Note From Caribou Coffee House

Politically, the Nuer and Oromo stocks are similar. It is a group of expansionists, manipulators, and liars. Historically speaking, they own nothing. Everything they own has been acquired through conquest, theft, or robbery. In their inability to appreciate what they have, they want to own other people's property, be it intellectual, cultural, or material. The prime minister of Ethiopia, for example, has the urge to copy everything he sees abroad, copy them at home, despite knowing his country cannot afford them all. In the name of development, his group has robbed banks and confiscated land and properties as part of crime syndicates. As the adage goes, the Oromo regard everything in Ethiopia as their own, including the earth and sky. In addition, the Nuer stock believes that they own everything on Anyuawaland. If they don't lie about owning them, then they would resort to violence to take them by force. They see everything in Anyuawaland through the lust prism. Democracy is viewed by both tribes as having a larger demographic number than other societies. By this definition, majoritarian democracy can be defined as tribal democracy, were tribal votes matter regardless of political party inclination. In both tribes, the Oromo and the Nuer, democracy does not entail a majority vote cast by political parties, but tribal votes exercised through whims, expanse of political dispensation, and manipulation and interference of tribal votes, or cheating by inflating tribal numbers. Instead of political stability, they prefer chaos and violence. They believe in mob rule or lawlessness. They don't follow the law and are difficult to manage. The Anyuawa civilization, on the other hand, suffers from being law abiding, and for their high regards for government, the respect for the rule of law. In contrast to people who are granted power through the backdoors or the windows, they believe in law and order, equality, justice, and power distribution based on merit. In the light of this grave phenomenon in front of our eyes, Anyuawa should take a stand for their higher principles and protect their destiny. A better future for Anyuawa must be built free from such violent relationships.  

Good Day

Writer Namphili Gilo, can be reached at the following email address: amhare14@gmail.com