Breaking: SPLM-IO Gen. Taban Deng Gai soon to replace Dr. Riek Machar for the First Vice President of South Sudan

“According to Mr William Ezekiel, the SPLM/IO spokesman in Juba and a leader of the Shilluk community within SPLM/IO told the media that movement is planning to replace Dr. Riek Machar with Taban Deng Gai” (Dominic D., 2016).

Zimbabwe: #ThisFlag Values!

#ThisFlag Values 2016

“A team of volunteers has gone through 100000’s of your comment’s, tweets and whatapp messages. Amongst many, these are the COMMON #Thisflag values that everyone has expressed” (#ThisFlag on Facebook, 2016).

Wetangula dismisses any possibility of Raila winning presidency in Kenya (Youtube-Clip)

“We begin with the bombshell from cord co-principal Moses Wetangula who has now dismissed any possibility of his colleague Raila Odinga ever clinching the presidency in Kenya through cord. According to Wetangula, given that Raila has given a shot at the presidency 3 times now without any success, it is high time that Raila backed either him Wetangula, or the wiper leader Kalonzo Musyoka. And as Chris Thairu reports, Wetangula maintains that cord is doomed to fail if they settle on Raila Odinga as the presidential candidate” (KTN News, 2016)

Bishop’s Private Jet smuggled money to South Africa (Youtube-Clip)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1JD4txpDJZ8

“the head of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) owns the private plane with US registration number N808HG, which is one of the jets recently seized by the SA officials. The money totaling $9.3 million cash was packed in several suitcases. The cash was seized at the Lanseria airport following the luggage search. Reuters previously revealed that SA police started investigation in terms of 2 Nigerians and an Israeli contractor, who were on board trying to illegally bring cash into the country, in what might have been part of an arms deal” (Uncensored, 2016)

President Mugabe is biblical, who knew?

Mugabe Bible

I don’t know if the Zimbabwean churches have their own version or limited editions of Biblical Scriptures as their Executive or President are apparently written into it. For some reason as a Christian, I have lost the plot and lost the place of H.E. Mugabe there. So here is some of the words said about the man lingering in power.

The original version of New International Version (NIV) of the Bible in Jeremiah 29:11 says this: “11 For I know the plans I have for you,” declares the LORD, “plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future”. While in the Zimbabwean it might says this: “11 For I know Mugabe’s plans have for you, “ declares the LORD, “plans to prosper you and not harm you, Mugabe plans to give you hope and a future”.

I might be wrong, but the Zimbabwean version of the bible like this too, as the President Mugabe could also be in this scripture which is NIV Philippians 4:13 says: “13 I can do all this through him who gives me strength”, but the Zimbabwean might say’s this: “13 I can do all this through Mugabe who gives me strength”.

Enough of the mockery and destruction of the holy Bible, as the President have been in position of the holiness and grandeur place. First of is his wife who have great faith in her man. With this in mind, Grace Mugabe the first lady said this: “You’re irreplaceable” (…) “continue with his leadership even from the National Heroes Acre in event of death.” (News24, 2015).

As he is supposed to still have the power and ability to run Zimbabwe from the dead, he is also greater then Moses, apparently. This been said by Bishop and Church leader Nehemiah Mutendi said this: “You (president) have managed to do what Moses could not achieve because Moses did not go with the people of Israel to Canaan but you were with us at independence and you are still with us” (Mawawa, 2016).

The Zanu-PF leader Kudzai Chipang is a little more on planet earth, though also have faith that he is written in the bible and said this: “Mr Mugabe will die in office. It was written in the Bible that he won’t just rule the country, but would die in office.” (AfricanSpotlight, 2016).

So if you have learned anything by this today and I feel sorry for youth and Christians in Zimbabwe, if this is the common-grounds, as the President is attacking #ThisFlag activist and Pastor Evan Mawarire who certainly not written into the bible, but is still a man of integrity and fight for justice. Something President Mugabe was a few decades ago, but now is recited in the holy scriptures and has the ability to be walking dead; still hunting white colonialists while stealing monies from the state-coffers to his cronies. Maybe that is written in the Zimbabwean edition in the books of Revelations? I think that is enough for now. Peace.

