Worancha ወራንቻ

Dr.   Wolassa L. Kumo   1.  Background The Sidama people live in  South Ethiopia . They belong to the indigenous African Kushitic (also written as Cushitic) group of peoples that have inhabited north eastern Africa stretching from the current Southern Egypt and northern Sudan to Ethiopia, Northern Kenya and Tanzania for the past 7000 years. The Kushitic peoples living in various parts of north east Africa today include: the Beja in northern Sudan and Egypt, the Saho in Eritrea, the Sidama, Oromo, Agaw, Afar, Somali, Hadiya, and many others in Ethiopia, and the Rendile and the Sakuye in Kenya and parts of Tanzania. The Alaba, Xambaro and Qewena people who currently live in Kambata and Gurage administrative sub regions in Southern Ethiopia belong to the ethnic Sidama people. They had migrated from the current  Sidamaland  during the medieval period for search of better economic opportunities, particularly grazing land. Studies  indicate that the Kushitic peoples of north east Africa

የቀድሞ የአሜሪካ ፕሬዚዳንት የነበሩት ጆን ኦፍ ኬኔዲ ባንድ ወቅት እንዲህ ብለው ነበር፡፡ ‹‹መጠየቅ ያለብህ አገሬ ለእኔ ምን ሠራችልኝ ብለህ ሳይሆን እኔ ለአገሬ ምን ላደርግ እችላለሁ ብለህ መሆን አለበት፡፡›› ይህ የፕሬዚዳንቱ ንግግር በመላው ዓለማችን በበርካቶች የሚታወቅና ጥልቅ መልዕክት የያዘ ነው፡፡ ዛሬ የፕሬዚዳንት ኬኔዲን ንግግር ያነሳነው ስለእሳቸው ለማውራት ሳይሆን፣ ከዚህ ታዋቂ ንግግራቸው ጀርባ ያለውን ቁም ነገር ለመዳሰስ በማሰብ ነው፡፡ በርካቶች በሕይወት ዘመናቸው እንዲኖሩዋቸው ከሚፈልጉዋቸው ነገሮች መካከል አንደኛው ሥልጣን ነው፡፡ ሆኖም ግን በርካታ ሰዎች ሥልጣንን የሚፈልጉት በሥልጣን ውስጥ ያሉ ጥቅሞችን ለማግኘት ካላቸው ክፉኛ መሻት ነው እንጂ፣ በእውነት ሥልጣንን በሚገባ ተረድተውት ነው ለማለት ያስቸግራል፡፡ ምንም እንኳን ሥልጣን ይዞ የሚያመጣቸው በርካታ ጥቅሞች ቢኖሩትም፣ ዋነኛ ዓላማው ከዚያ የዘለለ ነው፡፡  ሥልጣን አንድን ነገር ለመግዛት የሚያገለግል ኃይል ቢሆንም፣ ትክክለኛው ትርጓሜው ግን ተገቢ የሆነ ተፅዕኖን በማሳደር ነገሮችን በሥርዓት ለማስጓዝ የሚጠቅም ዘዴ ነው፡፡ ታዲያ ዛሬ የምናነሳው ጉዳይ በአገራችን በርካቶች ሥልጣንን የሚጠቀሙት ከምን አንፃር መሆኑን ለመፈተሽ ነው፡፡ በርካቶች የሥልጣንን ትክክለኛ ትርጓሜ ካለማወቅ የተነሳ በአገር እንዲሁም በሕዝብ ላይ ከፍተኛ ጉዳት እያደረሱ ነው፡፡ በመሆኑም ይህ ጉዳይ በጊዜው ሃይ ካልተባለ፣ ለባሰ ችግር ማጋለጡ አይቀሬ መሆኑ ሊታሰብበት ይገባል፡፡  በአገራችን ያሉ አንዳንድ ባለሥልጣናትም ስለሥልጣን ምንነት ትክክለኛ ዕውቀት ስለሌላቸው ይህ ነው የማይባል ኪሳራ እያደረሱ ይገኛሉ፡፡ የመንግሥት ባለሥልጣናት ሲሾሙ ልዩ ትኩረት የሚሰጡት በሥልጣን አማካይነት ስለሚገኘው ቤት፣

ANALYSIS On the morning of Wednesday, September 4, 2013, Muluneh Jira, 39, was busy arranging his rented three-by-three boutique, around Hayahulet Mazoria, a few metres away from theGolagulTower. Muluneh came to this area from Merkato, a year ago, to operate as a clothes wholesaler. Since he moved, his business has been going great. However, due to the road and railway construction that started four months ago, his customer base is beginning to drain. "Before the construction started, on average 10 customers bought something from my boutique a day," Muluneh told Fortune, while observing the street thoughtfully. "This is not the situation anymore." Alarmed by the decline of his business and in order to grab the marketing opportunity created by the coming holyday, Muluneh devised a method to attract more customers. "A week ago, I introduced a 20-30pc sales discount on all the items found in my boutique", said Muluneh. "The sale will last un

* Ethiopia's revival a tale of Africa Rising * Nation still overshadowed by charismatic former leader * Hailemariam cautious on opening state-dominated  economy * Ruling coalition keeps ethnic rifts in check By Richard Lough and Aaron Maasho ADDIS ABABA, Sept 17 (Reuters) - When global drinks giant Diageo bought a brewery in Ethiopia, it paid a premium for a stake in a barely tapped African market that in the 1980s had spectacularly failed to feed its own population. Diageo paid $225 million for state-owned Meta Abo, joining a list of firms seeking a foothold in Africa's second most populous nation that was once run by communists and now has an emerging middle class after a decade of double-digit growth. "We paid a premium of course and that was a deliberate decision ... We knew the value of what we were buying," Francis Agbonlahor, Diageo's managing director at Meta Abo, told Reuters in a capital that boasts smart highways and new office blocks.

vreemd verkeer! De gezellige en verrassend ruim opgezette, snel ontwikkelende stad Awassa ligt 275 km. ten zuiden van de hoofdstad van Ethiopie, Addis Abeba langs de asphaltweg naar Moyale. Op 1685 m. hoogte gelegen heeft Awassa een aangenaam klimaat en daarbij ook een mooie ligging aan het Awassa meer. . Er wonen 150.000 mensen van 50 verschillende ethnische bevolkingsgroepen zoals Sidama, Wolayta, Hadya, Kambate, Gurage, Amhara en Tigray die elkaar allemaal op hun eigen wijze groeten met: "Kero", "Saro", "Tumma", "Yimtebel", Tenestilign", Akam", of "Kemyalahum". Awassa is als een kleurrijke regenboog met een kaleidoscoop aan volkeren en talen. ትርጉም፦ ''The cozy and surprisingly spacious, fast developing town of Awassa is 275 km.  south of the capital of Ethiopia, Addis Ababa along the asphalt road to Moyale.  At 1685 m altitude Awassa has a pleasant climate and thereby also a beautiful location on the lake A