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Kushubile endaweni yasw-Addis, kodwa akukho okumangalisayo okwenzekayo.
UNdunankulu u-Abiy Ahmed uthi ukulungele ukwehla alwe. Kodwa amavukelambuso asathuthuka i-Tigray People’s Liberation Front (i-TPLF) kanye ne-Oromo Liberation Army (i-OLA) -athi awakufuni ukuchitheka kwegazi. Kuzokwenzekani?
Umhlaziyi wase-Kenya uRashid Abdi, indoda engiyithandayo, uthi u-Abiy uyazi ukuthi useke wabulala abantu futhi uyisigebengu esithanda impi.
“Ukuchitha igazi ‘ngokuvikela’ i-Addis akulutho. Ucezu lwekhekhe. Awukwazi ukugwetshwa ngecala elifanayo kabili,” kubhala u-Abdi.
Bengihlala e-Addis ngaphambi nje kokuwa kwe-Derg ngonyaka wezi-1991 futhi kwakufana: Sathola ukuthi i-TPLF isiphethe i-Ambo (eqhele ngamakhilomitha ayi-120 entshonalanga ye-Addis), kwathuleka kanjalo, kodwa ngemuva kwalokho kwaba khona “ukuqhuma”, ezinsukwini ezimbili njengoba yayisifikile, futhi uhulumeni wayengekho. Kwakungekho nokulwa. Ngethemba ukuthi kuzoba okufanayo nakulokhu.
Kufana nokuba se-Roma lasendulo futhi ulinde ama-Barbarians ukuthi afike. Abantu bezwa ukuthi izinto ziyaqhubeka, kodwa izimpilo zethu zibukeka zijwayelekile ngendlela exakile ngaphandle nje kokuncipha kwezimoto kanye nokushoda kokudla.
Sifunda okwengeziwe ngokubuka abezindaba ama-akhawunti aphithizelayo ku-CNN kanye ne-Al Jazeera yedolobha elizowa futhi sifunda inkulumo enenzondo esakazwa ezinkundleni zokuxhumana.
Kodwa impi ibonakala ikude. Izinsizwa ziyabuthwa ziphoqwe emabhasini ukuthi ziyofela ngaphambili kanti sekuvele amavidiyo aveza abesifazane bekhala benxusa amasosha ukuthi angabathathi.
Ngikhulume nabantu basedolobheni lase-Mojo futhi ngathola ukuthi baphoqeleke ukuba baye ku-Addis Ababa rally beyoseka u-Abiy ngeSonto. Uhulumeni wabajoyina emabhasini ukuthi abayise lapho.
Kube nokungavumelani emhlanganweni wase-Addis. Umculi uTariku Gankisi unxuse intsha ukuthi ingangeni phambili.
“Abadala mabahambe bebambe utshani obusha bacele ukubuyisana,” kusho uTariku etshela isixuku, ngaphambi kokuba umbhobho wakhe uvalwe.
Isoka lami lise-Paris. Ngifisa sengathi ngabe ulapha nami futhi ngabe senza inkonzo yasekamerweni; okungenani lokho kungangisiza ngilale.
Ngingudokotela wamazinyo. Ngivale umsebenzi wami ngoba angisenazo iziguli, futhi angikwazanga ukuthola izinto zamazinyo.
Nginendodana eneminyaka eyishumi nambili yingakho ngingalali nomama oneminyaka engama-73 okufanele ababheke futhi baswele ukudla.
Ngilinde isoka lami ukuthi lingithumelele imali, kodwa angifuni ukuthi lisebenzise i-Western Union ngoba bazolahlekelwa amaphesenti angama-30 wemali ngenxa yomehluko phakathi kwesilinganiso somgwaqo kanye nenani lasebhange. Isimo esibuhlungu lesi.
Ngethemba ukuthi konke lokhu kuya phambili ngokushesha, kuyathusa kakhulu!
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