Beyond the Politics: - A look at a Reality of Sidama Economy




By Kinkino Kiya, October 25, 2012
According to the most recent World Bank’s report that analysis the World poverty index; Ethiopia by all measures remains one of the poorest countries of the world. The most critical challenge facing the Sidama authorities and the Ethiopian policy makers at large -today and for the years ahead is the urgent task of reducing absolute poverty from the Sidama region as well as for the federal authorities addressing the issues at a national level.
The basic objective of economic resources management and the fundamental goal of government anywhere, at all times must be working towards improving the standard of living of their respective people’s over time in the given periods of time. [...] The numerous Ethiopians including the Sidama nation were so optimistic trusting that the current might declare war on the greatest enemy of our people, the abject poverty that has incarcerated the nation of the country with varying degrees. Regardless of the aforementioned confidence entrusted on it,[..]
Paradoxically, the Sidama region remained working contrary to this when it dismantled the Sidama nations’ development projects supported by the international NGO’s whose objective was alleviating poverty.

At present time, no body can deny the fact that our society is a miserably poor in comparison with others within Ethiopian context itself. I’m however, not arguing that others Ethiopian have technologically advanced and economically developed. Besides, the issues in Sidama are much far worst than anywhere else in the country. This could be proven in any economic criterion and standard that is being adopted to measure social development index using the relevant tools.
Modern infrastructure, manufacturing industry and service sector lag behind the national standard. Ours is the society where a great portion of Sidama people eke out of miserable existence in a subsistence economy without many improvements on their daily lives. There isn’t a hope and aspiration for the nation’s sons and daughters unless the corrective actions and measures are taken with the right directions to develop the Sidama instead of targeting individuals and the nation as a whole for asking these rights. Otherwise, the future remains gloomy for the Sidama nation.
The Sidamaland became the land that is suffocated by man-made abject poverty and concomitant hopelessness despite the abundance of their immense resource that nature provided them. A wise utilization of available resource to improve the living standard of people is not sought.
Addressing these problems requires courageous leadership and wisdom, foresight, a coherent multidimensional strategy and ability or willingness to effectively implement these strategies from the part of our regional and federal authorities. An important element is that the one without genuine political will and determination the development plans remain so illusive. If there is no good will and a political commitment at the highest level for concept of equitable distribution of resources and dynamic production and inclusive growth; the development agendas remain simply mantra.
The above would require strategic thinking and planning on how best to use the nation’s scarce resource; and an understanding of the international economic environments. Above all, it requires a lot of hard work and dedication from all able-bodied and working citizens and the genuine political leadership. In other words, the task requires a multidimensional approach and needs an effective utilization of all the resources, particularly the human resources available to Sidamas![...]
Kinkino Kiya, October 25, 2012

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