Walittibu’iinsa Oromoo Boranaafi Garrii Jidduutti Ta’erratti Xiinxala Gadifagoo Dr. Ibraahim Elemoo Waliin
Oromo Press | August 15, 2012
Dhalataa Godina Boranaafi hayyuu Oromoo kana ta’e Dr. Ibraahiim Elemoo walittibu’iinsa Boranaafi Garrii jidduutti guyyaa 18 dura ta’erratti xiinxala gadifagoo laata. Dr. Ibraahim gaaffii ciccimoo eenyummaalee Boranaafi Garriirratti , kau’umsa lolicharratti, ga’eelee mootummaalee Itoophiyaafi Naannoo Oromiyaarratti akkasumas gahee Umna Ittisa Biyyoolessaa Itoophiyaa [Wayyaanee] Ajaja Kibaarraatti yaadota bilchaatoo laata. Walittibu’iinsi Oromoofi Oromoo gidduutti akkasumas Oromoof saboota ollaa biroo gidduutti yeroo dhalatu maaltu akka waldhabiin nagaan akka hinfuraminerratti dhibba qaba? Mootummaan Itoophiyaa Godina Boranaatti maaliif nagaa hinbarbaanefi kkf irratti deebii isiiniif soqinee, barbaannee jirra. Rakkoon kuniifi rakkooleen walfakkaatoon akkamitti akka furamuu qabanirratti keessummaan keenya dhamsa cimaa qaba. Sagantaa kana guututti akka dhaggeeffataniifi hiriyoota keessaniif sabaahimalee hawaasaarratti (Facebook, Twiter kkf) akka qooddan cimisinee isin gaafanna. Itti dhiyaadha. Dhumarrattis sirbi Bornaa Abbush Zallaqaatiin nadhaggeeffadhaa jedhee isin eega!
Dr Ibraahim Elemoo xiinxala dhugaa qababatamaa ta’e karaa fedheenuu mirkanaahuu fi mirkaneessuu kan danda’udha nuu ibsani galatoomiin jedha.
Nama gaddisiisa, mootummaan Itoophiyaafi Oromiyaa ummata Oromoo nagaarratti umna shororkeessituu Alshab Mooqaadishoorraa fiddee ittibobbasuun isii.
Dr Ibrahim xiinxala haalaa qabatamaa nannoo kibba fi akkasumma guutuu naannolee Oromiyaa keessa jiruu fi toofttaa Motummaa Itiyoophiyaa tolchanii ibsuudhaan hubannotaa gahaa nuu keennitanf galati keessan guddadha.
Dinni kan wal nu ajjessisu yoo nutimtu karaa kenineef. Tigreen waayee Garriifi Borana waanuma beektu hinjiru. Ati Sumaaledha ati Oromoodha kan jedhu waan nuti itti himneeraa ka’eti. TPLF namootni dhaaba Oromo-ABO hoganaa turani irra odefanno argatani bali’naan akka adeemu hojattee. Guddifachaan Oromoo taatan malee isini Oromoo miti Sumaaledha jechu dandeessi. Garriidhan ABO (Adda Bilisumma Oromoo) waan hin deggerefis ABOn sinitti dhufe jette dorsisunis jira. Garriin-oromoof tumsu dhiisee halagaa bira dhaqeef Borannis tufachuu danda’a, achi qabus danda’a, akka halagaatti lakkaa’unis jira. Kun xiqii fida, wal jibbu-wal ajjessu fida. Kanumaan kan ka’e namootni Garrii kessaa bahan kana booda nuti Oromoo miti jechu danda’u, maaltu dhufa jechuu danda’u. Maddi isaa dimishashatti wal-tufachuu-wal-jibbu akka halgaatti wal ilaalu kkf tani. Kan lafa-qabeenya oromoo barbaadu hundi “gap” jiru dhimma itti baha. Motummaa haa ta’u halagaa hundi.
