Tuesday, 22 July 2025

አሁን አንድ ነገር አሳሰበኝ

 ፕሬዚደንት ትራምፕ ምን እያሉ እንደሆነ አሳሰበኝ!

አቶ ጌታቸው ረዳ በትግል ላይ እያሉ ስለህዳሴ ግድቡ የተናገሩት ነገር ትውስ እያለኝ አሳሰበኝ!

ፕሬዚደንት ትራምፕ ከአንዴም ሶስቴ ለህዳሴ ግድቡ ገንዘብ አሜሪካ ሰጥታለች ሲሉ፤ የኢትዮጵያ መንግስት ምላሽ ወይም ማስተባበያ ያልተሰጠበት ምክንያት አሳስቦኛል!

ስለዚህ የሚመስለኝን ለመናገር እና ሃሳብ ለማጫር ግድ የሚል ስሜት ስለተሰማኝ የሚከተለውን ሀሳብ አሰፈርኩ፡፡

በቀዳሚ ግን

1.     1. በሁለት ወር ደመወዜን ቦንድ ገዝቻለሁ፡፡ ስለዚህ ግድቡ የግል ጉዳዬ ሆኗል

2.     2. በድርጅት ስም ቦንድ ገዝቻለሁ፡፡ ሰለዚህ በግድቡ ጉዳይ ላይ የሚያገባኝ ሰው ሆኛለሁ

3.     3. በይበልጥ ደግሞ ትምህርት መዝለቄ ለማህበረሰብ የሚገባኝን የጠያቂነት ሚና ለመወጣ እነሆ ጉዳዩን አነሳለሁ፡፡

ክቡር ጠቅላይ ሚኒስትሩ በፓርላማ ባደረጉት ንግግር ለህዳሴ ግድብ ህብረተሰቡ ያዋጣው 10 በመቶ ያህሉን ነው ብለውናል፡፡ ይህ ማለት 90 በመቶ የግድቡ ወጪ የተሸፈነው በመንግስት የካፒታል በጀን ነው ማለት ይሆናል፡፡ በእርግጥ የመንግስት በጀትም የህዝብ ገንዘብ ነው፤ ነገር ግን በመንግስት አፈጣጠር ፅንሰ ሀሳብ መሰረት መንግስት በግብር እና ታክስ የሚሰበስበውን ገንዘብ በራሱ አሰራር እንዲያስተዳደረው ስለሚፈቅድለት የግለሰቦች ጠያቂነት እምብዛም ጠቃሚ ላይሆን ይችላል፡፡ ግለሰቦች ደመወዜን አውጥቼ ቦንድ ገዝቼ ነበር፤ ቁጠባዬን አውጥቼ ቦንድ ገዝቼ ነበር፤ ስለዚህ የዚህ አስተዋፅኦ ውጤት የታለ ብሎ መጠየቅ ይችላል፡፡

በእርግጥ የመንግስት በጀትም በእቅድ ተዘጋጅቶ ለህዝብ ተወካዮች ምክር ቤት ቀርቦ የሚወሰን እና አፈጻጸሙም በዚያው ቁጥጥር የሚደረግበት ስለሆነ ቀጥተኛ ባልሆነ መንገድ ዜጋው ይቆጣጠረዋል ተብሎ ይታሰባል፡፡ ይታሰባል ያልኩት አሁን ያለው ነባራዊ ሁኔታ ይህንን ያሳያል ብዬ ስለማላምን ነው፡፡

ይህንን ለጊዜው ልተወውና የህዳሴ ግድቡ የገንዘብ ምንጭ ጉዳይ ታዲያ ምን ይመስላል ወደሚለው ወደ ወሳኙ ጥያቄ ላምራ፡፡

እኔ ፕሬዚደንት ትራምፕ የተናገሩትን ለማመን እየዳዳኝ ነው፡፡ ምክንያቶቼ የሚከተሉት ናቸው፡፡

1.     1. ፕሬዚደንቱ ከአንዴም ሶስቴ ጉደዩን ሲያነሱ በኢትዮጵያ መንግስት በኩል ምንም መልስ ያልተሰጠበት ምክንያት እንድ ነገር ቢኖር ነው አሰኝቶኛል፡፡

2.     2. መንግስት ከፍተኛ የገንዘብ እጥረት ላይ እንደነበር፤ አሁንም እንደሆነ እረዳለሁ፡፡ በተለይ የሰሜኑ ጦርነት እንዲሁም በአለም አቀፍ ደረጃ ያሉ አለመረጋጋቶች በአለም የእቃዎችን ዋጋ በማናር ተግዳሮት እንደፈጠሩ እረዳለሁ፡፡ በመሆኑም መንግስት ገንዘብ ለማግኘት ይፋ ያልወጣ ውል ከመንግስታት/ከሌሎች አካላት ጋር ተዋውሎ ሊሆን ይችላል፡፡ የግልፀኝነታ ችግር ባለበት የሀገራችን ፖለቲካ ይህ ቢሆን አይገርመኝም

