Waxabajjii 03,2014 Dambi Doolloo

Gabaasa Qeerroo Qellem Wallaggaa Anfilloo Waxabajjii 03/2014 galgala keessaa sa’a 3:40 irratti.Mootummaan wayyaanee humna agaazii oromiyaa keessa tamsaasuudhaan gaaffii tokko malee nama oromummaa isaaf dhaabbatu rasaasaan rukuchiisaa jira.Gabaasni kun akka addeessutti kaleessa Waxabajjii 02/2014 barataa kutaa kurnaffaa qormaata biyyoolessaa fudhatee gale sabboonummaa isaatiin kan ka’e yakka tokkollee kan hin goone humna waraana agaaziitiin qabamee bosona seensisuudhaan reebicha hamma du’aatti irratti raawwatan,erga reebanii miidhanii booda sadarka du’a isaa beekuudhaan rasaasaan rukutani.
Barataa Oromoo wareega qaalii kafale kana bosona keessatti reebanii erga hamma du’aatti deemsisanii booda galgala daandiitti baasaniiti rasaasaan akka rukutan kan ijaan argan ni dubbatu. Barataan kun maqaan isaa Daawwit Waaqjira jedhama.Guyya har’aa sirni awwaalcha isaa kan gaggeeffame yoo tahu humni waraana agaazii wayyaanee jedhamu kun uummata naannessee marsuudhaan hamma reeffi mucaa awaalamee xumuramutti akka waan rukuttaadhaaf qophiin jiruutti bakka qabachuudhaan gandi Ashii jedhamtu dirree waraanaa fakkaattee ooltee jirti jedhu maddi gabaasa Qeerroo Anfiilloo!

Kana malees ganama  Waxabajjii 03,2014 dargaggoon Addisuu Aagaa jedhamu magaalaa Laaloo Qilee keessa Motorbike qabatee osoo nagaan deemaa jiruu  poolisoonni Oromiyaan reebamee Hosptala Ayiraa gullisoo galee akka jiru gabaasi naannicha irraa nu gahe addeessa.

Waxabajjii 03,2014 Ayiraa Gullisoo

Mootummaan Wayyaanee ajjeechaa ilmaan Oromoo irratti geessitu jabeessuun kan itti fufte Godina Wallaggaa lixaa magaala Guulisoo keessatti barsiisaa BLLTO kan tahe barsiisaa Magarsaa Abdiisaa jedhamu kan dhalootaan Wallaggaa bahaa aanaa Jiddaa kan tahe reebichaa loltoota Wayyaanee irraan kan ka’e wareegame.

Barsiisaa Magarsaa Abdiisaa sabboonummaan dhalatee kan guddate miindaa mootummaa Wayyaanee nyaatnee Uummata Oromoof hojjenna malee bitamna miti jechuun ejjennoo jabaa qabatee ilmaan Oromoo keessumattuu daraggootaa fi barattoota barsiisaa kan ture yoommuu tahu mootummaan Wayyaanee gaaffii abbaa biyyummaa gaafatamaa dhufeen wal qabatee mana hidhaatti kan ukkaamse yoommuu tahu reebicha addaa irraan gahuun Lubbuu isaa dabarsanii jiran. Uummatni Oromoo maal eegna?? Kana booda Uummatni martuu mirga isaaf ka’uun dirqama akka tahu waamicha jabaa dabarsina. Ajjeechaa mootummaan wayyaanee gaggeessaa jirus daran balaaleffanna. Qeerroon wareegama barbaachisaa baasee Uummata Oromoo bilisa baasuuf jabaatee kan hojjetu tahuus mirkansa.

Waxabajjii 03,2014 Amboo

Caasaan Bulchiinsa Godina Lixa Shawaa Godina hanga gandatti Angoo irraa arihamaa jiraachuu gabaasi Qeerroo naannicha irraa gabaasa. Gaafa guyyaa Waxabajjii 1,2014 Mootummaan Wayyaanee angawoota OPDO sadarkaa gandaa, Aanaa, fi Godinatti aangoo bulchiinsa fi gaafatama OPDO irraa mulquun hojii irraa arihaa jiru.

Akka kanaan godina Lixa Shawaa keessaa ABO waliin hidhata qabduu fi sochii ABOn Oromiyaa keessatti taasisuu keessatti qooda ol aanaa qabaachuun keessan bira gahameera sababaa jedhuun aangawoota bulchiisnaa fi gaafatamtoota OPDO godina Lixa Shawaa hojii irraa arihaman keessaa:-

1.Obboo Shuumii Lataa bulchaa anaa Midaa Qanyii

2. Badhaasaa Of ga’aa Dabballee OPDO fi itti gaafatamaa waajjiraa dhaabaa OPDO kan ta’ee dabalatee kaabinootni aanaa midaa Qanyii dhalootan Oromoo ta’an namootmi 8 olitti lakka’aman gaaffii tokko malee ABO waliin hidhata qabdu sababaa jedhuun aangoo bulchiinsa irra arii’ataman.