TPLF-namoota Oromo-ABO hogganaa turan ofitti qabaa turte. Amma maal keessa akka jiran hin beeku. Kanaa ala Tigreen wanuma Garriifi Boranaa beektu hin jiru. Nutumti enna halagaa bira dhaqnu gosa ofi akka adda ta’e kan dhihesinu taanan karaa banameera jechaadha. Waan barbaadan keeniteef jechaadha. Yeroo hunda addaan hiruu-humna cabsuun kaayyo halaagaati. Ginbot 7 haa ta’u TPLF sanuma. Amma morkataa ta’etti kanuma yaada. Afaanin nagaa lalabaa nagaan busaa jechaa hojin garu hojjateetu agarsiisa. Dr Ibraahim waan gaarii nutti hime. Hojii guddaa biyatti hojatamu qaba akka nagaan jiraatan. “Community leaders/elders” gama lachu walitti fidani akkaataa diina bara baraan wal ajjessisu jireenya isaani kessa baasan hojachuu gaafata. Kan dhimmi ilaalu biyyatti dhamsa dabrasuu qaba. Nuti akkana haa jennu malee kan firri jalaa du’e akka nuti ilaalutti hin ilaalan. Madaalli kamiinu, Garridhaafis gochaan akkanaa olee bulee rakko itti fida malee bu’aa hinqabu. Halagaa irra gorani Oromo ajjessuf adeemun balaa guddaa qaba. Margaafi bishaani irratti wal dhabuun wal ajjessun kanuma jiru. Ajjandaa halagaa gagessun garu addadha. Halagaaf meshaa ta’un rakkoo guddaa fidee akka dhufu hubachuu qabu hundi. Abba biyyuma irratti waan heddutu nu fuldura jira “in all directions-west-north- south-and east”. Halagaan xinnaa-guddaan waan heddu yaada.
I respectfully disagree with Dr. Ibrahim Elemo with regards to the real cause of persistent conflict in that area.
I was born and raised in Moyale Town unlike the honorable Dr. Ibrahim who is from Taltalle, which is close to 400 miles away from the districts under consideration. Here are detailed narratives of points I differ from Dr. Elemo.
1. problems in that part of the empire is not politically motivated as Dr. Elemo tried to portrayed. The main problem in that area is the BORANA community at large. The Borana have been continuously fighting with Gabra, Garri, Burji, Guji, Konso and all other tribes in that area. Why on earth does one tribe fight with all tribes while others are living side by side peacefully ?
2. The conflict has nothing to do with Garri being Somali and Borana being Oromo or vise versa. The Borana are fighting with their own fellow Oromo tribes such as Guji and Gabra.
3. There is problem of self appointed ownership of land from Borana side. Every where these people go, they claim the land belongs to them. I remember their funny phrases such as ” lafti teena ” !!! This claim of Borana is the main cause of blood sheds in that area.
4. Boranas used to be Amhara (neftegnas) big time allies. When the Garre, Gabra and Gujis boldly fighting neftegnas back in days, Borana used to enjoy all the benefits of being loyal. This project was mainly done by the late Jatani Ali.
5. Borana think they are superior to all human race. They are jealous, war mongering and abuse the fact that they are at the top of Oromo hierarchy.( Angafa Oromo).
6. The horrific ethnic cleansing targeting Gabra community in 1991 and Turbi massacre of 2005 is deep stamped in the heart of Gabra community for generations to come. Dr. Elemo failed to mention any point with regards to these realities and just focused on Borana-Garre recent issue.
7. The barbaric crimes committed against Burji community will never be forgotten. I guess the Borana need to rethink and self evaluate them selves before blaming others.
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Thanks,
Jaldessa Qanchora
1. The Good doctors has in fact doctored all the facts on ground and the historical fact. The interview was a love fest of a historical proportion. The victimization of Borana/Oromo is a travesty of un parallel proportion. Disarming Garre of its ethnicity, dissociating factual events that most people over forty will remember.
I was born in Moyale in 1956 the normal gregorian calender unlike the good doctor who was born some where near Lake charles, Tartaley area. I remember being called by the So called Oromo adminstrator some to the effect of ” Ilma Aban Gala nyatu, Yetabatu Shiritam Somali’ and now I am being title as untouchable or Immatu as Good doctor described my people, he reduced our pride heritage as people without historical Knowledge of where we came from. That sounds more like the Amhara mentality who have denied Oromos their proper name by calling the “Galla” a derogatory word that was borowwed from Somali word of un believer”Gallo”.
