AFRICA THE ORIGIN OF DEMOCRACY

Is the government of people by people for the people are one among the good definition of democracy. This was given by the late Abraham Lincoln means that democracy is all about bringing power to the hands of the people (majority).

The history shows that this culture was born in ancient Greeks societies and it has been there days before christ.

The two aforementioned contributors of development of democracy ; The Greeks and Lincoln both were the theoretical disciples of democracy and not the perfect people of being example as democratic allied.

How Africa is the origin of democracy

This democracy which says that was born in ancient Greece was practically applied in ancient African society centuries before anywhere else in the globe.

Traditionally African societies had their ways of solving their problems and making decisions for their development by discussions for peace and freedom until they get the solution or decisions then they come up with the agreement. These are very important keys for people’s power and the real democracy must obey this culture.

In African local languages there is no word or terminology which is equivalent to the word ‘class’. In any democratic society is not easy to see the antagonistic classes if this democracy is in practice and not in words and theories. So the absence of the equivalent word to the word class in African local languages proves that African societies were classless society (no antagonistic classes).

History prove the fact that in Africa there were kings ruled their empires in democratic ways years before coming of the whites in the continent. This also can be proved by the book of Clutton-Brock.In his book Nyasaland he described the African tradition of making decision through the method of discussion then agreement.Clutton used the good phrase that “They talk till they agree”(Julius Nyerere Freedom and Unity-1965).This gives more clarification on African tradition of democracy.

How the western societies denied the principles of real democracy

And even though the westerners (Euro-centric scholars) were the one who claimed to be the founders of democracy and its operation, their life in reality were very far from democracy. The British used a lot of money for the royal family’s expenditures and that money are the taxes of the poor people who working hard at day and night to pay tax for the development of all people. In Britain this continues up to the present.

Abraham Lincoln the one who formed a perfect definition of democracy created such definition while he was in a society which is full of racism and moreover it was a slave- owning society. So Greeks and Lincoln preached for what they did not practiced.

Ancient Greeks also neither practiced nor originated it. In the book of Professor Innocent Onyewuenyi (African the origin of Greeks Philosophy) he described the history of political development by comparing ancient societies of Greek, near east and Africa. In chapter 4 pg137 the book states that(some interpretations are mine)The conflicts among the ancient Greek states caused by the corruption of the ruling class. The nobles oppressed the peasants (majority) class by appropriating their lands. So there were two antagonistic classes existed in ancient Greek societies, the haves and the haves not.

He continued; In Egypt (Africa) the government met the needs of the people by irrigating the countryside and ensuring the growth of abundant of food for the satisfaction of all”.

So there were no conflicts in Africa due to the good government which was there for the benefits of all people contrary to the Greeks whose stand for the tiny minority of the rich only. So for the fact above, Democracy is an African culture which has been copied by the western societies because of its betterment.

And what they do in the present?

In present we may see how this democracy which means majority power and welfare of the people has been taken vice versa and been being practiced in opposite direction.

A good example is when president Mugabe of Zimbabwe decided to take the land from the tiny white minority to the overwhelming majority of the Africans of Zimbabwe the western world resisted against him for his democratic attempt of favoring the rights of the majority. The Zimbabweans suffered for the economic crisis due to the economic sanctions from western world which was a punishment to Mugabe due to his action for his people.

In Libya the situation is the same.NATO invaded the land and killed innocent people only because of a single person who they claimed that he kills his own people. So how can you stop killings by killings? And in fact the late Gadaffi was one among the good example of the African leaders who ruled his country for the benefits of all Libyans. Welfare of the people was the main issue practiced by his government.

Unexpectedly western countries and their media started to propagate that he was a dictator and he kill his own people. So they invaded the land and arresting him while he ruled the country for the benefits of all people which is the key centre of democracy.

About the same time western countries now especially in USA the people striking because of poor standard of living which make them to suffer under capitalism. The Occupy Wall Street(the American Awakening or the 99 percenters)is the good example that most of the western governments hypocritically they pretend to preach human right and democracy while they don’t practice it in reality. The people in strike claim that, neither Republican nor Democrats has been stand for the majority welfare; they say both stands for the few lobbyists (rich men) and their interests by any means necessary.

They preach peace but they are the ones who organized both first and second world war. Is the war democracy? Or is it human right? They pretend to preach human rights but they killed thousands of the Afghans for searching Osama Bin Laden. They killed thousands of Iraq people while they were looking for a one person Saddam Hussein..

Now Africa must WAKE UP! We must go back to the truth after a long time of being fooled by their media and western miss-education.

We must say no to their propaganda and lies. We are the fathers of Democracy. Africa is the birth place of democracy and human rights because we practiced it before them. For the western people to teach us about democracy is like the blind man to be a driving school teacher.