Kana malees Guutummaa Godina Lixa Shawaa kanneen akka Amboo, Gudar, Tokkee Kuttaayee, Xuquur Incinnii, Jalduu, Geedoo , Baakkoo fa’itti haala walfakkatuun Angawootni aanaalee, Godinaa, fi gandoota aangoo irraa arii’amuu irratti argamu. Bulchitootni godina Lixa Shawaa hundi yeroo amma kanatti aangoo irraa kaafamanii, Godinichi humna waraanaa guddaan bulaa jira, sochiin uummataas waraanaan eegamaa jira qabeenyaan uummataas waraanaan saamamaa jira, yakkootni akka saamichaa, humnaan dirqisiisanii gudeeduu dabaltee uummaanni jumlaan hidhatti guurama jiraachuun beekamee jira.

(RAB, Waxibajjii 1, 2014) Mootummaan Woyyaanee Hegeree Biyyaa akkasitti karaatti hambisaa jira!

Dargaggoo Nimoonaa Xilaahun bara 2007 yunversiitii Finfinneetii eebbifamee godina Kaaba shawaa mana barumsaa Shanootti barsiisaa ta’ee yeroo ramadame akkuma dargaggoo Oromoo kaanii innis ummata isa guddisee, barsiisee kanaan isa ga’e tajaajiluuf hawwii guutuudhaan ture kan inni hojii barsiisummaa eegale. Akkuma dargaggeessa kamii iyyuu mana dhaabee ijoollee godhatee jireenya gaggeessuuf abjuun isaa bara dheeraa waan bakka ga’aa dhufe itti fakkaate.

Waxibajjii 26, 2008 namni mul’ataa kun hojii barsiisummaa jalqabee reefuu baatii muraasa hojechuu isaati. Guyyuma kana akkuma guyyoota kaanii hiriyyoota isaa wojjin utuu mana barumsaa inni barsiisuu galaa jiruu konkolaataan lakkoofsa gabatee ishee 3-F taate dingata dhuuftee fundura isaa dhaabbate. Konkolaataan kun kan Poolisii Federaalaati. Konkolaataa kana keessaa namootni uffata sivilii uffatan utaalanii bu’uudhaan balleessaa tokko malee barsiisaa Nimoonaa ukkamsanii fuudhanii sokkani.

Dargaggoo Nimoonaa utuu gara wojjira poolisii anichaatti illee hingeeffamiin dabarfamee iddoo hinbeekamnetti geeffamuu isaa namootni yeroo sana ijaan argan himaniiru.

Haalli kun kan isaan yaadesse Oromootni baayyeen dhaabbileen mirga dhala namaa tiksan addunyaa dhiimma kana duukaa bu’anii lubbuu dargagoo Nimoonaa akka baraaraniif waamicha godhanii turan.

Woggaa tokko, waggaa lamaa, sadii … woggootiin 6 nilakkaa’aman………
Mootummaan Woyyaanee ilmaan Oromoo, keesummaa immoo hegeree biyyaa kan ta’an dargagoota Oromoo hamilee cabsuuf tooftaa inni itti gargaaramu keessa inni tokkoo dargaggoota oromoo sammuu cimaa qaban ukkamsee mana hidhaa buusee, achitti torchii godhee, namummaatii isaan baasee gaafa isaan qarqara boollaa irra ga’an gadi darbachuu yookanis mana hidhaa keessatti ajjeesee reeffa isaanii baasuudha.

Dargaggoo Nimoonaas carradhuma kanatu isa argate. Woggootii ja’aan darbaniif Manneetii hidhaa Mayikelaawwii, Qaallittii, Qiliinxoo, akkasumas Ziwaaytti gidiraa ilmoon namaa arguu hinqabne baayee arge. Kana irraa kan ka’es dhukkuba irra bu’e. Dhukkuba isaa kanaafis yeroo dheeraa fuundura woldhaansa haakimaa argachuun irra ture hinargatiin hafe. Bulchiinsi mana hidhaa Lubbuu dargaggoo kanaa baraaruuf gargaarsi woldhaansaa hakimaa olaanaan akka isa barbaachisu yoo beeke illee yeroo dheeraadhaaf irratti ilaaleera. Dhuma irratti guyyaa muraasa fuudura waardiyyoota poolisii federaalaa afuriin marfamee eegamaa hospitaala Xiqur Anbessaa akka seenu yoo godham iyyuu dhukkubni isaa waan baayyee irra tureef, yeroo itti gargaarsa argatutti waan hinargatiin hafeef hakiimotni kana booda waan baayee gargaaruu akka hindandeenye dubbataniir.

