Thursday, April 10, 2014

Finfiinne and Hawassa the Two Ethiopia’s Largest Kush Nations’ (Oromo & Sidama)

Land is Becoming a Battlefield over Which the Settlers Compete Unlawfully Displacing Legitimate Owners!
የሀዋሳ መስፋፋትና የሲዳማ ህዝብፈተና!
By Desalegne Mesa (https://www.facebook.com/mdesalegne) April 09, 2014
ከቅርብ ዓመታት (1950ዎቹ) ወዲህ ከተመሰረተቱት ከተሞች አንፃር ሐዋሳ ጥሩ የሚባልእድገት ጎዳና ላይ እንዳለች የሚታወቅ እውነታ ነው፡፡ በተለይም ተፈጥሮ በለገሰቻትውበት ምክንያት ሁሉም ሰው ለማለት በሚያስችል መልኩ ልቡ ወደ ሀዋሳ ሽፍተዋል፡፡ነጋዴዎች ፣ ጎብኝዎች የመንግሥትና መንግስታዊ ያልሆኑ ድርጅቶች ምርጫና መሰብሰቢያአየሆነች መታለች አዳሬ-ሐዋሳ፡፡ ይህንን የህዝብ ፍልሰትንና ፍላጎት ለማስተናገድናለማርካት ይመስላል የተለያዩ ሰማይ ጠቀስ ህንፃዎች (የማን ናቸው?)መበራከትጀምረዋል፡፡ የተጠቀሱት ሁሉ የከተማዋን ተጨማሪ ውበት ስለምሰጡ ጥሩ ናቸው፡፡ከዚህም ያለፈ የተለያዩ ፀሐፊዎች ስለ ሀዋሳ ውበት፣ ሳቢነት፣ ሳብነቱን ተከተሎ እየተከሰቱያሉትን ወጣ ያሉ ተግባራትንና የሀዋሳ ሂሊውና የሆነው የሀዋሳ ሀይቅ ብክለትናስለተደቀነበት ፈተና ጽፈዋል፤ ለሚመለከታቸው ይጠቅማል ያሉትን አስተያየቶችንምለመሰንዘር ጥረት አድርገዋል፤ የሚሰማ ከተገኘ፡፡ ነገር ግን የዚህ ፅሑፍ አዘጋጅ ትኩረትለመስጠት የሚፈልገው የከተማውን ያልተጠና መስፋፋትን ተከትሎ እተጎዳ ስላለውህብረተሰብና ስለተደቀነበት አደጋ ይሆናል፡፡
ከላይ የተጠቀሱት የከተማይቱ መሳጭ ጎኖች ቢኖሩትም በዛው ልክ ደግሞ የህዝብ መከራየሚያበዙ፣ ከአካባቢ ወጣ ያሉና የምዕራባውያን ባህል መበራከትና ነባሩን የአካባቢውንባህልና ትውፍት በመዋጥ ረገድ ከፍተኛ አሉታዊ ተፅዕኖ ያሳድራሉ፡፡ ይህ ወጣ ያለ ነገርእንዳይከሰት ለህዝብና ባህሉ የሚቆረቆር ስርዓት መገንባትና ስርዓቱን የሚመሩ ሰዎችምየአካባቢውን ባህልና ትውፍት በሰለጠነ መልኩ ለጎብኝዎችና ለአዲስ ከታሚ ህዝብበማቅረብ የባእድ ባህልና አሰራሮች ቦታ እንዲያጡ ማድረግ ኃላፊነት ከሚሰማው የህዝብመሪ የሚጠበቅ ተግባር ነው የሚሆነው፡፡ ነገር ግን ይህ ነገር በሀዋሳ ከተማ ተኩረትየተሰጠው አይመስልም፡፡