JOURNALISTRICS

Their greatest weapon is gun, but a pen is mine

The weapon I use is mightier than the sword

That’s y Malcolm appreciated my work and Twain proved that we are so powerful by his own words

Jeff Jefferson said he can’t run US with no media because it is through this he communicated with his people  of interior

You can stop me to breath but you can’t stop the ink which I’m already bleed through my bic

Wrong doers treat me hash and do revenge but I don’t care, every week am still leak my news like Asange

And even though they can confine me for more than thirty years like Mumia I will still write what do I know and report to them live from death raw

I’m not a watch dog as some fools state

I refuse! In any serious state I’ am the fourth estate

From government which is the first and others who are the rest, I am still the best because in their relation to one another they use me to communicate

People say the war is so dangerous because am the one who shows them how this war is

They say teachers and doctors strikes are so terrible because I reported them how strikes was

But get the picture about a day when all the journalists and media expertise will strike

It will be terrible, and No one will get to know about this strike because the one to report the strike is in the strike

In this morning you will watch your TV but you see nothing

Put your radio on but there is neither voice nor song to hear and all newspapers tables in your home town are empty

The president will not know how the people goes n the people not know what the president does

This career is nothing but to speak the truth.  And by any means necessary I must seek for the proves

So I can go Lake Victoria and ask the water the truth about the death of Kabendera

Or I can go and ask Ground Zero the truth about the9 eleven act of terror

Media will always empower the information because the information is power

So wherever you see the journalists don’t treat them as the men of underground because they are the ones who make this world go round

 

Isaya G Ngwijo

Whether or not Rwanda is backing the M23, Kabila has to recall the terms he has wrecked and call for new accession.

For decades now UN and other institutions have been trying to stop the armed conflict that wag the eastern part of Congo albeit  the Conflict take new face every time.

The current Conflict closely associated with the March 2009 accord, out of which the rebels accuse Kabila’s government to break it. The rebels baptized themselves “M23” adopted from the March 23^rd 2009 agreement between Kinshasa government and the CNDP combatants.

 However the International institutions, UN and other peacemakers instead of focusing on the core problem they stuck on blaming Rwanda and Uganda as if these two nations are the core keys for DRC problems. 

They have forgotten the evolution of M23. The M23 rebels formally belonged to the National pour la Défense du People as well known as National congress for defense of the people (CNDP) formally founded by Gen. Laurent Nkunda.

            The CNDP which was growing too strong threatened to overthrow Kabila’s government Therefore The president entered into a deal with Kagame (President of Rwanda) under conditions that Rwanda should help to capture Nkunda then Kabila will integrate CNDP into government that will cooperate with Rwanda to suppress the Democratic Forces For Liberation of Rwanda (FDLR) which is accused for engineering the 1994 Rwanda genocide.

Rwanda as agreed lured Nkunda into a trap then they arrested him and the business of CNDP was over. Kabila and the CNDP signed the March 23 accord that required rebel’s integration into the government high post and in the army. The CNDP was therefore handled the senior command positions in Amani Leo operation to suppress the FDLR and secure stability in the eastern Congo. Kabila himself Promoted Ntaganda to a General and assign him a duty of operation deputy commander.

The Kabila, Kagame and CNDP deal survived for about two years and of course during this time Congo enjoyed peace and everybody believed the March 23 agreement to be a promising reconciliation for Congo lasting crisis.

            However thing Turned upside down in the end 2011 following the western countries pressure to president Kabila to hand Gen. Bosco Ntaganda to ICC. Ntaganda a Tutsi who Left Rwanda and joined the military in Congo is accused by the ICC for abducting children and violating of human rights.

To escape ICC and western Countries threats, Kabila decided to call up an army reform that ended up detached Ntaganda and other ex-CNDP men from the army and the government as well. To some extent this sources the current problem.

The root of the problems emanate from the bilateral deal between Kinshasa, Kigali and the ex-CNDP Combatants under the leadership of Bosco Ntaganda.  The isolation of Gen. Ntaganda directly wrecks the deal Between the Three partisan of the March 23 accord.

Kabila's decision to end the operation against FDLR (Amani Leo) and to detach Ntaganda from the army is an attempt that dishonors the agreement.  First it breaks the agreement between Kabila and Kagame. The agreement that Kagame will help to Capture Gen Laurent Nkunda in exchange to Congolese and Rwanda Troops allying to deal with FDLR.

Then the Isolation of Gen Ntaganda whom Kabila promised to cooperate and the government attempts to deploy the ex-CNDP soldiers out of Kivu is against the agreement of the 2009. To defend their interests the ex-CNDP soldiers withdrew from the Congolese army and reformed the M23 to force Kabila to concede to their demands. 

It also from this Grounds the UN group of experts is alleging Rwanda for backing the rebels. Yes it might be true that Rwanda is helping the rebels. But have we ever asked why Rwanda is baking them?