I am not going to debate our heritage be it cultural or genetical for this particular debate Garre are Garre and that should satisfy me and many other Garre Gentile. We just happend to live in four different nation, yes for informational purpose Garre do reside in Somali specifically in Lower Shabelle which is just outside Mogadishu, in towns like Afgoi,Qoriyoley, awdegele, Bur-hakaba and Dinsor.
We live in Kenya, Moyale, all the way to the border of Somalia, Elwaq,somalia down to the coastal town of lamu.
We live in Libaan Zone/ dirre and we also live in Bale among Arsi and we are called Karre, we also live among Afars.
We fought against successive Amhara regime while the good doctors people such as Jatani Ali was used to massacre Garre people by the boat lord.
The Borana are not the victims they are the lackey that caused misseries to anybody in the south who stood against the hegemony of the Amhara colonialist. The masscre of Garre and Gabra in Arrero, in 1998 helped by the Oromo Liberation Front that the doctor so much praised as people who fight for justice for borana while killing anybody whose does not support the Borana/oromo culture of waqeifata.
I am sure most people who read this blogg are great supporter of OLF let me remind each one of your the creation of OLF was to fight the Amhara regimes who have suppresed the Oromos for century
The Borana attack every neighbor, Hamars, Karo, Shanqila, Merille, Gabra, Rendille, Garre Degodia Marihaan, Guji, Turkana Ogaden, and even Guji and Arbore. please tell me that all this people work with wayane. The only group that really put the borana in their place are the Gabra and Garre and to effect we actually control our boys from wiping them out
Sorry I finished my statements without saying a word about recent fight that the doctor described as Wayane caused fight, that is total hogwash, the Oromo state militia were the fighters that attached Chamuq and Malab of which both are settled by Gabra and Garre. Now, let us analyse some statement made by various loud mouth oromo victims that concluded that Wayane were the cause of the tribal fights in Moyale. OPDO fighter are the Major suppoters of Ethiopian government, they were not obviously siding with the Garre and Gabra people who are the primary target of the planned and finnaced ethnic cleansing imagined by the OPDO culprits who were in cohort with the Commander of the Ethiopian federal Army in Moyale. One reason why the army that has always been station in Shawa Barre Garrison did not respond to the fighting was because the OPDO culprits thought that they will overwhelm the Gabra and Garre who were lightly armed unlike the attacker but were better tained and better tactian compared to the roving Oromo militia whose aim was really to loot and kill. They flatly defeated and some of the OPDO militia leaders defected to Kenya this include the Negele Police commisioner and Moyale oromo police tabia that was burnt down by the Garre and Gabra warriors. The good doctor stated that during the successive Amhara regime that no army was stationed in town, now I clearly state that is completely false. For I participated in destroying the Shawa Barre garrison in october 14, 1976 killing 68 Sidam charqaan injiraani under the leadership may Allah rest his soul Gen. Hassan Gorro. I have engaged the Amhara Borana Masters in Negele Garrison, Qadadum and many other places and always damaged them and eventually in 1990 were able to completely kick them out moyale all all the way to Negele.
OLF brought the so called Wayane to Moyale without a firing a bullet and immediately they came to town they started waging a propaganda war against the Garre by calling us Somali ahaya donkeys and that the land belonged to Borana who have the tradition of being the Amhara lackeys. When they approached the TPLF, Melel told them that he was a shifta too and that he cannot chase the Garre who fought to free the land. It is then the Garre who were suspicious of the Tigre realized that at least the Tigres were different.
Borana need to change their subservient behaviour towards the Amhara and leave peacefully with their neighbors. Believe me a lot of educated Garre and business people do not care for war with this primitive ethiopia tribe. We want to give them chance to catch up with world. The borana who adapted Islam and live in Kenya are not as violent as this Amhara indoctrinate backward waqeyfata that the doctor seem to onesidely sale to us.