በሌላ በኩል የአካባቢው ኅብረተሰብ በኢኮኖሚ እራሱን ችለው ለሌሎች ሀገር በቀልአገልግሎቶችን ማቅረብና መሸጥ በሚችል መልኩ ቀደም ተብሎ ሊቀረጽና ለከተሜነትእራሱን ያዘጋጀ ዜጋ በሂደት መፍጠርም ወሳኝ ጉዳይ ሆኖ ሳለ በዚህ ረገድም ምንምየሚታይ ነገር የለም፡፡ ይልቁንም ከተማ ያለቅጥ እየተስፋፋ ለ”ዘራፊዎች” በር እየከፈተይገኛል፡፡ የከተማው አመራር ለአካባቢው ህብረተሰብ ድንገት አካባቢው እንደተወረረያረዳና ከአርሶ አደርነት ወደ ከተሜነት እንደተሸጋገሩ በአንድ ገጽ ማስታወቂያ ያሳውቃል፡፡ከዚህ በኋላ መሬት አይታረስም፤ አርሶ አደር የነበሩ “ከተሜዎችም” አርሶ በምግብፍጆታ እራሳቸውን ከመቻልና የተረፈውንም ለገበያ ከማቅረብ ፋንታ ሊሸምቱ ገበያመውጣት ይጀምራሉ፡፡ በአንድ ጎጆ ስር የተሰበሰቡ የአርሶ አደር ልጆች እያደጉ ሲመጡናየራሳቸውን ጎጆ ቀልሰው መውጣት ቢፈልጉ የሚቻል አይሆንም ምክንያቱም በከተማታቅፈዋላ፡፡ አልፎም ህገ ወጥ ግምባታ ሰሪዎች ተብሎ የሚደርስባቸው እንግልት በጣምከፍተኛ ነው፡፡ በአንፃሩ ደግሞ አከባቡ በከተማ አስተዳደር ስር መታቀፉን ያወቁየ”መሬት ነጋዴዎች” አካባቡን ይወሩታል፡፡ ገዝተው ይሸጣሉ፤ ሽጠውም ይገዛሉ፡፡
አሁን ባለው ተጨባጭ ሁኔታ ሀዋሳ በሁሉም አቅጣጫ በፍጥነት እየተስፋፋች ትገኛለች፡፡አሰፋፉ ደግሞ ቅድመ ጥናት ያልተደረገበትና ወሰን ያልተበጀለት ሲሆን አዲስ ጎብኚዎችናለመኖር በሚወስን ሰው ብዛት ብቻ ድንገት የሚለጠጥ ነው ብሎ ደፍሮ መናገር ይቻላል፡፡የከተማው አስተዳደር ለዚህ አፋጣኝና ዘላቂ መፍተሄ በመስጠት የከተማዋን ወሰንከማበጀት ይልቅ “ነጋዴዎች” እና አዲስ ከታሚው ኅብረተሰብ ሄዶ የሰፈረበትንበመከታተል ብቻ የሀዋሳ ክልል እያደረገ የራሱን የፋይናንስ ምንጭ አማራጮችን ያሰፋል፡፡
ለዚህ ጠሩ ማሳያ የሚሆነው ያለአካባቡ ህብረተሰብ ፍላጎት ተከልለው በ”አዲሱ ሊዝአዋጅ” መሠረት እየተሸነሸኑ ለጨረታ የሚቀርቡና ከህዝብ ዘርፎ መንግሥትን የማበልጸግስራ እየተሰራባቸው ያሉት የሃላዴ፣ የዳቶ ኦዳሄና የቡሹሎ አካባቢዎች ተጠቃሽ ናቸው፡፡በተጨማሪም ከዚህ በፊት ከሀዋሳ ክልል ውጪ የነበሩ አካባቢዎችን ድንገት የከተማውአካል በማድረግና ”ለልማት ተፈልገዋል” በማለት አርሶ አደሮችን ያግድና መሬቱንጦሙን ያሳድረዋል፡፡ ከዚህም አልፎ ወጣቶች ከወላጆቻቸው በሚያገኙት ቁራጭ ቦታ ላይየራሳቸውን ጎጆ እንዳይቀልሱ ይከለክላል፡፡ በዚህም ምክንያት የሀዋሳ አካባቢ አርሶ አደሮችሞፈርና ቀንበራቸውን በተሰቀለበት ከተው ሰንበተዋል፡፡
