Kinijit leaders who are currently on a working visiting in the U.S. arrived in Boston Saturday morning. Ethiopians in Boston turned out in large numbers to give them a warm welcome. After getting some rest they attended a fund raising dinner which raised over $40,000, according to the organizers. In her speech at the dinner, Wzt. Bertukan made a public appeal to Ato Hailu Shawel to join the delegation. The audience expressed support for her appeal through loud cheers and applause. Boston is Kinijit’s strong hold in the U.S., and today’s events — the welcoming ceremony at the airport in the morning, and the fund raising dinner — have proved that. One of the main reasons for Kinijit leaders’ travel to the U.S. is to raise funds, and so far they are on track to raise over a million dollars. They have up to now collected close to 1/4th of that in just two cities. The funds will be used to rebuild the party’s structure in Ethiopia and reopen its offices through out the country. If Woyanne allows that is yet to be seen. Ethiopian Review is grateful to Aklog Lemeneh, Samuel Belihu, Ashebir Tadesse, Minasse Yimam, and Yohannes Tessema for helping with our live coverage of Kinijit’s arrival in Boston and the fund raising event…

Kinijit leaders arrive in Boston [Photo: Kinijit Boston]

With a dimension of time things come to pass; with a dimension of time our dreams come true; with a dimension of time man is born, grow and ultimately die. As Einstein expresses it wittingly, we mortals achieve immortality through the permanent things we create in common. Encouraged by this wisdom, generation moves forward despite death is striking every family member without notice. At the dawning of this Millennium and New Year I lost my father, a determined farmer who sent all his children to school. While opened up the opportunity to me and I enjoyed the fruit of civilization throughout Africa, Europe and the United states, he died in the rural part of Ethiopia with no electricity, road or access to primary health care. He did not know the cyberspace and your website exists, but I feel his name deserves some space on your site to let social circles of friends know that an honorable Ethiopian farmer, who used to plough with oxen and feed the nation, rests in peace at the turn of the Millennium.

– Worku from Seattle

አቶ ለገሠ ሙላት (1922-2000)

ቋሚ እንዳይቸገር በወርሃ ክረምቱ
ደግ ሰው ነውና ሲፈጠር ከጥንቱ
ጉሙ ገለጥ ሲል ዝናቡ ሲያባራ
ዮሐንስ ተሾሞ ሲቃረብ ደመራ
መብረቅ ነጎድጓዱ ሰው እንዳይመታበት
የጎርፍ ውሃ ሙላት ለቅሶ እንዳይቆርጥበት
ቆፈንና ብርዱ ቀባሪ እንዳይጎዳ
ብዙ እንዳይቸገር የገብሬሉ አረዳ
በገበሬው መንደር ብዙ እንዳይታማ
እርሻ እንዳይተጓጎል ዘር እንዳይሻማ
የአለቃ ሙላት ልጅ በፅድቅ ህይወት ኖሮ
ዓለም በቃኝ ብሎ ከፈጣሪው መክሮ
መስከረም ሲጥባ ሞተ በቀጠሮ
የሚለው ዜና ዕረፍት ሲደርስ ባህር ማዶ
እኔ አላየሁትም እንደተራ መርዶ
አዝኛለሁ በጣም ይከፋኛል ገና
ወንድምም አባትም አጥቻለሁና::

This is an appeal by Ato Mamo Asfaw to Dr Taye, Shaleqa Yoseph and Company to stop trying to divide Kinijit by taking advantage of it’s chairman’s poor health. It is a must read article, but the author forgets to mention the real force behind Dr Taye, i.e., EPRP. It is EPRP that is lending its media establishments and manpower to its agent, Taye, who has launched a hostile takeover attempt of Kinijit. Just a few months ago, while most Ethiopians were working hard to help the Kinijit leaders out of jail, EPRP leaders and Taye were traveling from city to city showering insults on Ato Hailu Shawel and the other Kinijit leaders. EPRP hates and despises Ato Hailu more than Woyanne does for walking out (rightly so) of their conference that established UEDF whose leaders are currently in Woyanne’s parliament. So it is laughable now to hear them call Ato Hailu, “Kebur Engineer Hailu Shawel.” It is like Woyanne celebrating the Ethiopian millennium after saying that Ethiopia is only 100 years old. Shaleqa Yoseph hired Dr Taye for this very purpose — create chaos inside the Kinijit leadership thus diverting attention from his corruption. No matter how much EPRP tries to incite and provoke Kinijit supporters against Hailu Shawel, we will continue to respect and honor him while urging him to disassociate himself from the EPRP lumpens, the shaleqa crooks, and power hungry Taye. Because we know that every time Ato Hailu is insulted or some thing disrespectful is said about him out of anger by Kinijit supporters, there is no one who is happier than EPRP and Woyanne. Click here to read Ato Mamo Asfaw’s article [Amharic, pdf].

This is an appeal by Ato Mamo Asfaw to Dr Taye, Shaleqa Yoseph and Company to stop trying to divide Kinijit by taking advantage of it’s chairman’s poor health. It is a must read article, but the author forgets to mention the real force behind Dr Taye, i.e., EPRP. It is EPRP that is lending its media establishments and manpower to its agent, Taye, who has launched a hostile takeover attempt of Kinijit. Just a few months ago, while most Ethiopians were working hard to help the Kinijit leaders out of jail, EPRP leaders and Taye were traveling from city to city showering insults on Ato Hailu Shawel and the other Kinijit leaders. EPRP hates and despises Ato Hailu more than Woyanne does for walking out (rightly so) of their conference that established UEDF whose leaders are currently in Woyanne’s parliament. So it is laughable now to hear them call Ato Hailu, “Kebur Engineer Hailu Shawel.” It is like Woyanne celebrating the Ethiopian millennium after saying that Ethiopia is only 100 years old. Shaleqa Yoseph hired Dr Taye for this very purpose — create chaos inside the Kinijit leadership thus diverting attention from his corruption. No matter how much EPRP tries to incite and provoke Kinijit supporters against Hailu Shawel, we will continue to respect and honor him while urging him to disassociate himself from the EPRP lumpens, the shaleqa crooks, and power hungry Taye. Because we know that every time Ato Hailu is insulted or some thing disrespectful is said about him out of anger by Kinijit supporters, there is no one who is happier than EPRP and Woyanne. Click here to read Ato Mamo Asfaw’s article [Amharic, pdf].

Kinijit leader Gizachew Shiferraw addressing
a rally in front of the United States Congress
in support of H.R. 2003 – Sept 12, 2007

Kinijit delegates along with the head of Coalition
for H.R. 2003 Prof. Alemayehu Gebre-Mariam
lobby Congressman Donald Payne

Ato Gizachew Shiferraw, a senior member of the Kinijit leadership currently on a working visit in the U.S., told Ethiopian Review today that he and his colleague have been misquoted by a Washington DC-based newspaper, The Hill, about their stand on H.R. 2003.

Ato Gizachew said that the Kinijit leadership is fully behind the bill that is currently pending in the United States Congress. “H.R. 2003 is in line with Kinijit’s manifesto,” Ato Gizachew said. Ato Brook and he told The Hill newspaper that diplomatic efforts are necessary in addition to legislative actions.

Last week Ato Gizachew was personally present at a rally in front of the U.S. Congress that was held in support of H.R. 2003.