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I remember someone in Ethiopia’s spy agency, INS, who is in very high position and not an agame who also had very deep knowledge of what Meles died of had linked to US spy agencies in 2016 and reported by some independent Ethiopian medias then; said Meles had died of a full blown AIDS. Until this date, no government official or his family nor his beloved Malelit released the cause of his illness or his death.
Meles was know to frequent Ethiopia male prostitutes; so is most Weyane leaders; I won’t be surprised if this guy is also dying from it so is Samora and others.
It is karma ended. The sad part is, how many people have they infected; nobody knows.
Meles was know to frequent Ethiopia male prostitutes; so is most Weyane leaders; I won’t be surprised if this guy is also dying from it so is Samora and others.
It is karma ended. The sad part is, how many people have they infected; nobody knows.
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He looks like a crackhead! 
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To GebreSatanos:
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Tegegnework Gettu, regional director of UNDP
Top Ethiopian UNDP Official Faces Corruption Charges
An Ethiopian UNDP official faces corruption charges by employing the daughter of Ambassador Berhane Gebre Kristos, a key figure in the Ethiopian government, without any ‘competitive employment process.’
Tegegnework Gettu, the regional director of UNDP for Africa, hired Salem Gebre Kristos in 2013 without any public notice nor without the presence of an opening for a job. Salem has enjoyed successive promotions ever since, the report shows.
Ambassador Berhane, who was a very close confidante of the late tyrant Meles Zenawi, is widely seen as incompetent and corrupt like the rest of his peers in the inner circle of the ruling party in Ethiopia. Observers Ethiomedia talked to were not shocked but surprised, that the individuals have been spreading corruption beyond Ethiopia and into the UN system.
Following, is the full report by Inner City Press:
https://www.innercitypress.com/un2retal ... 61317.html
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Meles Zenawi and our money
By Yilma Bekele
https://ethiopianreview.com/content/47591
May 30, 2013
The last seven years or so I have been writing opinion pieces on the political situation in our homeland.
Naturally I have discussed the late Prime Minister Meles Zenawi and his central role in charting the direction our country should follow on the road he envisioned to improve the life of our people. Prime Minister Zenawi ruled over our country for twenty one years. One can say from 1991 when the TPLF took over to 2001 when the split within the party took place in the aftermath of the Eritrean Conflict the TPLF operated in a primitive semi democratic group type of leadership which they brought over from their days fighting the Derg.
The split that took place in 2001 changed the dynamic of the ethnic based outfit. It did not take long for Meles Zenawi to assert his position as the Capo di tutti i capi (boss of all bosses) in the Mafia outfit that was masquerading as a political party until his death in 2013.
The 2005 General election was another defining moment in the relationship between the TPLF Party and Meles Zenawi on one hand and the people of Ethiopia on the other.
From 1992 to 2004 Meles Zenawi and his party were busy redrawing the map, rewriting our history and redefining our national priorities and felt comfortable in their accomplishments. In fact they were so sure that they have constructed a solid foundation that will withstand any and all challenge by what they thought to be a desperate amalgamation of discredited and demoralized opposition that they allowed an open semi free election. Meles called the move “a calculated risk.” Obviously, it exploded and back fired on his face.
The election changed the whole dynamics of the relationship between Meles Zenawi as a leader and the Ethiopian Nation as his responsibility. His earlier misgivings about Ethiopia as a nation, his deep seated hatred towards the rest of Ethiopia in general and the Amhara in particular, his always nagging feeling that people did not give him credit for being an Ethiopian was validated by the complete rejection of his party in every village, town and city all over the country. The election, was a watershed moment in the life of Meles (Legesse) Zenawi Asres.
I brought this all up because in order to understand the latest news regarding the personal wealth of Ato Meles, it is important we have a good perspective on what drove the individual to engage in such massive crime of the first kind that the whole idea boggles the ordinary mind. Because of the many atrocities visited on us we have taken the news in many peculiar Ethiopian fashion, which I am sure is difficult for others to comprehend. We have become desensitized to the crimes of the Government and we do not react in a rational or normal manner, like the rest of humanity. I believe this situation is a glaring example of that strange Ethiopian behavior towards crime, the criminal and the victim. It is not nice to say, but I am afraid we have a long way to go before we learn to assert our human right and dignity and demand respect as a citizen endowed with certain unalienable Rights
The richest.org (http://www.therichest.org/) an internet site that publishes the net worth of rich and famous people in the world, in its recent publication included none other than our own Meles Zenawi in the company of other billionaires in its ranking.
