Somaliland: Will "The Change" Really Bring a Change?
Rooble
Published 11/20/2007
- 12:23 p.m. GMT
By Rooble Mohamed
This is the story of Africa. Everybody and almost every country is yelling for a change in terms of the leadership and policies but does that mean that change will bring any change ?
The best example is Kenya. People have been shouting and struggling to get rid of Daniel Arab Moi because they felt like he is remaining on power too long and they are fed up with his policies and government. This continued for years and years, politicians have been arrested, civil society activists were jailed and a lot of things happened but finally the Kenyans were happy that they finally changed the government and elected their own administration so that they will breath a new fresh air. They expected they will soon feel the wind of change coming from Nairobi to wipe out the corruption, the major problem in that country as well as the poverty and so on. Did they enjoy that ??
Kibaki came to over the power and the change has been never done, well, not yet. I was reading Odinga’s speech for the preparation of the coming elections and he was still yelling for a change. He mentioned that if he is elected that will be the final and real change for the country and peoole. The same question is still valid as we will see the same statements even if he is elected.