Umrii waggaa digdamootaa keessatti kan argamu dargaggoo xobbeen abdii borii amma guyyaa du’a isaatii eegachaa jira.

OMN: QOPHIILEE WAXABAJJII 2, 2014

Oromo Voice Radio broadcast on June 2, 2014

Waxabajjii 03,2014 Finfinnee

Ajjeechaan ilmaan Oromoo keessumaa barattoota Oromoo irratti xiyyeeffatamuun tarkaanfiin fudhatamaa jiru itti fufee jira. Yuunivarsiitii Haramaayaa keessatti gaaffii abbaa biyyummaa gaafachuudhaan Mana hidhaa mootummaa Wayyaaneetti darbamuu irraan darbuudhaan barattootni Oromoo mana hidhaa keessatti ajjeefamaa jiru. Barataa Nuuraddiin (Alsan) Hasan Barataa Computer science waggaa 2ffaa kan tahee fi dhalootaan Godina Shawaa lixaa magaala Baakkoo kan tahe mana hidhaa mootummaa Wayyaaneetti darbamuun dararaa jabaan erga irraan gahaa turee Gaafa 02/06/2014 mana hidhaa keessatti lubbuun isaa darbee jira. Mootummaan Wayyaanee dararaa ilmaan Oromoo irraan gahaa jiru daran jabeessaa dhufus ilmaan Oromoo gamtaan falmatti seenuun mootummaa abbaa irree bara baraan ilmaan Oromoo keessatti ammo dargaggoota Oromoo ajjeesaa, hidhaa fi biyya irraa ariiaa jiru dura akka dhaabbatu Barattootni Yuunivarsiitii Haramaayaa fi Qeerroon Oromoo waamicha Oromummaa dabarsa.

Qabsaaaan ni kufa; Qabsoon itti fufa!!

Waxabajjii 03,2014 Finfinnee
Ebla 25 irraa kaasee oromiyaa guutuu keessatt FDG gaaffii haqaa qabatee dho’een mootummaan wayyaanee naasuu fi sodaa keessa seeneen barataa fi uummata walitti qabee rasaasaan reebuun ajjeesuu fi madeessuu akasuma hidhuu kan hidhe ammoo reebicha hamaa irratti raawwataa jiraachuun isaa waan ifaadha. Yeroo ammaa oromiyaa keessatti manoota hidhaa 46 ol ta’an keessatti oromoon haala suukkanneessaa keessa jira.Ebla 25 irraa kaasee oromiyaa keessatti duulli hidhaa itti fufeetu jira.

Yuuniversitii Haromayyaa irratti barattoota gaaffii mirgaa gaafatan jumlaadhaan mana hidhaatti guuraman keessaa maqaa namoota argannee torbanoota sadii dura gabaasuun keenya ni yaadatama. Haata’u malee barataa Naa’ol Kabbadaa Civil Engineering mooraa kanatti baratu erga gaafa tika wayyaaneetiin qabamee mana hidhaa maa’ikelaawwii seeneetii duulli reebichaa itti wal jijjiiruudhaan irraa hin dhaabbatin jira.Barataan kun yeroo ammaa Hospitaala Leenca Gurraacha(Tikur Anbessaa Hospital) keessatti du’aa fi jireenya gidduu akka jiru Qeerroon deemee ijaan arge gabaasaa jira. Hamma nyaata nyaachuu dadhabuu fi of qabuu dadhabuutti jira jireenyi isaa guutummaan hin dalagu jedhu afuura qofatu keessa dhikkifata garuu lubbuudhaan ciiseetu jira jedha gabaasni Qeerroo. Ajaa’iba yaa uummata Oromoo amma uummanni oromoo haala seenaan hin daganne keessatti argamaa jira,kan dhugaaf jedhee lubbuusaa kennes tahe kan garaaf jedhee saba isaa diinaaf kennes seenaan hin dagatu bilisummaan hin haftu har’a dhiigni keenya lola’e har’a ajjeefamne boruu keessaa bahuuf jirra!

Waxabajjii03,2014 Haromayaa

Gabaasa Qeerroo Yuuniversitii Haromayyaa irraa Waxabajjii 02/2014. Mootummaan Wayyaanee duguggaa sanyii saba Oromoo irratti fuulleffatee yeelloo fi qaani malee ifaa ifatti akka malee ajjeesuu irratti harka isaa diriirfatee jira.