የሲዳማ የባህል ሽማግሌዎች ቁጭ ብሎ ከሚዳኙበት ባህላዊ የዳኝነት ስርዓት ቦታዎች(Gudumaale) ከመገፋታቸውም አልፎ ቡሉኳቸውንና በትራቸውን አስቀምጠውያለወትሯቸው በጉልበት ሥራ የሚተዳደሩና ከእጅ ወደ አፍ የሆነ ኑሮ በስቃይ የሚገፉሆነዋል፡፡ ለዚህም ያልታደሉ አቅም የለላቸው አዛውንቶች ወደ ከተማይቱ ተበትነውየሰውን እጅ ማየት የተለመደ እየሆነ መጥተዋል፡፡ በዚህ ምክንያት ግጭቶችን በባህላዊናቀለል ባሉ መንገዶች ያለምንም ወጪ መፍታት በሐዋሳ አካባቢ እየቀረ መተዋል፡፡ ስለዚህሁሉም የሚካሰስ፣ የሚፋታና ለሙስና የታጋለጠ(ፍርድን በብር የምያገኝ) እየሆነመተዋል፡፡ወጣቶች ወደ ከተማ ገብቶ በሙያቸው ተወዳድረው እንዳይቀጠሩ በቂ ቅድመማዘጋጃ ነገርና የሙያ ትምህርት ደረጃ ስላላደረሷቸው ጎዳና ተዳዳሪነትና የወጣት ተጧርነትእጣፋንታቸው እየሆነ መተዋል፡፡
በአንፃሩ ደግሞ መንግስትና ተባባሪዎቻቸው ከከተማው በሚገኝ ገቢ ላይራቡ ጠግበዋሉ፡፡እንዳይታረስ የተከለከለው መሬት እየተቆረሰ በልማት ሰበብ ታልፎ ለ”ለባለሀብቶች”ይሰጥና በቅጡ ለምቶ እንኳን መሬታቸውን ለተነጠቁት ቅድምያ የስራ እድል ሳይፈጥሩታጥሮ ይቀመጣሉ፡፡ መሬቱን በመቸርቸር ጥቂት የመንግስት አፈቀላጠዎች በሀብት ላይሀብት ፣ በቤት ላይ ቤት እየደራረቡ መኖራቸውን ቀጥለዋል፡፡ ከላይ የተዘረዘሩትናሌሎችም መዘዞች ዋናው ምክንያት ለህዝብ ያልቆመና የህዝብ ድምፅ ለመስማት ፍቃደኛካለመሆኑም በላይ በሙስና የተጨማለቀ የመንግሥት ስርዓት ሀገርቷን ጨምድደውበመያዙ ነው፡፡ በሌላ በኩል መንግሥት ለከተማ ልማትና እንዱስትሪ ያለው መረዳትናፖልሲ ከከተማ ያለቅጥ መስፋፋትና የጥቂት ሀብታሞች ሰማይ ጠቀስ ህንፃዎች መበራከትየዘለለ አለመሆኑ ነው፡፡
የሀዋሳ ያልተጠና መስፋፋትና አደጋ ለሌሎች የሲዳማ ዞን ከተሞችም እየተረፈ እንዳለለማንም በተለይም በቅርበት ለሚከታተለው ሰው ግልጽ ነው፡፡ ለምሳሌ ወዶ ገነት ካላትየተፈጥሮ ሀብትና ኢኮኖሚ ምንጭነቷ በርካታ የስራ አጦችን በማስተናገድ እፎይታመፍጠር በሚችል መልኩ እራሱን የቻለና የተደራጀ ከተማ መፈጠር ይቻል ነበር፡፡ ላኮ፣ሞሮቾ፣ ዶረ ባፋኖና ቱላም እንደዝሁ፡፡ ግን ምን ያደርጋል አልሆነም፡፡ ምን ቢሆን?