Reference:

AfricanSpotlight – ‘The Bible says Mugabe will rule ‘until he dies’ – Party leader’ (20.07.2016) link: http://africanspotlight.com/2016/07/20/the-bible-says-mugabe-will-rule-until-he-dies-party-leader/

Mawawa, Terrence – ‘Mutendi: Mugabe is greater than the bible’ (04.03.2016) link: http://www.zimeye.net/mutendimugabe-is-greater-than-bible-icon-moses/

News24 – ‘Irreplaceable’ Mugabe will still be leader when he’s dead – Grace’ (26.05.2016) link: http://www.news24.com/Africa/Zimbabwe/irreplaceable-mugabe-will-still-be-leader-when-hes-dead-grace-20160526

Jay Smooth: “Okay So About That Melania Trump Speech….” (Youtube-Clip)

Donald Trump’s ‘Art of the Deal’ Ghostwriter Tony Schwartz Speaks Out | MSNBC (Youtube-Clip)

“Tony Schwartz, the ghostwriter for Donald Trump’s book “Art of the Deal”, speaks out about his experience of working with the GOP nominee” (MSNBC, 2016).

South Sudan crisis: President Kiir not prepared to wait indefinitely for Machar’s return (Youtube-Clip)

“South Sudan’s President, Salva Kiir, says he’s not prepared to wait indefinitely for his vice president, Riek Machar, to return to the capital, Juba. He has threatened to replace his rival in order to get the country’s peace process back on track” (CCTV News, 2016)

“Why I rejected Okoa Kenya Referendum,” Issack Hassan speaks (Youtube-Clip)

UNCTAD Warns on Debt, Says Africa Should Find New Ways to Finance Development

Ghana Currency

This year’s UNCTAD Economic Development in Africa Report 2016 finds that Africa’s external debt ratios appear manageable, but African governments must take action to prevent rapid debt growth from becoming a crisis, as experienced in the late 1980s and 1990s. 

NAIROBI, Kenya, July 21, 2016 – African governments should add new revenue sources to finance their development, such as remittances, public-private partnerships, and a clampdown on illicit financial flows, an UNCTAD report said on Thursday, warning that debt looks unsustainable in some countries.

This year’s UNCTAD Economic Development in Africa Report 2016 finds that Africa’s external debt ratios appear manageable, but African governments must take action to prevent rapid debt growth from becoming a crisis, as experienced in the late 1980s and 1990s.

“Borrowing can be an important part of improving the lives of African citizens,” UNCTAD Secretary-General Mukhisa Kituyi said. “But we must find a balance between the present and the future, because debt is dangerous when unsustainable.”

At least $600 billion will be needed each year to meet the Sustainable Development Goals in Africa, according to the report which is subtitled Debt Dynamics and Development Finance in Africa. This amount equates to roughly a third of countries’ gross national income. Official development aid and external debt are unlikely to cover these needs, the report finds.

A decade or so of strong growth has provided many countries with the opportunity to access international financial markets. Between 2006 and 2009, the average African country saw its external debt stock grow 7.8 percent per year, a figure that accelerates to 10 percent per year in the years 2011–2013 to reach $443 billion or 22 per cent of gross national income by 2013.

Several African countries have also borrowed heavily on domestic markets, the report finds. It provides specific examples and analyses of domestic debt in Ghana, Kenya, Nigeria, Tanzania, and Zambia. In some countries, domestic debt rose from an average 11 percent of GDP in 1995 to around 19 percent at the end of 2013, almost doubling in two decades.

“Many African countries have begun the move away from a dependence on official development aid, looking to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals with new and innovative sources of finance,” Dr. Kituyi said.

The report argues that African countries should look for complementary sources of revenue, including remittances, which have been growing rapidly, reaching $63.8 billion to Africa in 2014. The report discusses how remittances and diaspora savings can contribute to public and development finance.

Together with the global community, Africa must also tackle illicit financial flows; which can be as high as $50 billion per year. Between 1970 and 2008, Africa lost an estimated $854 billion in illicit financial flows, roughly equal to all official development assistance received by the continent in that time.

And while governments should be vigilant of the borrowing risks, public-private partnerships have also started to play a more prominent role in financing development. In Africa, public-private partnerships are being used especially to finance infrastructure. Of the 52 countries considered during the period 1990-2014, Nigeria tops the list with $37.9 billion of investment, followed by Morocco and South Africa.