Waan nama gaddisiisu keessaa mooraa yuuniversitii Haromayyaatti ilmaan oromoo sabboonummaa qabaatan guyyaa guyyaatti kan afaan oromoo dubbatanii daandii isaaf taaniin doormiidhaa gara mana hidhaatti guuramaa jiru,kan nama gaddisiisu keessaa Caamsaa gaafa 28 ykn Caamsaa 20 Wayyaaneedhaaf yeroo ayyaana kabajanna ture saba Oromoof garuu guyyaa gaddaa taee darbuun isaa waan ifaadha, haatau malee guyyaa kana barattootni sabboontotni Oromoo mooraa Yuuniversitii Haromayyaa huccuu gurraacha uffachuudhaan yaadannoo ykns gadda ilmaan oromoo mirga isaaniif wareegamaniif taasisan irratti basaastota wayyaanee moorichaatiin barattootni 11 dabarfamanii kennamanii turan.

Barattoota 11 guyyaa kana qabaman keessaa barataa Nuuraddiin Hasan isa tokkoodha.Barataan kun dhalootaan godina Shawaa Lixaa aanaa Baakkooti.Gosa barnootaa mooraa kanatti inni baratu Injineeringii jalatti muummee Kompuuter Engineering yoo tahu bakki barnoota isaa mooraa guddicha Yuuniversitii Haromayyaa naannoo IOT Campaas jedhamu gamoo guddaa H lakkoofsa doormii isaatii 26tti kan galu hiriyoottan isaa waliin utuu qayabatanii walii gala isa dabalee barattootni 11 qabamanii mooraadhaa kan bahaniidha.Barataan kun kan hidhame magaalaa Harar keessatti yoo tahu adda kan tahe reebichi hamaan irratti raawwatee jira barataan kun ilaalcha siyaasa gaggeessuu,miseensota dhaaba ABOf horachuutiin,barattoota ijaaruu fi diddaaf qindeessuudhaan reebicha fannisuun reebamuutu irra gahaa ture.

Barataan kun reebicha hamaa irratti raawwachaa tureen kan baayee nama gaddisiisu kaleessa Waxabajjii 01/2014 lubbuudhaan wareegame mana hidhaa keessatti.Akka gabaasi kun addeessutti fannifamee utuu reebamuuti kan due,erga duee booda reeffa isaa qorachiisuuf gara Hospitaala Leenca Gurraachaa fidanii turan sobaan maatii isaa waamanii mucaan keessan mana hidhaa keessatti of ajjeese jedhuun reeffa isaa galgala kana gara magaalaa Gudaritti geessanii jiru,barattootni isa waliin qabaman 10n hafan ammoo miidhama gurguddaatu irra gahaa jira isaanis shakkima kana keessa akka jirantu Qeerroodhaan dhagayamaa jira.

Unethical Journalism will not Change the Reality on the Ground

Open letter to Tizita Belachew and Addissu Abebe of VOA Amharic Service

By Daandii Qajeelaa

Dear Mrs. Tizita Belachew and Mr. Addisu Abebe,

I listened to the interview you jointly made with what you called three “Oromo Ethiopian scholars” on the controversial Addis Ababa (Finfinne) Master plan broadcasted on Saturday, May 23, 2014 with keen interest. Those interviewed were 1) Dr. Bulcha Ta’a, 2) Dr. Demissie Oluma, and 3) Dr. Gizachew Tesso and the two of you moderated the debate as independent and neutral VOA Amharic service journalists. From the outset, the interview seemed to have been designed as a rebuttal by Drs. Ta’a and Oluma to an earlier interview Mr. Addissu Abebe made with Dr. Gizachew Tesso on the same subject. It was noted that Dr. Gizachew Tesso was re-invited to join the other two gentlemen because several listeners of the VOA Amahric service raised questions on his earlier interview.

As an Oromo individual who has been actively involved in the activities of the Oromo Diaspora for over fourteen years, I am puzzled by the choice of the two individuals Dr. Bulcha Ta’a and Dr. Demissie Oluma, for two reasons. First, the two individuals are largely unknown to the Oromo public in the Diaspora. They are not members of any Oromo association or organization, community, scholarly, professional, or otherwise. For example, I worked in the Executive Committee of the Oromo Studies Association (OSA) for 7 years and actively involved in several Oromo based organizations here in USA. As a result I came to know nearly all respected Oromos, with some expertise knowledge, who are residing in USA and Canada. I don’t know these two “Oromo Ethiopian scholars”. There is no record of them making research and/or public presentation on this subject or on any other subject. My question to you is, what made them eligible to be invited to give this interview on a well-respected media such as VOA? I am not a journalist. But common sense tells me that a reputable organization such as VOA would carefully select well known, well respected and reputable individuals with uncontested expertise knowledge to an interview on this sensitive and controversial subject. Otherwise, the good name, reputation, and credibility of VOA will be on the line.

