By
Yilma Bekele
Meles Zenawi is dead. Meles Zenawi is
alive. I am afraid in our case both statements are true. We saw the tyrant being
buried or placed six foot under and the extraordinary send off orchestrated by
his politburo in living colour. The whole country was on stand still for a week
or so to bury the warlord who was in the freezer for a month or so. We
witnessed the bullying power of the TPLF party that forced every department, every
Keble and every household to send a representative and show sorrow for a person
hated and reviled by all living Ethiopians.
Well he is not really gone. He is still
directing the show from hell or wherever evil resides. It has been said that he
vowed to leave us with the seeds of conflict, hate and chaos for a long time
after he is gone. It looks like he is right. There is no escaping his presence.
I don’t mean the life size posters of his ugly face in every corner of our country.
I am referring to his toxic and useless ideas including his insane and childish
plans that are trying to drive our politics and economy without him.
I am not talking about his ever chameleon
Constitution that is still used to whip the opposition. I am not pointing out
to the Kilil system that is creating a country of strangers. There is no need
to mention the Keble system that is making every household an extension of the
security service. Today I am focused on the use of the king of kings of all
rivers, the great nurturer of ancient civilizations the one and only Abay River and its unfortunate use by the evil one
to hurt our poor country.
The last week all the talk has been about
Abay. We are fortunate to have so many rivers flowing out of our high escarpments
that if you look at Google map of Africa you marvel and see how God has favoured our ancient country.
Our high mountains kept us isolated and free from invaders while nurturing our
people when all around us suffered from lack of water. The great Wabishebele, the
giving Awash, the beautiful Genalle, the fierce Tekeze and Mereb the homily
Gibe are but just a few of our mothers milk flowing to keep us and our neighbours
happy and strong.
What can be said about the great Abay? The
mighty Abay is not just an Ethiopian phenomenon. Good old Abay is the mother of
the Pharaohs and the great Egyptian civilization. The wonder of the world owes
its existence to the highlands of Ethiopia that made it possible for such a
civilization to flourish. The Pyramids of Giza wouldn’t exist without the
wealth made possible by the river Nile. Our Abay contributes two thirds of the Nile water supply.
Mount Gishe at 10,000 feet floats on a lake according
to the priests that bless the spring that gives birth to the mighty Abay. It is
here Abay starts its thousands of miles journey until it empties into the Mediterranean Sea. Abay with its deep gorges numerous
waterfalls protected our land from European colonialists, Turkish invaders, Italian
fascists and all those that wished ill to our Fairland. From mount Gishe to the Sudanese border alone Abay
meanders along for over 500 miles (800kM) never in a straight line like most
rivers but encircling and hugging our land as if it does not want to leave. Our
music and literature is full of praise for the mighty Abay and its force is
recognized by all those who come near it and its power felt all over our
country.
It is none other than this historic river
that today is tossed around like a beach ball by Woyane bastards for their own
useless dream and close your eyes lets us fool you story. This what Meles
Zenawi planed before his death and this is what he is witnessing from the grave.
When Woyane pulled the dam on Abay plan three years ago their leader knew it
was his last goodbye wish to our nation that would seal his legacy of evil. It
was never mentioned in the five year transformation blueprint they are so proud
of. It was never discussed because the idea is so ridiculous any governing body
will laugh it off. Thus Meles and company brought it out the last minute and
claimed it was kept a secret. Why and from whom is not clear yet. But they damn
well knew it was a crazy idea and no one will take it seriously.
Why do you think it is such an insane idea
and not even worth refuting? Very simple, our nation is poor and living on
welfare even for the food we eat we rely on alms thus no big and complex
project like building a dam is possible without the help of outsiders whether the
West or the East. No outside Bank or foreign government will finance such a
project without adequate studies. Building a dam on a river that crosses an
international border complicates the situation in a very big way.
Thus when the warlord came up with the
idea that this humongous project was going to be financed by local resources it
was time to appreciate the size of his balls for such bravado and empty jive. The
claim is so bizarre there is no need to refute such bold face stupidity other
than shaking ones’ head and keeping our collective mouth shut. People that survive
on a few dollars a day, that look for outsiders to feed them and watch their young
and able fleeing their home in droves facing unknown danger are going to save
enough to finance a multimillion dollar project is not a good idea to put
forward and wait for contributions to pour in. Logic says it ain’t going to
happen even when hell freezes over.
Why do you think the dictator pulled this
crap out of his hat knowing his days are numbered? He was focused on three
important aspects of the future of our country after he is gone and both are
shaping as he planned. One is harvesting more enemies for our poor land. Alive
he has already managed to get our country entangled into two costly wars. The
war with Eritrea that should not have happened has already
cost us dearly in both money and lives. Over eighty thousand Ethiopians died
and over twenty thousand suffered major injuries. Ethiopia emptied all its foreign reserve buying
arms with cash since no weapon dealer accepts credit. For all that investment
we won a barren piece of territory that today sits in no mans’ land.