As for the Tula saglan this is Garre country and wells, borana will not sip a drink until they stop the harvesting testicles of innocent children. Take my words serious for I am an absolute authority and my words carry some significance. Garre will always be and has always been Garre and do not seek any blessing from Oromo, Somali and most defenitily not Ahmaras.
May Allah bring some sense to Borana. Daleeni Garu baade wara seeti
He Guys,
I am form West Oromia who lived in Nairobi Kenya for over 10 years. I know all the land scape and topography of Sololo, Isiolo, Torbi, Marasabit and etc. I know the vallayes , mountains and rivers of that area. I walked through all those jungle carrying AK-47 and RPG.
Coming back to the discussion at hand, I really feel sorry and honestly heart broken for what I and my mates did to the Gabra community in Chalbi and Turbi. I am praying day and night for God’s forginess and I am stressing too much whenever I recall what we did to those poor nomads called Gabra, the tribe of the late Dr. Bonaya Godana.
This is what happened :
1. Our commander in cheif of the force was from Borana tribe who knows the area very well. Most of us were form Arsi, Shawa , Wallaga and etc. The commander Mr. Liban Nura, now deceased, used to dispatch us to Turbi area and kill and loot Gabras. He used to tell us they are not Oromo and they “work” for Weyane. We thought that was true and we killed them in mass. Atleast five a day .
We finally realized the Gabras are Oromo too and noticed that our “commander” did so due to their tribal conflict. I confessed this reality in our church last Sunday.
Brothers and Sisters, I joined the libration army by age 17 and it took me more than 11 years to realize OLF south command force was just being used to fight tribal wars by the Borana leaders in that area.
2. The massacre in Bubissa area against the Gabra communities was done under the command of Licho Bukura. More than 65 innocent civilians were murdered due to simple fact of being Gabra. The army took action as instructed by the commander. We were told they are not Oromos and they work for Weyane.
I personally believe the Garre brothers denied their identity due to non-stop massacre carried against the by Borana people and we Oromos from different part of Oromia kept quite. These people felt helpless and denied their identity.
One thing I forgot, how many of us( I mean Oromos from different area) know that the late Dr. Bonaya Godana who played a big role in establishing the Kakuma camp in Kenya is from Gabra Tribe ?
We all are here due to the presence of UNHCR office in Kenya was was stationed in Kenya by hard work doen by Dr. Bonaya in Geneva Switzerland.
Hi Guys,
It is really interesting to get reaction from Garre side and from Gamachis who know the area better than us. Most of us, especially those from central and western part of Oromia know the south eastern part of Oromia as Borenas and Gebras. Thanks to Dr Ibrahim for telling us the crime OPDO did against Oromo people at large and Garre clan in particular, for treating them differently. Of course this isn’t done by OPDO alone. TPLF is behind this evil act. The hostility will eventually fade as long as all are ready to work on it. Community elders from both side and elites must seriously involve in this matter. Oromo communities from other parts of Oromia must understand the friction going on. It is good to know how “Garre Warrior” feels about it. But, downgrade hostility. Shewa, Garre, Wellega, Gabra, Borena and etc. are all equal and must be treated the same.
Tula Saglan (Garre’s County) is Oromo name. Imposed identities by enemies will work only for some time. Similar thing happened in Northern side of Oromia, Rayya Oromos. Enemy will continue distortion. It isn’t easy to take out TPLF and OPDO from your affaires. But, do your part to know ahead. TPLF and OPDO will be in office for few years, but Garre, Borena and Gebra live side by side for generations. Today you hate each other, but who knows what will happen some years from now. Better days will come where all of us defend for each other. This is the time all of us must fight enemy, TPLF. As long as TPLF is there, fight between Garre, Gebra and Borena will continue.
Thank you Mr. Gamachisa for confessing to the crime you and your buddies committed. I know you must be suffering from PTSD and it takes courage to confess in killing innocent people. I hope the Borana will realise that they are being used by the Amhara and they should also realise that we bound by fate and land that we share. I pray they understand that bullets will only cost death and no son will be borne out that. Garre are very much resigned to defending our selves, but we also want to continue making a living we are becoming more successful in that venture. We have essentially move to other better thing than fighting.