I am certain we all looked twice, to make sure someone is not playing tricks on us. I am afraid, it is true. There is no reason to doubt, why the folks at richest.org would pick on our guy unless they have verifiable facts in order to splash his name and picture on the front page. Of course they are aware his wife and family will sue the hell out of them, if there was no truth to their assertion and pay dearly for it too. Up until now, no one has come forward to set the record straight if mistake was made.
What they publically splashed across their front page, was Meles Zenawi is worth $3 Billion US dollars. His profession is given as a politician and included details about his length in office and marital status. As an Ethiopian, this for me is a very troubling question that I must answer to myself to satisfy the many questions twirling in my head. To be frank with you, I have no concept of a billion dollar and I am afraid even a million is beyond my pay scale. How did Meles Zenawi do it?
We know for sure, Meles Zenawi never worked for wages until he became the President of Ethiopia in 1991. He came to the job with the clothes on his back; I am sure some books and most probably not even a wallet in his pocket. He had no needs for all that, while engaged in fighting the Derg. Eversince that day he has stayed in Arat Kilo and has never engaged in a profitable business, been officially involved in any partnership that we know of or known for his keen sense of entrepreneurship. He has been a political leader. The nagging question again is how does one amass 3 billion dollars, while not engaged in a business enterprise? What exactly is this special ability he possessed that turned according to his wife a four thousand birt a month salary into a 3 billion bonanza, in less than a decade?
Since he is dead, I am afraid we are unable to ask the individual. Whatever form his wealth is in, it is safe bet to assume it is not invested or sitting in one of our banks. But one fact we know for sure, is that the folks at the richest.org were able to find out and verify their data in order to publish such information. Of course, we can summarize how one makes a lot of money being a political leader and we wouldn’t be off the mark. The only way open to such an individual, is corruption and using the power of his office for personal gain. I am afraid, it does not require a degree in nuclear physics to figure that out.
In hindsight, it is possible to pinpoint the period when the Prime Minster decided to engage in such outright petty theft of our National wealth and help himself and his family in this criminal behavior by looking at the political and economic situation in our country. I will bet anything, that 2005 was the point in time that the dictator turned rouge and decided to pay us back for the perceived betrayal and ungratefulness for his sacrifice on behalf of our Nation. You see the problem with disturbed and mal- adjusted people, is that they always believe their selfish deeds is in the interest of others and they do not take rejection kindly. The 2005 election, was what drove our tyrant to the abyss and that trend continued to the end. Three billion dollars is not a small matter and it requires some unfulfilled deprivation to satisfy. We are of course finding out today, the little tyrant was up to the job.
What we do with this information, is what interests me the most. After all, we know he did not earn it. The natural assumption, is he stole it from us. That I am afraid is not off the mark, since he did not take it with our permission. The question to our people and nation is, what do you exactly do when someone illegally takes what belongs to you? Really except for an Ethiopian this is such a pedestrian question, it is enough to roll one’s eyes and say whatever dude! Naturally if someone robs you and you know who, it is safe to assume you would call the police on the individual or take him/her to court to get redress.
That is what, I am hoping we do. Get off our righteous anger, get over our surprise, put that cynical behavior behind us and earnestly look for ways to recover what is legally, morally and justifiably ours. I have a few proposals to make, that I think is not beyond our ability to try to do. The people of richest.org, have already done the best part of the job for us. They, I am sure, without much personal motivation have been able to find out the dead guy certainly stashed all that money away. Thus, I am assuming we have such an incentive to move heaven and earth to follow the trail and uncover every penny of what is taken from us. This is what I think, we should start with:
1. Demand the Ethiopian Government open an investigation, regarding the alleged wealth of the PM to clear his good name and the reputation of our country.
2. Demand the Ethiopian Parliament start an investigation, to see if the information has any validity.
3. Demand the Ethiopian government put a travel ban on his widow and family, until the issue is resolved.
4. Encourage, help and advice patriotic Ethiopian banking professionals to secure information regarding money transfer connected with the ruling group.
5. We in the Diaspora organize a team consisting of forensic accountants, banking and finance professionals, finance lawyers, computer scientists and criminal investigators to follow the paper trail where ever it leads to.
6. We encourage and help our professional investigators with leads, inside information etc. to help them.
7. We in the Diaspora study case histories of such wealth recovery done by other victims such as Philippines, Tunisia, Chile, Egypt, Libya etc.