The incursion into Somalia was a no win situation and it was not
even in our national interest at all. The dictator to solidify his standing as
a ‘terrorist fighter’ and use the situation to clobber the opposition at home
had no qualms using Ethiopian lives for his selfish means in order to stay in
power. Our solders committed so many war crimes in Somalia the bad felling between the two peoples
will take years to wash away. Neighbours that will live for generations in
close proximity do not normally engage in such activity that will create
animosity and hate between our two people but our great leader was not
concerned about that and he showed it by his callous decision.
The second reason for Abay dam madness is
to shop for more enemies for our country. You see the idea of building a dam on
Abay is not an original idea. Both the Imperial government and the Military
regime have exhaustively studied the subject. There are plenty of documents to
show their efforts for the project. They have reason why they did not pursue
the matter. Today the Woyane regime propaganda makes it look like Meles came up
with an original idea and they even coined a catchy phrase ‘Abayen yedefere
jegna’ to hype the silly project. So what did he do? He came out with a dam
project without asking the rest of Ethiopia or our experts to sit down and define
what exactly needs to be done in our nation’s interest. We did not see
Ethiopian engineers, hydrologist, geologists, economists, and environmental scientists,
political and diplomatic experts being consulted before the ‘secret’ plan was
presented in a take it or shut up situation.
Logically a dam on Abay River is a concern to all those upstream countries
that rely on the river for survival. Of course the Egyptians did not take the
news kindly. Is that a surprise? Put yourself in their shoes would you like it if
someone decides to curtail your life line? Our country is not so strong and
mighty that it could unilaterally take actions that would negatively affect the
lives of so many millions. It was only yesterday in the news that the USA and Mexico signed a negotiated deal on the use of
the Colorado River that starts in the rocky mountains of Wyoming and empties into the Baja California in Mexico. It is a shared river and the two
governments consult each other on its use. That is what the Egyptians are
asking us to do. That is what international treaties require us to do. This
political chest thumping and arrogance behaviour is not a sign of a great
nation that wants to live in peace and harmony with its neighbours far and
close. Meles Zenawi planted the seeds of this conflict before his exit.
The third and important reason for this
hasty project is all about a Ponzi scheme to gather more money for our Woyane
warriors. Where do you think the recently disclosed three billion dollars net
worth of the war lord came from? In a nutshell it is all about EFFORT and its
continuing quest to amass more money at the expense of our people and country. Mesfin
Engineering and the privately held Italian outfit Salini Construction are the
two main contractors on the Abay dam project. If you remember Salini is the
same no bid winner on the Gibe dam project that had the tunnel collapse exactly
one month upon completion. Salini is also the contractor that at the moment is
involved building a dam on Tekeze River affecting Waldeba Gedam. Salini does not
bode well for Ethiopia.
The current wild talk by the spooked
Egyptian regime is creating a stressful and ugly situation to our Ethiopian citizens
that are stuck in Egypt. Every ill-conceived idea by the Woyane
regime always creates a backlash against our immigrants that are escaping the
dire situation in their homeland. It is obvious Woyane cannot stay in power without
drama. They always are creating enemies both at home and outside to deflect our
attention away from their failure to build a sustainable economy, a peaceful
nation and a just society. It is also a little depressing to see Ethiopians
venting their anger at the Egyptians instead of questioning their own dictators
why they are always creating havoc both at home and with our neighbours. Our
creator in his/her infinite wisdom has recalled one of his defective product to
spare our country from further destruction but we in our feeble ways are
refusing to bury his toxic ideas and burn the memory one and forever. We should
pray for the strength to say no, leave us alone. I urge you to watch a
wonderful conversation on ESAT with Dr. Getachew Bagashaw regarding the Abay
dam project. You can also read a beautiful analysis by the relentless Professor
Mesfin WoldeMariam on Abay.
