Tsega Menkir
Just because we turned a blind eye to the problems doesn’t mean they don’t exist. Unfortunately they do. No matter how bad a taste it leaves in our mouth, we need to own their existence and try to work on the root causes of the problems at hand, so that it will not happen again.
Enough families have suffered with pain and anguish; today mothers saw the throat of their precious kids being slashed by machete and die a painful death; children have seen their mothers brutally killed; husbands have witnessed their wives raped and murdered; a child witnessed his parents mercilessly massacred; brothers and sisters lost their siblings to the devil incarnates. That is the plain truth, the dire truth, the unfortunate fact; I know it hurts and leaves a bad taste in ones mouth even talking about it; but unfortunately, it was and still is the reality for many grieving families.
Whether the criminals were mercenaries or not is a story for another day; and the post mortem can wait; For now the 64 million dollar question is, no government could save them. This has not happened in some remote area; it took place in Addis Ababa city itself; some of the displaced, who were lucky enough to live and tell the horror tales are now sheltered in my old school, @Medhane Alem Secondary school; next to St Paulos Hospital. That is a mere 7 miles away from 4 kilo palace; 8 miles away from Addis Ababa police head quarters; less than 5 miles from Addis Ababa municipal office. The atrocities have happened not more than another 3 miles away from where they are sheltered now; under the noses of the authorities who failed miserably to protect them, shamelessly.
Where was the government? If this could happen today, what is the guarantee that it will not happen tomorrow? If this barbaric act is committed with impunity in the centre, what will prevent it from happening in the other remote places where authorities have little or no reach ? It is just telling how close this barbarism took place under the noses of the central government. The graphic stories these people painfully share with you, are not taken from a made up script of some Hollywood blockbuster horror movie. Unfortunately, they lived through it, and managed to tell the horror tales; It is very painful.
The victims could have been your family too; and they are; we are all one big Ethiopian family. And today we should say enough is enough. We tried the love route, that ‘killing is a sign in of weakness’, etc,. But believe you me, that will not console the family who lost the loved ones. That will not give comfort to the family who is in fear of being next. Therefore, the only solution is @Dr Abiy and his government should be firm in their stand, resolute to restore the rule of law, no matter what it takes and it doesn’t matter how it is done; and by so doing, they should prevent this kind is barbarism from ever happening again; at the same time bring the criminals to justice.
The sad truth is that, if the government that is the result of divine’s providence, cannot protect the safety of its citizens; a repeat of such atrocities will result in losing our beloved country we endearingly call እማማ ኢትዮጵያ.
May those who left us too early and died such a gruesome death, Rest In Eternal Peace; May the suffering families get comfort and solace they need in this painful and very difficult time of their lives; May God Save and Protect Ethiopia.
#SayNoToBarbarism
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