaa magaalaatti ijaaramee socho’uun diina fuundura dhaabbachuun fardii dha. Yoos tokko shaneen wayyaanee kun burkutaawa. Yoos aadaan nafxanyootaa kan abbaa ilma, haati intala ollaan ollaa basaasuu fi ija shakkiin wal ilaalu taasifamaa jiru kun dachee Oromoo keessaa buqqawee baha.

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by Hundanol A. Kebede | OPride

There is an ongoing coordinated attack on the right of nations and nationalities to self-determination in Ethiopia. This campaign is led exclusively by the Amhara elite with the aim of creating delusions among the general public.

They deceptively attribute the failure and brutalities of EPRDF, Ethiopia’s ruling party, to its policy of ethnic federalism. Ethiopia adopted federal government arrangement in early 1990s on an ethno-linguistic basis in an effort to decentralize the Amhara-dominated highly centralized structures of imperial Ethiopia.

By attributing the failure of the ruling regime to ethnic federalism, the Amhara elites want to score two goals: to take back the Menelik palace and demolish self-determination of nations granted by the 1994 constitution, at least in theory. They curtly refer to this arrangement as tribal politics (ye-gosa poletika) and a linguistic based division (be kuankua kefafelun).

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(OPride) – Identity has always been at the core of human socio-political evolution. The institution of slavery was based on identity. Imperialism took place at the expense of different identities. Today, democratic governments around the world struggle to address questions of identity.

Despite this fact, some elites deny the relevance of identity as a strong force for political organizing. For example, in the former Soviet Union, identity was treated as a primordial human nature – a false consciousnesses that ought to be settled through the elimination of classes. But the end of Cold War and the rise of national independence movements disproved communism’s disdain for identity politics.

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