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There have been repeated accusations against the former President of Oromia Regional State, obbo Lemma Megersa, by some media outlets in the country for commenting in one of his public speeches saying (implying) his party wanted to change the demography of Finfinne (Addis Ababa) by bringing in more Oromos to settle in the city, or at least being interpreted to have said so.

On the Other hand Eskinder Nega, a self-acclaimed "representative" of the people of the same city, has been officially accused on different occasions for trying to create a shanty town (ye chereka betoch) in the capital and when the relevant authorities started to implement the needed measures to curb the illegal efforts the same person started to accuse the government of using force to evict the "residents" of the same shanty towns.

If the claimed statement of Obbo Lemma Megerssa is about trying to change demography in the city, the repeated attempt of Eskinder Nega couldn't be interpreted any differently, for any normal mind.

If the forceful and unjustified eviction of the people from their homes for quite a long time isn't an attempt and real effort to change the demography of the city, then the mere claim of obbo Lemma Megerssa can't be the same as well.

The difference is simply due to the nature of the tilted media landscape in the country and this setup will not solve the different political and other problems the country is facing currently.

For exa., why there is no translation and publication of the contents of the following media report of the true history of the residents of the places where the city has flourished on? On the other hand, in comparison, the contents of the media on the issues of recent destruction and mayhem, causing the loss of human lives and great amount of properties in the Arsi zone of Oromia has been promptly translated and made available to the speakers of Amharic in the country, which is a good thing, in my view. But why the difference in sensitivity to injustice and how is that going to help curb the myriad of problems facing the country currently?




Injustice anywhere is injustice everywhere.

Brother DTT,
You really are comparing appels and orange . Abo Lema and Takele Uman have the resources-both financial and governmental apparatus in support of their wicked ideas, Eskender doesn't. He is in the business of exposing the shenanigans that is going behind doors, actually out in the open.
Eskender has said many times those houses built after Takele Uma came to mayorship by assignment he can take action, but those houses that were built 10 --15 years a go should be left alone till the Addis Ababa get its own elected representatives. Then Let the judicial body, after checking all the facts, decide about the fate of those people.
When you say "unjustified eviction of the people from their homes for quite a long time isn't an attempt and real effort to change the demography of the city" what you forget to look at it those people who bought from the farmers didn't come from one nationalities but from all,including Oroms. And the government officials who were involved in these transactions and under the table dealing are the same ODP party officalls who got paid handsomely by the poor people who they are now evicting inhumanly, in the meiddle of winter . Let the court handle the case , let they present their documents , let the court settle the issue for once and for all.