The second reason I am puzzled by the choice of the two individuals is that their view is not a typical Oromo scholar. In an attempt to answer the root cause of the current Oromo student protest in Oromia, the two so called “Oromo scholars” shocked all of us when they said “the root cause of the current crisis is the division of the country into federal arrangement based on language”. They went on saying “the Oromo students who are currently protesting are the product and victims of Woyane policy” and that is why they are protesting. Basically, they blamed the victims, Oromo students, for the current crisis without any sense of remorse. We Oromos know where this line of thought originated from. It is the view of typical hardline Amhara scholars, who advocate that the current federal arrangement be demolished and, in doing so, take the Oromo and other oppressed nations and nationalities back into the old unitary Ethiopia, dominated and completely controlled by Amhara ruling elites. We Oromos know for sure that it is extremely rare to find an Oromo individual, let alone Oromo scholar, to have the kind of view reflected by Drs. Bulcha Ta’a and Demissie Oluma. The question now is how are these two “scholars” chosen? What is the motive behind searching for such individuals from among the Oromo public and presenting their view on this media on this sensitive subject giving them the tag of “Oromo Ethiopian scholars”? Is this how “independent journalism” works?

Anyone who follows the Ethiopian politics can observe that there are two main schools of thought in the Ethiopian political landscape. These are: 1) the “Right to Self-determination of Nations and Nationalities” school of thought, and 2) the “Ethiopian Unity” school of thought. Those in the “self-determination” camp advocate for the realization of “the right to self-determination of nations and nationalities” as enshrined by the declaration of the United Nations. Nearly all Oromo scholars are in this camp as they advocate and struggle for freedom of their country, Oromia, from old nafxanyas (Amhara settles) and neo-naftanyas (Tigrayan elites). Those in the “unity” camp on the other hand, promote the view that the “unity and territorial integrity” of Ethiopia is above everything and is not negotiable. Nearly all Amhara scholars are in this camp. The “unity” camp can be categorized as extremists and moderates. The “unity moderates” accept the current Federal arrangement but oppose the disintegration of the country. The “unity extremists” on the other hand, go further and promote a return to the old unitary Ethiopian state in which the current Federal arrangement is abolished. Ironically, the view of Dr. Ta’a and Dr. Guluma, supposedly “Oromo scholars” is under this “unity extremist” category. And yet, they are presented as typical Oromo scholars for an interview.

Oromo scholars are divided on whether Oromia should be an independent country or remain as an autonomous state within Federal Ethiopia. However, to my knowledge, Oromo scholars have absolute consensus on one thing. With the exception of some extremely rare Oromo individuals like Dr. Ta’a and Dr. Oluma, they all oppose the old “unitary Ethiopian state” where the current Federal arrangement is abolished. Oromo students are not “products of Woyane policy” as described by the two doctors. They are products of typical Oromo scholars. They listen to well respected Oromo scholars such as Professor Mekuria Bulcha, Mohammed Hassan, Asafa Jalata, Merera Gudina, Gemechu Megersa, to mention few.

Dear Mrs. Belachew and Mr. Abebe,

I am a firm believer of free speech and encourage debate on controversial subjects such as the Addis Ababa (Finfinne) Master plan. My concern here is that you have chosen rare so named “Oromo scholars” who have a typical hardline Amhara scholar’s ideology and who are unknown to the Oromo public. While I cannot tell your motives for certain for doing so, I can guess it could be one of two things: 1) probably you are carried away by your personal ideology, or 2) you are pushed by those Amhara hardliner fans to search and present “Oromo” individuals of such view on your program. Either way, I am sad that you abused the good name and reputation of VOA to promote a special sectarian interest by completely disregarding the voice and interest of the Oromo mass. I would not be bothered if you had presented Amhara hardliners on this or any other topic as you always do. I am sad because you went further and presented a typical ideology of Amhara elites through an Oromo person’s mouth, giving the wrong impression to the general public that “Oromo scholars” actually are against the current “language based federalism”.  It is wrong and fake. It is unprofessional and unethical. It doesn’t do any good to the ideology you are trying to promote. For the Oromo, it doesn’t change the reality on the ground. Above all, it has a negative effect of damaging the good name and credibility of VOA.

Sincerely,

Daandii Qajeelaa

dqajeelaa@gmail.com