ወጣቱን፣ አዛውንቱንና ሌሎችን የአካባቢውን ነዋሪ ባህል ፣ አኗኗርና እኮኖሚ በማይጎዳመልኩ ከተማ መስፋፋት የሚችልበትንና የራሱ የሆነ ህጋዊ ወሰን (definite city boundary) ቢኖረውና በዚህ ወሰን ውስጥ ብቻ ማደግ(ወደላይና ወደ ጎን)የሚችልበትን አሰራር በጥልቀት በመፈተሽና ተግባራዊ ማድረግና አጎራባች ከተሞችምእራሳቸውን ችለው እንዲቆጠቁጡ ማድረግ ቢቻል የተሻለ ይሆናል የሚል እምነት አለኝ፡፡ 

ወጣቱንና አምራች ኃይል ብሎም ሁሉንም የአካባቢውን ኅብረተሰብ ወደ ከተሜነትየመሸጋገርያ ጊዜ በመስጠት ከግብርና ውጭ ሌሎችን የገቢ ምንጮችን እንዴት መፍጠርእንደምችሉ በማስተማርና ቀድሞ በማዘጋጀት በተለይም ወጣቱ ክፍል በሙያ የበለጸገ ሆኖወደ ከተማ በመግባት ተወዳደሪ የሚሆንበት አሰራር በጣም ትኩረጥ ተሰተው መጤንያለበት ጉዳይ ነው፡፡
በሌላ በኩል የተቀሩትን ኅብረተሰብ ክፍሎችን (ያልተማሩትን፣ ሴቶችን፣ አረጋውያንናየባህል አባቶችን) የነበረውን ባህላዊ ስርዓታቸውን፣ የአኗኗር ዘይቤያቸውንና የገነቡትንማህባራዊ ህይወታቸውን ሳያፈርሱ (ሳይለቁ) እርሻቸውን እያረሱ እና ባህላዊ ስርዓታቸውንእየከወኑ የሚኖሩበት ቦታ በማዘጋጀት ማስፈርና በከተማው ውስጥ ደግሞ ልጆቻቸውንየሚያስተምሩበትን ቤት መስሪያ ቦታ በመስጠት የከተማውን እድገት እንከን የለሽና የነገእጣፋንታው የጥቂቶችን እጅ የሚመለከቱ ሰዎች የበዙባት ከተማ ከመሆን ማዳንይቻላል፡፡ ማን ይችላል? ህዝባዊ መንግስት፡፡
አለ? የለም፡፡ ምን ይሻላል? ታግለው ህዝባዊ መንግሥት ማቋቋም ነዋ!! ቸር እንሰንብት!

AFO urges to uphold Human Rights of Refugees in Kenya

(Advocacy for Oromia, Press Release, 9 April 2014) Advocacy for Oromia requests the Government of Kenya to ensure that the law enforcement agencies to uphold the rights of all those arrested and to treat them in a humane and non-discriminatory manner.
The press release also emphasizes  the need of  internal investigations for the breach of the police department orders as issued by the department.
Advocacy for Oromia understands the security concerns of the Government of Kenya and the steps taken to protect the people who live in the country including asylum-seekers and refugees.
As the government does its search to secure the country, at the same time,  they have to “to uphold the rights of all those arrested and to treat them in a humane and non-discriminatory manner.”  to respect the International law and  human rights.
Advocacy for Oromia has been informed that those arrested are held at various police stations as well as at the Kasarani Stadium in a very poor harsh condition.
Press Release Advocacy for Oromia

Woldhabbii Gosoota Oromoo Gujii fi Booranaa Ilaalchisee Ibsa (Yaada) Liigii Dargaggoota KFO’n Kenname

Dhiyeenya kana gaafa 17/07/2006 kaasee guyyoota afuriif wol faana wolitti bu’insa gosoota Oromoo kibba Oromiyaa Gujii fi Booranaa gidduutti taasifameen lubbuun baay’een dabartee jirti. Liigiin Dargaggoota Koongireesii Federalaawaa Oromoo (KFO) gadda guddaan gorsa, ibsa fi yaada asiin gadii kana dabarsa.