8. Demand the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, the Clinton Foundation, the World Bank, IMF and all other international organization make their books transparent regarding their dealings with the Government of Ethiopia.
9. Respectfully ask my brother Obang, to use his vast resources to look into the matter.
10. Respectfully ask ESAT, to use its journalistic knowhow to investigate and expose this national shame.
All the above, are not beyond our ability to accomplish. It is up to each one of us, to take the initiative to help our country and people recover what is stolen from us. Three billion dollars is a lot of money and it could be used to open schools, hospitals, improve water supply, and bring better sanitation service and other needed projects to improve the life of our people. It is not fair or morally right, for one family to illegally take what belongs to all of us.
I am afraid, this is the tip of the iceberg. If the person in charge was helping himself to the till, we should also assume those around him were not sitting idle. Thus the possibilities are more than excellent that top officials of TPLF such as Seyoum Mesfin, Arkebe Uqbai, Berhane Gebre Kristos, Tedros Adhanom, are sitting on a pile of money that cannot be explained easily. It is imperative we demand a through explanation regarding their net worth, how they acquired it and where exactly it is invested at the moment. As government officials, they are obliged to answer or face the consequences. They owe our nation an explanation and it is not unfair to ask those who hold political power, to explain the source of their wealth. I am not accusing, but as a citizen it is our right and obligation to make sure no laws have been broken by those that are supposed to enforce it.
I believe this is a very important matter and cannot be ignored, laughing off or dismissing it off hand is not good enough. When you consider the amount of money the Diaspora remits to help their family and friends, it is absolutely not fair that those sitting in charge would just turn around and put it in their pockets for personal and family use. The money the Diaspora makes comes by sacrifice, hard work and plenty of sweat. It looks like our officials, starting with the late PM, feel entitled and think nothing of putting their dirty fingers in the till. If we let such criminal activity take place under our watch and do nothing about it I am afraid we have no moral ground to call our country home, to carry the flag and celebrate our gallant ancestors that paid a price to preserve what we today call Ethiopia. When we let such criminal act and national abuse go unchallenged, I am afraid we we invite more abuse and we have no one to blame but ourselves.
I used to think of the late dictator as a murderer (Professor Asrat, Asefa Maru), Human Right abuser (Kinijit leaders, Bertukan Mideksa, Eskinder Nega, Bekele Gerba, Abubeker Ahmed) now I can add another designation to his hall of shame – grand larceny.
(Proverbs 22:1)A good name is more desirable than great riches; to be esteemed is better than silver or gold.
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Tegegnework Gettu, regional director of UNDP
Top Ethiopian UNDP Official Faces Corruption Charges
An Ethiopian UNDP official faces corruption charges by employing the daughter of Ambassador Berhane Gebre Kristos, a key figure in the Ethiopian government, without any ‘competitive employment process.’
Tegegnework Gettu, the regional director of UNDP for Africa, hired Salem Gebre Kristos in 2013 without any public notice nor without the presence of an opening for a job. Salem has enjoyed successive promotions ever since, the report shows.
the Inner City Report disclosed.Mr. Tegegnework Gettu, who has a very close relationship with. Mr.Gebre-Kristos, gave instruction to his staff to secure her recruitment,
Ambassador Berhane, who was a very close confidante of the late tyrant Meles Zenawi, is widely seen as incompetent and corrupt like the rest of his peers in the inner circle of the ruling party in Ethiopia. Observers Ethiomedia talked to were not shocked but surprised, that the individuals have been spreading corruption beyond Ethiopia and into the UN system.
Following, is the full report by Inner City Press:
https://www.innercitypress.com/un2retal ... 61317.html
______________
Meles Zenawi and our money
By Yilma Bekele
https://ethiopianreview.com/content/47591
May 30, 2013
The last seven years or so I have been writing opinion pieces on the political situation in our homeland.
Naturally I have discussed the late Prime Minister Meles Zenawi and his central role in charting the direction our country should follow on the road he envisioned to improve the life of our people. Prime Minister Zenawi ruled over our country for twenty one years. One can say from 1991 when the TPLF took over to 2001 when the split within the party took place in the aftermath of the Eritrean Conflict the TPLF operated in a primitive semi democratic group type of leadership which they brought over from their days fighting the Derg.