http://soilandwater.bee.cornell.edu/research/international/eth_pubs.htm
http://www.ethiofreedom.com/dr-getachew-begashaw-on-esat-discussing-the-abay-dam-issue/
http://www.ethiofreedom.com/%E1%8D%95%E1%88%AD-%E1%88%98%E1%88%B5%E1%8D%8D%E1%8A%95-
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ስልጣን ሲይዝ ከግብጽ ጋር ተፈራርሞ የሀገርን ጥቅም መሽጡንም መርሳት አንችልም። ወያኔ ጫካ ሳለም በግብጽ መረዳቱንና የተከዜ ድልድይን
ሊያፈርስ መሞከሩንም የምንረሳው አይደለም። ወያኔ ከስረ መሰረቱ ፀረ ኢትዮጵያዊ ጥላቻን መስረት በማድረግ
ከባንዳ አያቱና፤ አባቱ፤ ዘመድ አዝማዶቹ፤
የባኤላ አሹቅ እየቃመ፤ቂጣ እየገመጠ፤በለስ እየጋጠ፤ ጥሕሎ እየዋጠ፤ እሳት ዳር ተኮልኩሎ፤
በባላባታዊ የስልጣን ትንንቅ አባዜ የወደቁ ለጠላት ያደሩ ቅድመ አያቶቹ፤ አባቶቹ ያወረሱትን ቂም በቀል የጎሳ ጥላቻ አፈታሪክ አንግቦ፤ በስነልቦና የበታችነት
ማንነት በሽታ ተጠምዶ ያደገበትን ማንነት ባሕሪ መሰረት በማድረግ፤ኢትዮጵያ የቅኝ ገዥ አገር ናት፤ ትግሬን ነፃ አገር እናደርጋለን፤ትግሬ
ለትግራዊ የሚል ፋሽታዊ ብሂል አንገቦ ፈጣሪውን ሻቢያን ተገን አድርጎ
በባእዳን አገራት አጋርነት አደራጅነት አማካሪነት የፖለቲካና የዲፕሎማቲክ፣ የእርዳታ ገንዘብ ለጋሲነት፤ በወገን ደም ሰክሮ ስልጣንን
በመጨበጥ፤ የኢትዮጵያ ታሪክ የመቶ አመት ታሪክ ነው በሚል ጸረ ኢትዮጵያዊነት ቅዥት ውስጥ ተዘፍቆ ፤በመላው ኢትዮጵያውያን አንድነትና
ትብብር አጥንታቸውን ከስክሰው ደማቸውን አፍስሰው አባቶች እናቶች ያቆዩንን ታሪክ፤ የአማራ ገዥዎች የጻፉት ተረት ተረት ነው በሚል
ስንኩል ቱሪናፋ ዲስኩር ፕሮፓጋንዳ፤ የሽግግር መንግስት፤ነፃነት ውይንም ባርነት፤ብሔር ብሔረስቦች፤ የብሔር ብሔረስቦች እስከመገንጠል
በሚል፤በወንድሞቹ ደም የተጠመቀውን ጠብመንጃ በሕዝብና በአገር ላይ ወድሮ፤ ያላንዳች ሕዝባዊ ውክልና፤አገርን አስገንጥሎ፤ አገርን
ያለባሕር በር ያስቀረ፤ ትውልደ ኢትዮጵያን የባእዳን ቅጥረኛ ምሁራንን በፋሽስቱ ቪኒቶ ሞሶሎኒ መርዝ የተለወስ ወያኔያዊ ሕገመንግስት
እራሱ አስረቅቆ እራሱ በአምሳሉ በፈጠራቸው የጎሳ አቀንቃኝ ድርጅቶችና ሆድ አደር ስብስቦች በማስወስን፤ አገርን በአስራ አንድ ጎሳንና
ቛንቛን መአከል ያደረገ በ1928 በፋሽት የኢጣሊያ የአምስት አመቱ ወረራ ጊዜያዊ አገዛዝ ቻርታ የተነደፈውን የቅኝ አገዛዝ ሥነስርዓት
አማካኝ ያደረገ፤ ከግማሽ ምዕተ ዓመት በኋላ ከተቀበረበት ጕድጒድ አውጥቶ የአፍሪቃ የነጻነት ተምሳሌት የሆነችዋን ውድ ሃገራችንን
በጎሳ በቋንቋ ተከፍላ በጥቂት ወያኔ ግርቢጦች፣ የውጭ ቅጥረኛ ጎስኞች መዳፍ ውስጥ ገብታ በሃያ አንደኛው ክፍለዘመን፤ አገር የጎሳ
ባላባታዊ አንባ ገነን ሥነመንግሥታዊ አገዛዝ ሥር እንድትወድቅ የመከረ ያስመከረ የተገበረ፤ ሕዝብና አገርን የካደ፤ የሃገርና የሕዝብን
ጥቀም አሳልፎ የሰጠ የሚሰጥ፤ አጥፊ፣ መስሪ ስብስብ፤ ትላንትም ሆነ ዛሬ ምግባሩ ሥራውም በጥፋት ላይ ጥፋትን ያነጣጠረ መሆኑ ለማንም
አገር ወዳድ ግልጽ ነው። ወያኔ አገርን ለባዕድ ሻጭ ጸረ ኢትዮጵያ
ሀይል ነበረ--አሁንም ነው። ለዚህም ነው ከባዕድ ጋር የፍጥጫን ጎዳና መርጦ ሀገራችንን ለጥቃት
ሊያጋልጥ እየተፍጨረጨረ ያለው።
በመሆኑም ነው ሕዝብን ለጦረነት አገርን ለጥቃት አሳልፎ ከሚስጥ አገራዊ [ብሔራዊ] ወንጀለኛ፣
አገርና ሕዝብ ገዳይ አንባገነን ስነስርአት
ጋር አገራዊ ትብብር ሊኖር የሚያስችል ምንም ጉዳይ የሌለው። በአባይ ስም ሕዝብን በጦርነት ለመማገድ፣ አገርን ለጥቃት አሳልፎ ለመስጠት፣
ከሚያሴሩ ጠርናፊ አስጠርናፊ የወያኔ ቅጥረኞች ተንኮል እራሳችንን አውጥተን፣ ሕዝብና አገርን በጋራ እንታደግ። ለነጻነት ትግል በጋራ በመቆም አምርረን እንነሳ።