3.     3. አቶ ጌታቸው ረዳ በተደጋጋሚ “ግድቡ ተሸጧል” ብለው ሲናገሩ እንደ ማንኛውም አሉባልታ ላየው አልችልም፡፡ ስለዚህ ግለሰቡ እስካላስተባበሉ ድረስ በግድቡ ስም የተገኘ ገንዘብ አለ ብዬ እንዳስብ አስገድዶኛል፡፡

በመሆኑም የህዳሴው ግድብ አስተባባሪ ብሄራዊ ምክር ቤቱም ይሁን መንግስት መረጃ የመስጠት ሀላፊነታቸውን በመወጣት ጉዳዩ እንዲጠራ እንዲያደርጉእንደዜጋ ለማሳሰብ እወዳለሁ፡፡

Monday, 30 June 2025

 Jimma has been hosting us like a King. 

Jimma is one of the major towns in Ethiopia. History indicates that Jimma is among the Dessie and Asmara next to Addis Ababa where public services in Ethiopia used to be expanded. Nevertheless, it is now under development in its social and economic infrastructures compared to Adama (Nazareth), Hawassa, Bahirdar, Mekele etc. Unless one does not want to say it in public, the reason is only political.

This is one of my frequent visits to Jimma, Ethiopia. I already know Beshasha and other woredas that are in Gomma Zone of Oromia Regional state. The most widely known towns such as Agaro, Seka and Dembi that pave the way to Bedele are among my destinations. Coffee is served at its best quality and freshness. 

As Program Director of Light Ethiopia, I am visited the implementation of the School Feeding Program and School Wash Project in Jimma town. 

Jimma has no experience of being a center of political movement compared to the other cities Ethiopia.

I was humbled by the recognition of the school community for the School WASH project we were able to deliver and the School Feeding Program that has a significate contribution towards the improvement in School attendance, students' health and wellbeing and family economic situation. 

My prayer is only to be able to keep up my contribution towards the humble and kind people of Jimma. 

Awarded with tradition Stool that Jimma is known for 



Sunday, 23 February 2025

Yes I Failed

 Failure is a Lesson 

I assumed a position at a manufacturing company in Ethiopia. The owner asked me following the recommendation of a person close to the owner. My past experience with the company as a consultant in marketing and strategy four years ago resulted to the invitation. The offer was to join the company in either part time or full time basis.

The offer was abrupt; but I am always ready for such kinds of tasks since the time I started working as a consultant setting up Nizenu (My Consultancy firm since 2016). My desire for challenges at work however goes back to the time I can’t remember.

I had an almost two months discussion and negotiation and started the assignment as Director of Corporate Marketing and Sales in full time basis.

I was provided with a job description and the discussions (which I had role in editing and clarifying)  I had with the owner that my job is to implement strategies and plans towards curbing the declining sales performance in the company and support the organization of the Corporate Structure of the company.

I quickly made an assessment and put in place plan that helped identified challenges and suggested ways to improve performance. I even put in place quick fix mechanisms that can help redirect the operation of the directorate.

The staff was compliant but slow in coming to terms with the operational activities and standards as professional marketing and sales persons. I learned that the change has been taking ground. System is put in place and what is remaining was to making the wheel go.

However, since decisions were highly centralized implementation of all measures to fix issues at team level was very slow.  The critical cash flow bottleneck was also another challenge I witnessed.

Sell has neither changed nor show further decline. That gave me a sign that it is time to engage in implementing the major strategic intervention that I called ‘resuscitating Action’. It is like putting all teams in their respective capacities and with targets to address sales gaps engaging myself too.

All of a sudden I heard that the management is not happy in the two months performance of my team that is put together. The main comment was ‘Team is not Built well’ I didn’t even understand where that comment come from.

After two months and fifteen days I was asked to resign for poor performance. Though it is just an expected and new experience in my life in the last 24 years I was not surprised.

Yes; I failed and I couldn’t meet my client’s expectations!!!

Nevertheless, I learned that the meaning of ‘Team was not built’ as I didn’t fire people who are not wanted around. I found out that there were people who are around before me and the owner does want them to go but doesn’t was to do it and make it personal. I also learned that the company has had bad experience managing employee departure that resulted in losing court cases and winning bad image.

I was quick to understand these guys are the ambitious marketing and sales people to work with not to fire. They have had irregularities in their engagement with the owner that has been rolling down. However, I learned that I decided to keep these guys understanding how to use them but in the eyes of the owner I failed.

As a policy I believe that manager’s job is to identify the qualities and skills of the team members and engage them with resources and support. It must have been clear that change costs.

I was the verge of doing such a change. What a bad luck!!!

I failed but I took my lesson why?

Another important lesson is that companies who are stack in performance and also are unable to supply more resources that help re-invent the wheel are more likely to repeat the same mistake again and again.

I wish for this not to happen to the company!!!