The M23 wants to secure their interest while on the other hand Rwanda has its interest over security issues that would help to suppress threat from the FDLR. Kabila Has ruined the agreement that connected Kinshasa Kigali and the CNDP therefore any attempt that jeopardize the interests of M23 will also affect the security interests of Rwanda.

 In these grounds Kagame considered the enemy of his enemy a “friend” and even if it was Kabila on the same side that Rwanda is right now he would do the same. Congo is trying to protect its interests in the expense of Rwanda and CNDP that’s why the Congo crisis won’t  get lasting solutions because Kabila doesn’t understand that the fate of this crisis lies on his hands and the best way is to come into concession and not to blame Rwanda

UHURU

50 years anniversary. How far have we gone?

A university student in Tanzania

Lots of gratitude and glory be to our almighty God for his love and compassion that we are in a good health, and because God is the bestower is providing us our daily sustenance and life goes on.. days came  days goes.. Sun rise then the sun sets, it become dark then it goes dawn, and the sun rise again. Season of the year comes and then they go but it doesn’t take too long then they come again. They come they go, they Go then they come again, that’s how life is, A circulation of days and years… The days and the years doesn’t change naturally but we human beings and the Environment change as days and years circulate. I believe that life is the race of human beings against this natural circulation of days and nights..

Former Fanzanian leaders

                It’s been 50 years since we celebrate our Independence in 1961 9^th of December. Therefore we have gone about fifty rounds in this race. For me the number of rounds we have rounded is not that much necessary the most important Question in minds Must Be How Far we have gone? Where are we in respect to the destinations we have set when we started this race in fifty years ago?

It’s now the appropriate time to sit down and make a critique (analysis) on what we managed to accomplish and what we fail to achieve? As well we should find out why we fail.  Personally I recognize and comprehend the step we advanced compared to the early time of seventies.

                Now at least we have standard education system we have more than thirty universities in the country compared to only one we had in 1961. On the side of infrastructures and communication, health, financial sector and business sector I personally acknowledge the work which has been done. in the sector of agriculture, mining and industrial sector though  infirm but at least we have seen the way forward.  Of course there are plenty things to applaud.

university of Dodoma

                But let me put an attention there! Tanzanians are not supposed to be intoxicated with that little success we have accomplished because they are very little compared to what were our targets when we get independence. In the manner of national hood our target was to become socially and economically strong and equally to those strong countries out there popularly known as the first world countries. Then we should ask ourselves today are we equal to those out there? Can our industries and our products survive in the competition in the common world market?

               

Once Julius Kambarage Nyerere the late father of the nation said ” if we want true equality with other countries we should first know what it means, it means that our teachers,  our doctors, our engineers etc. must be as equal as those found elsewhere anything more is sentiment”

                Now we are on the way to the EAST AFRICAN COMMUNITY while our students and Professionals are less competent to those from other countries. And to make the matter worst they are going to compete in the same common market with Kenyans who are best to the maximum, what do we expect? Definitely is to go back to colonialism but this time we will be under our fellow Africans.

                The most important thing we should do now is to accept that the World is not as we would wish it to be therefore we should first recognize challenges then we face them and thereafter calmness with concentration we should use the opportunities we have now and those we will coming across with, to expand our economy.

                There is no need going out there doing strikes and find a person to give blames what we need to do now is to reform our polices so that they can suit actual circumstance that can expand opportunities for economic development and move our economy forward. And those polices can never be effective unless the information on which they are based is timely, accurate and complete.

Youth has become more active in politics.

                As a poor country we can’t manage to deal with everything; water, electricity, education, mineral, infrastructure, health and so on, that’s too much. We need to set priorities and deal with one thing after another according to their priorities. President Regan former president of USA when addressing people about economic recovery said “The dilemma and hard choices will not go away no matter who is president, they are not partisan problems anyone who claims to have simple answers is talking nonsense” President Regan believed that to overcome their economic problems USA and her people must collectively work together to find solution without caring political or any other differences.

                Also to our Problems there would be the dissidents, we should not be frightened and terminate our plans only because of their threats. It’s now the time to take hard choices for the benefit of our country. Let’s put away our social and political differences and think about the national advantages.

               

                 

Nadhani si jambo rahisikueleweka katika vichwa vya watu wengi ila endapo kwa ndugu, rafiki, jamaa pamoja naviumbe vingine vilivyomoduniani tunaweza kuifanya Dunia kuwa sehemu nzuri mno ya kuishi... lets put our efforts together so that the world can be the better place for you and for me and for the upcoming generation... there is no need of creating and inventing atomic weapons  because explodes will affect both of us you and me? how can a mental fit person live with an extremely dangerous weapon in a room? just see what happened in china after the earth quake? i believe that if we want to make the world a better place we must first create equality between countries in the sense of political strength, economical strength and social strength so non of the country in the world will be a threat to another,,