The split that took place in 2001 changed the dynamic of the ethnic based outfit. It did not take long for Meles Zenawi to assert his position as the Capo di tutti i capi (boss of all bosses) in the Mafia outfit that was masquerading as a political party until his death in 2013.
The 2005 General election was another defining moment in the relationship between the TPLF Party and Meles Zenawi on one hand and the people of Ethiopia on the other.
From 1992 to 2004 Meles Zenawi and his party were busy redrawing the map, rewriting our history and redefining our national priorities and felt comfortable in their accomplishments. In fact they were so sure that they have constructed a solid foundation that will withstand any and all challenge by what they thought to be a desperate amalgamation of discredited and demoralized opposition that they allowed an open semi free election. Meles called the move “a calculated risk.” Obviously, it exploded and back fired on his face.
The election changed the whole dynamics of the relationship between Meles Zenawi as a leader and the Ethiopian Nation as his responsibility. His earlier misgivings about Ethiopia as a nation, his deep seated hatred towards the rest of Ethiopia in general and the Amhara in particular, his always nagging feeling that people did not give him credit for being an Ethiopian was validated by the complete rejection of his party in every village, town and city all over the country. The election, was a watershed moment in the life of Meles (Legesse) Zenawi Asres.
I brought this all up because in order to understand the latest news regarding the personal wealth of Ato Meles, it is important we have a good perspective on what drove the individual to engage in such massive crime of the first kind that the whole idea boggles the ordinary mind. Because of the many atrocities visited on us we have taken the news in many peculiar Ethiopian fashion, which I am sure is difficult for others to comprehend. We have become desensitized to the crimes of the Government and we do not react in a rational or normal manner, like the rest of humanity. I believe this situation is a glaring example of that strange Ethiopian behavior towards crime, the criminal and the victim. It is not nice to say, but I am afraid we have a long way to go before we learn to assert our human right and dignity and demand respect as a citizen endowed with certain unalienable Rights
The richest.org (http://www.therichest.org/) an internet site that publishes the net worth of rich and famous people in the world, in its recent publication included none other than our own Meles Zenawi in the company of other billionaires in its ranking.
I am certain we all looked twice, to make sure someone is not playing tricks on us. I am afraid, it is true. There is no reason to doubt, why the folks at richest.org would pick on our guy unless they have verifiable facts in order to splash his name and picture on the front page. Of course they are aware his wife and family will sue the hell out of them, if there was no truth to their assertion and pay dearly for it too. Up until now, no one has come forward to set the record straight if mistake was made.
What they publically splashed across their front page, was Meles Zenawi is worth $3 Billion US dollars. His profession is given as a politician and included details about his length in office and marital status. As an Ethiopian, this for me is a very troubling question that I must answer to myself to satisfy the many questions twirling in my head. To be frank with you, I have no concept of a billion dollar and I am afraid even a million is beyond my pay scale. How did Meles Zenawi do it?
We know for sure, Meles Zenawi never worked for wages until he became the President of Ethiopia in 1991. He came to the job with the clothes on his back; I am sure some books and most probably not even a wallet in his pocket. He had no needs for all that, while engaged in fighting the Derg. Eversince that day he has stayed in Arat Kilo and has never engaged in a profitable business, been officially involved in any partnership that we know of or known for his keen sense of entrepreneurship. He has been a political leader. The nagging question again is how does one amass 3 billion dollars, while not engaged in a business enterprise? What exactly is this special ability he possessed that turned according to his wife a four thousand birt a month salary into a 3 billion bonanza, in less than a decade?
Since he is dead, I am afraid we are unable to ask the individual. Whatever form his wealth is in, it is safe bet to assume it is not invested or sitting in one of our banks. But one fact we know for sure, is that the folks at the richest.org were able to find out and verify their data in order to publish such information. Of course, we can summarize how one makes a lot of money being a political leader and we wouldn’t be off the mark. The only way open to such an individual, is corruption and using the power of his office for personal gain. I am afraid, it does not require a degree in nuclear physics to figure that out.
In hindsight, it is possible to pinpoint the period when the Prime Minster decided to engage in such outright petty theft of our National wealth and help himself and his family in this criminal behavior by looking at the political and economic situation in our country. I will bet anything, that 2005 was the point in time that the dictator turned rouge and decided to pay us back for the perceived betrayal and ungratefulness for his sacrifice on behalf of our Nation. You see the problem with disturbed and mal- adjusted people, is that they always believe their selfish deeds is in the interest of others and they do not take rejection kindly. The 2005 election, was what drove our tyrant to the abyss and that trend continued to the end. Three billion dollars is not a small matter and it requires some unfulfilled deprivation to satisfy. We are of course finding out today, the little tyrant was up to the job.