Uummati Oromoo dur dur woggoota dheeraan dura gaadisa tokko jalatti woliin bulaa akka ture seenaan ni hima. Uummatni kun uummata Nuubiyaa fi Meero’ee irraa ergii adda baheen booda kibba Itoophiyaa naannoo Madda Wolaabuu, hayyooti seenaa gariin Haroo Wolaabuu jedhutti Sirna Gadaa jalatti haala cimaan of ijaaree, ofiin of bulchaa ture jira.
Jaarraa 16ffaa keessa tuttuqaa warreen Kirsitaanaa gama kaabaanii fi Islaamaa gara bahaatiin irraan ga’aniin sochii taasiseef sababa akka ta’e prof. Tasammaa Taa’aa barreefama isaanii “periodization and some turning points in Oromo history” jedhu keessatti ni ibsu. Prof. Tasammaan qubsuma uummata Oromoo bara 1800-1870 yoo kaa’aan:
1. Yejjuu, Raayyaa fi Azeeboo – Kaabaa
2. Tuulama fi Macca – Giddu Galeessaa fi Lixa
3. Arsii, Baalee fi Kaarrayyuu – Kibba Baha
4. Ituu, Humbeennaa, Anniyaa, Afran Qalloo (Harargee) – Baha
5. Booranaa fi Gujii – Kibbaa Oromiyaa akka jiratan barreeffamuma kana keessaatti kaa’anii jiru.
Sochii jaarraa 16ffaa kaasanii haga guyyaa hadhaatti gosooti Oromoo kibbaa Booranaa fi Gujiin wareera Minilikii kaasee hanga gabbaarii Haaylee Sillaaseetti, Qayyi-Shibbirii (Goolii Diimaa) dargiirraa kaasee haga bittaa ADWUItti hamtuu/ balaa dhufe hundaa woliin dura dhaabachaa turanii jiran. Woldhabdeen sababa margaa-bisaanii fi barmaatilee duubatti hafoo akka SIDOOMAA, MIRGAAF wol-ajjeesuu fi WOL-DANNABSUU (saamicha loonii) yeroo garaa garaatti wolitta haa bu’an malee obboleeyyan ta’uu isaanii wollaalanii hin beekan. Woldhabbii akkasii ta uumamtulle aaduma jirtuun dubbatanii araaramaa turaniiru.
Bifuma wolfakkaatuun balaa uumamaa bonaa fi hongee wolitti dheetanii waan qaban wolii kennanii, waan qaban woliin hiratanii darbaa turan. Jabana jabanaan bittaa worra Habashootaatiif weerartoota alaa dura dhaabbatanii aadaa fi Sirna Gadaa isaanii tursanii yeroo ammaa aadaa fi sirna Oromoon ittiin beekkamu Sirna Gadaatiin bulaa kan jiraaniif gosa Oromoota hafaniif haala oonnachiisuun barsiisaa fi dabarsaa gudda godha kan jiranii dha. Oromooti kibbaa kun Arsi haga ta’e dabalatee horsiisee (tiffaatee) bulaa kan baay’atan yoo ta’an horii isaanii dabarsanii wolii kenna, namoota bonni horii jala fixe dabaree dabarsaafi (rehabilitate gochaa), jala fi jaltoo wolii ta’anii, durba wol irraa fudhaanii wolitti heerumsiisanii soddoomanii, hamtuu/balaa galee woliin gaddaanii, gammaachuu woliin dhandhamanii wolitti irkatanii hardhaan bayan.
Haata’u malee seenaa dheeraa biyya Itoophiyaa tana keessaatti baay’innaa fi qabeenya uummata Oromoo kan sodaataniif saamuu kan barbaadan gidduu Oromootaa seenuun wolitti buusanii kaayoo isaanii milkeeffachaa akka turan weerara Minilikii taasisee kaasee hanga guyyaa hardhaati ta’eewwaan muldhatani kanumaa agarsiisu. Kanniin alatti sabuma kana irra kan dhalataniif aannaan saawwaan Oromiyaatiin kan guddatani fedhii hoggantoota siyaasa habashaa guutuuf akkasumas bu’aa yeroo argachuuf jecha saba isaaniitti gara galuun uummata kana wolitti buusaa kan turaniif ammas kan muldhatanii ni jiru.
