Ethiopia: The Prime Minister’s use of ‘Medemer’ is out of a tyrants play-book

It has been revealed that the Oromia Education Bureau are spending 3.4m birrs buying the book of Primer Minister Ahmed Ali Abiy. This is the ‘Medemer, however, that’s not all. The same Bureau of Oromia is spending more 5,6m birrs on teaching it too.

What this is the old-school method of indoctrinating your ideals, your words and your political ideology on children. There is reports that this money spent by the Education Bureau is footing the bill of making the book into a audio-book.

There is also reports that the book is being read on public radio for the whole public to listen too. This so weird from a so called “progressive” and a “reformer”. Unless, his faking it into his making it. Because this is the means of leaders, which the likes of him isn’t supposed to associated with.

Maybe, the ideal leader and reformer for the Ethiopian PM is to be like Chairman Mao. As he indoctrinated the Chinese people with his Little Red Book. Alas, also the Libyan dictator Gaddafi’s Green Book. Both of these fella’s used their books insert their message to everyone.

This is surely not a sign of a man whose there for greatness. When the Prime Minister using his office to sell his book and spell-out his message this way. The PM is acting as a dictator with this one. Proving that his “reforming” ways isn’t so real. Because, if they we’re it wouldn’t be that self-serving.

The Prime Minister seemingly see this as a good idea, maybe even a profitable one for him too. Since, he will get the royalties for the publishing of the book and enrich himself. While the citizens and the children has to learn his teachings without any hesitation.

This indoctrinating a dogma, a idea and a message without even clarifying the purpose. If there ever was a move of a dictator and ta totalitarian state. This one is like the fashionable idea of a tyrant, who has to both spew the same message through your ear, in print and at primary education.

If Abiy wants to be a dictator, this is a clear message. At least to people like me. Than, I believe the dark ages will return and there will be less will to reform. As everything will revolve around him and his whims. That’s not a sign of reform, but a one-party state. Which was my worry, when the EPRDF consolidated into the Prosperity Party.

This sort of action is an act of that. A tyrant would be proud of Abiy for doing this. Therefore, I ask myself, is that the message Abiy want to send to the world? If so, he can be proud and if not he should scrap these sort of things as soon as possible. Unless, his so far up his own ass, that he cannot see the issues with this. I anticipate the last, because someone who does this got an ego higher than Mount Everest. Peace.

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Opinion: Muhoozi needs to watch the Firefly episode called ‘Jaynestown’

It’s my estimation that every man ever got a statue made of him was one kind of sumbitch or another” – Captain Malcolm Reynolds (Firefly, episode 4 – 2002).

Sometimes reality isn’t far from fiction, not even far from science-fiction. Yes, in some sense President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni could been deemed a hero and living legend. Yes I say that, but with hesitation, because he misused his offerings to the state and forgotten also the reasons for a fundamental change. Its all self-centred egotistic military government that keeps a choke-hold of the Republic.

If this was early 1990s and he had retired, he would have been seen and looked like a hero for plenty. Than, the President would have left a legacy, which wasn’t only self-styled President for Life. Who misused his time in office and squandered his potential. However, that has all been lost in the game of being for life president.

Why do I state all this, well because this:

The greatest military heroes in Africa’s history. Generals Museveni, Saleh, Rwigyema and Kagame. They achieved the impossible. We should build statues in their honour in every town in Uganda and Rwanda” Kainerubaga Muhoozi on Twitter on the 4th June 2020

I’m only looking into Museveni, because that’s enough for one piece. Muhoozi should watch or rewatch Firefly episode number 4 ‘Jaynestown’. This episode could significantly put forward why people are putting up statutes. They are doing it for the creation of heroes. Jayne of the Firefly crew had become a hero in Canton, because he robbed the owner of the corporation on the planet and dropped his fortune to the mudders there.

Well, let me just say, they made him a hero on the assumption, that he did that on his free will. Not on the ironic loss of the big-bank in the sky as he was fleeing the robbery with his ally. An ally he dumped with the money. This was a robbery gone wrong and the mudders got the wealth. They made him a hero because of it.

In the same sense, Muhoozi wants to make Museveni a statute and a hero today. This statute will not be put up in Canton and for the honour of Jayne made by the Mudders. The statutes Muhoozi speaks of is his father and the one who fought with him. It’s like Muhoozi forgets everything he has done since the Bush War. Also, the questions by the legitimacy of that war itself.

Especially, since he has not lived up the promises and reasons for going to civil war. Museveni knows this, Muhoozi knows this, but they will both act a fool. Since, that is water under bridge, but they want to celebrated as heroes still. Every heroic moment has to be lived through again. Since, this is the moment that transpired to make them kings. This is the reality.

Muhoozi wants to make the legacy of his father into the upper echelon. I cannot blame the son for praising his father. That comes naturally for him and is obligated. As if he would ever stand a chance of succession. He needs his father to be remembered as a hero.

However, Captain Mal sums up what plenty of people thinks of people made statutes of. That should be a worrying sign for Muhoozi, but don’t expect him to listen to anyone. He rather send people like me behind bars and than claim superiority after. Because, I am the dumb-dumb for actual leadership and taxation with representation. Not a military government overpowering the public at any given moment.

Maybe its those 27 guns he wants saluted at every statute in the Republic. Peace.

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