Worancha ወራንቻ

‹‹የሥነ ምግባር አዋጁን ፈርመን ብንደራደር በግሌ ችግር የለብኝም›› አቶ ግርማ ሰይፉ (መድረክ) ‹‹እንደ ዜጋ አዋጁን አከብራለሁ አስገድደው ሊያስፈርሙን ግን አይችሉም›› ዶ/ር ነጋሶ ጊዳዳ (መድረክ) ‹‹አጠቃላይ መፍትሔ አምጪ ባይሆንም አንድ ዕርምጃ ነው›› አቶ ሙሼ ሰሙ (ኢዴፓ) ‹‹አዋጁን ፈርመን ብንቀበልም ያስከበረልን ነገር ስለሌለ ከጋራ መድረክ ወጥተናል›› አቶ ወንድማገኝ ደነቀ (መኢአድ) በዮሐንስ አንበርብር የፓርቲዎች የምርጫ ሥነ ምግባር አዋጅ የበርካታ ፓርቲዎች ይሁንታን አግኝቶ ከፀደቀ ሦስት ዓመታት ያለፉት ቢሆንም፣ ይህ የሥነ ምግባር አዋጅ በኢትዮጵያ ፖለቲካ ሒደት ውስጥ ካበረከተው አስተዋጽኦ ይልቅ ለተቃዋሚ ፓርቲዎች ፈተና የሆነ ይመስላል፡፡ አንዳንዶቹ በአዋጁ ዙሪያ እርስ በእርስ አይግባቡም፤ ሌሎች ደግሞ አዋጁን ፈርመን የገባንበት የድርድር መድረክ ያመጣልን ነገር የለም ይላሉ፡፡ ሌሎች ደግሞ በተቋቋመው የፖለቲካ ፓርቲዎች የጋራ ምክር ቤት ተሳታፊ መሆናቸውን ይገልጻሉ፡፡ ለሕዝብ ተወካዮች ምክር ቤት የመንግሥታቸውን አቋም ባለፈው ማክሰኞ ያቀረቡት ጠቅላይ ሚኒስትር ኃይለ ማርያም ደሳለኝ፣ ከመድረክ ፓርቲ ለቀረበላቸው የድርድር ጥያቄ የኢሕአዴግንና የሚመሩትን መንግሥት አቋም አሳውቀዋል፡፡ መድረክ ከኢሕአዴግ ጋር ለመወያየት በመጀመሪያ የሥነ ምግባር አዋጁን መፈረም አለበት፡፡ ይህ ካልሆነ ግን የውይይት መድረኩ የተዘጋ ነው ማለታቸው ይታወሳል፡፡ ይህንን አስመልክቶ የመድረክ አመራሮችን ያነጋገርን ሲሆን፣ መድረክ በተሰጠው ምላሽ ላይ ተነጋግሮ አቋም ያለመያዙን ለመረዳት ተችሏል፤ አመራሮቹ ግን እርስ በርሳቸው በጉዳዩ ላይ ያላቸው አቋም የተለያየ ነው፡፡ በሕዝብ ተወካዮች ምክር ቤት የመድረክ ተወካይ የሆኑት አቶ ግርማ ሰይፉ ድርድር ለመጀመር የቀረበው

Such negative connotations can be sensed in segments of the southern ethnic groups, among which the  Sidama  are a major group. Kellas (1991) says that " favorable attitudes are held about the in-group and unfavorable ones about the out- ... http://books.google.com.gt/books?id=fYiPXWEg6PgC&pg=PA32&lpg=PA32&dq=sidama&source=bl&ots=oBmPlGqzna&sig=rruH5TRmPIevWnozMI5Ni1u9yns&hl=en&sa=X&ei=h6WFUMDRGYm08ATM94HwDA&ved=0CFkQ6AEwCQ

Sidama and Ethiopian: the emergence of the Mekane Yesus Church in Sidama

10.12.12   |  12:59 pm Standing in front of the coffee selection in a grocery store or a cafe is often thrilling (so much choice!), but also perplexing: Which one do I choose? Such indecision is compounded by ethical concerns due to so much coffee being sourced from the developing world. Fair Trade aims to protect coffee farmers from being exploited but criticisms of it have led to alternative models emerging like Direct Trade. Austin coffee roasters such as Third Coast Coffee, Casa Brasil and Cuvée Coffee source coffees through Fair Trade, Direct Trade or a variation of either. Each roaster aims to offer coffees that taste good and that customers can feel good about drinking, confident in the knowledge that the farmers picking the red cherry that coffee beans come from are benefiting. But true transparency for coffee traded may ultimately lie with consumers themselves. “Every time you spend money, you’re casting a vote for the kind of world you want,” said Anna Lappé, a write

The Ethiopian Intellectual Property Office is finalizing preparations to conduct the re-registration of trademarks. The re-registration will be conducted on the basis of the proclamation for the registration of trademarks according to Berhanu Adelo, Director General for the EIPO. There are currently 14 thousand registered trademarks in Ethiopia with 7500 being international trademarks said Berhanu. In related news Ethiopia has managed to trademark its fine coffee brands ‘Harar’, ‘Yirgachefee’ and ‘Sidama’ internationally he noted. Efforts are also underway to trademark ‘Limu’ and ‘Nekempte’ as well as other Ethiopia’s fine coffee added Berhanu. The office is engaged in tasks to consolidate efforts to protect intellectual property rights as the number of people requesting patent rights ownership certificates is growing all the time. There were only 43 patent applications were submitted in the last financial year with the office certifying 27 patent ownership explained Be