Gosoota Oromoo obboolloowwaan lama kana giddutti yeroo amma kan muldhates kanan adda hin ta’u. gama biraatiin ammoo mootummaan ADWUI/OPDO gaaffii uummata yeroo deebisuufi gaaffii uummata woldorgommii gosaa (tribal competition) godhee ilaaluu dhiisee fala hatattamaa keennutti irra jira ture. Biyya dimookiraasiin bulaa jira jettuu keessaatti obbooleeyyan lamaan meeshaa ammayyaa hidhatanii dhiiga yoo wol dhangalaasanii fi lafee wolcabsan daawwachuun Oromummaa OPDO gaaffii keessa akka galu taasisa. Raayyaa waranaa Itoophiyaa nageya lammilee biyya bira eeguuf Sumaaliyaa fi Suudanitti yeroo bobbafamutti obboleeyyan lamaan adda-dhoowwuu dadhabee Oromooti 50 ol dhumanii 100 ol madaawan. Kun waan arguu fi dhage’uun nama waan gadiisisuu qofa adoo hin ta’iin gaaffii sammuu fi seenaa nama madeessu.
Uummati tiffatee bulaan meeshaa waranaa hidhatee jiraatu sababa nama dhunfaatiin wolitti bu’uu adoo hin ta’in akkatuma kaleessa aadaa fi sirna bulchiinsa Gadaa ittiin bulaa turaniin furamuu qaba malee gosa fi gosan wolqoodanii yeroo wal ajjeesan waan hin baratamnee qofa adoo hin ta’iin waan nama boochisuu dha. Kana irraa ka’uun liigii Dargaggoota Koongireesii Federaalawaa Oromoo dabalataan dhaamsa (yaada) asiin gadii qaamoota asiin gadiitiif dabarsuu barbaada
Tokkeessoo: Oromoota Gujii fi Booranaa tiif
Biyya kami keessaattuu, saba kamuu keessatti wolitti bu’insi hinuma
jira. Wolitta bu’iisi jiraatuu malee isin uummata kaleessa beelaa fi quufa, baalaa fi hoongee wolgargaartaanii woliin dabarsitanii; wol irraa fuutanii wolitta heerumsiittanii jirtanii, tolaa- soddaa wolii taatanii jirtanii; isin uummata Sirna Gadaatiin buluu woldhaba akkanaa isinirraa hin eegnu wolirraa dhaabadhaa isiniin jenna. Woldhabni keessan kun worra tokkummaa uummata keenna hin jaalanne gammachiisaa jiraa waan te’eefi diinni itti yaadee dhoksaadhaan harka keessaa qabaachuun naqa waan barameef meeshaa diinaa akka hin taanee adaaraa isiinin jenna.
Lammeessoo: Oromoota gadi haaftaniif
Rakkoon obboolleeyyan keenyaa raakkoo keenya hunda ta’uu hubannee hidhii xuuxaa caldhisuu mannaa hayyooti Oromoo, abbootiin gadaa gosa Oromoota dhibii, jaarrolee fi beektooti Oromoo hundinuu rakkoon obboolleeyyaan lamanii kun hammaatee itti fufuun eennullee caalaa nu oromoota kan miidhu; yoo sirraa’e nu Oromoota kan fayyaadu ta’uu hubattanii jidduu seentanii akka sirreessitan Liigiin Dargaggoota keenyaa adaraa isiniin jedha.
Sadeessoo: Mootummaa Naannoo Oromiyaa tiif
Gosti kun lamaan araaramee tokkummaa ifii akka cinsatu abbummaadhaan dhimma kana fudhattanii, akka irratti hojjattan harkaa keessanitti kennina. Murteen isin dabarsitan murtee siyaasa ykn bulchiinsa(administrative solution) bira darbee murtee Oromoota tokkoomsu ta’uun aadaa kalee ittiin bullee araara buusa turreen; sirna bulchiinsa Gadaatiin wol faana akka taasistan isin gaafanna.
WAAQI/RABBI NU NAGEESSU!
Liigii Dargaggoota KFO
Bitooteessa 24, bara 2006
Finfinnee, Oromiyaa