What we do with this information, is what interests me the most. After all, we know he did not earn it. The natural assumption, is he stole it from us. That I am afraid is not off the mark, since he did not take it with our permission. The question to our people and nation is, what do you exactly do when someone illegally takes what belongs to you? Really except for an Ethiopian this is such a pedestrian question, it is enough to roll one’s eyes and say whatever dude! Naturally if someone robs you and you know who, it is safe to assume you would call the police on the individual or take him/her to court to get redress.
That is what, I am hoping we do. Get off our righteous anger, get over our surprise, put that cynical behavior behind us and earnestly look for ways to recover what is legally, morally and justifiably ours. I have a few proposals to make, that I think is not beyond our ability to try to do. The people of richest.org, have already done the best part of the job for us. They, I am sure, without much personal motivation have been able to find out the dead guy certainly stashed all that money away. Thus, I am assuming we have such an incentive to move heaven and earth to follow the trail and uncover every penny of what is taken from us. This is what I think, we should start with:
1. Demand the Ethiopian Government open an investigation, regarding the alleged wealth of the PM to clear his good name and the reputation of our country.
2. Demand the Ethiopian Parliament start an investigation, to see if the information has any validity.
3. Demand the Ethiopian government put a travel ban on his widow and family, until the issue is resolved.
4. Encourage, help and advice patriotic Ethiopian banking professionals to secure information regarding money transfer connected with the ruling group.
5. We in the Diaspora organize a team consisting of forensic accountants, banking and finance professionals, finance lawyers, computer scientists and criminal investigators to follow the paper trail where ever it leads to.
6. We encourage and help our professional investigators with leads, inside information etc. to help them.
7. We in the Diaspora study case histories of such wealth recovery done by other victims such as Philippines, Tunisia, Chile, Egypt, Libya etc.
8. Demand the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, the Clinton Foundation, the World Bank, IMF and all other international organization make their books transparent regarding their dealings with the Government of Ethiopia.
9. Respectfully ask my brother Obang, to use his vast resources to look into the matter.
10. Respectfully ask ESAT, to use its journalistic knowhow to investigate and expose this national shame.
All the above, are not beyond our ability to accomplish. It is up to each one of us, to take the initiative to help our country and people recover what is stolen from us. Three billion dollars is a lot of money and it could be used to open schools, hospitals, improve water supply, and bring better sanitation service and other needed projects to improve the life of our people. It is not fair or morally right, for one family to illegally take what belongs to all of us.
I am afraid, this is the tip of the iceberg. If the person in charge was helping himself to the till, we should also assume those around him were not sitting idle. Thus the possibilities are more than excellent that top officials of TPLF such as Seyoum Mesfin, Arkebe Uqbai, Berhane Gebre Kristos, Tedros Adhanom, are sitting on a pile of money that cannot be explained easily. It is imperative we demand a through explanation regarding their net worth, how they acquired it and where exactly it is invested at the moment. As government officials, they are obliged to answer or face the consequences. They owe our nation an explanation and it is not unfair to ask those who hold political power, to explain the source of their wealth. I am not accusing, but as a citizen it is our right and obligation to make sure no laws have been broken by those that are supposed to enforce it.
I believe this is a very important matter and cannot be ignored, laughing off or dismissing it off hand is not good enough. When you consider the amount of money the Diaspora remits to help their family and friends, it is absolutely not fair that those sitting in charge would just turn around and put it in their pockets for personal and family use. The money the Diaspora makes comes by sacrifice, hard work and plenty of sweat. It looks like our officials, starting with the late PM, feel entitled and think nothing of putting their dirty fingers in the till. If we let such criminal activity take place under our watch and do nothing about it I am afraid we have no moral ground to call our country home, to carry the flag and celebrate our gallant ancestors that paid a price to preserve what we today call Ethiopia. When we let such criminal act and national abuse go unchallenged, I am afraid we we invite more abuse and we have no one to blame but ourselves.
I used to think of the late dictator as a murderer (Professor Asrat, Asefa Maru), Human Right abuser (Kinijit leaders, Bertukan Mideksa, Eskinder Nega, Bekele Gerba, Abubeker Ahmed) now I can add another designation to his hall of shame – grand larceny.
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