Mugabe and Gaddafi: Why Mugabe must Go
Those outside Africa sometimes make-up stories and pretend as if they know all about Africa knowing very well they know very little to almost nothing about the continent Africa. You cannot know Africa more than Africans. We are Africans and we know Africa because Africa is our home. We know Africa and Africa knows us so when we say something about Africa, you must give ears to our voices because we know what we are talking about better than you think you do.
According to some people, Gaddafi was a very bad guy. Yes it is true Gaddafi was a bad guy but it would be a huge mistake to put Gaddafi in the same category as Adolf Hitler. It would also be a huge mistake to put Gaddafi in the same category as Angel Gabriel. Gaddafi was a bad guy but at least people of Libya had enough to eat and drink. People of Libya had homes to live in. If so then why was Gaddafi a bad guy? Gaddafi was a bad guy not because Libyans had nothing to eat. Gaddafi was a bad guy not because Libyans were homeless. Gaddafi was a bad guy because he considered his voice that of a supreme being in the sense that only his voice counted in Libya. Those very close to him especially his sons had the freedom to do whatever pleased them. Gaddafi's sons and ministers even had the right to kill whereas those far away from him had very little to no freedom at all.
Poor Civil Servants and Poor Civil Service in Tanzania
Generally it's assumed that the performance of any employee (public or private) will depend to some measure on how he or she is compensated. Basing on that logic sensible government needs to give priority to the issue of pay. However there is a counter proposition that monetary rewards to public servants cannot act as a motivator to enticing public servants to maintain and improve their performance.
In most of the under developed countries civil servants are paid very minimum wages under poor working conditions; long working hours, no compensation in case of injuries, congestion in industries leading to deaths and injuries in case of fires and high spread of diseases and high turn-over rate of workers. Although the conditions are this poor, people still have to bribe their way into the work force.
For many years Tanzania has embarked on serious reforms to public service which has seen improvements in quality and service delivery by public servants. This is after the government realized that their pay was too low and uncompetitive as compared to other workers.
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Poor Leadership and Governance in Kenya
It's the 12th of December 2010, Nyayo National Stadium and Kenyans from all walks of life have gathered to celebrate Jamhuri day. It's an important day since it's the same day in 1963 that Kenya became a republic. Politicians, foreign envoys, religious leaders, disciplined forces, school children and other citizens are present.
The prime minister and the president, who formed a coalition government after a disputed elections and post poll violence, don't usually agree in public but this day is a unique one. They both are reading from the same books, they are furious and blasting the US ambassador, Michael Ranneberger. The previous week, WikiLeaks had exposed the US communication cable and views from the ambassador criticizing the two leaders on how they showed no efforts in fighting impunity and were anti reformists.
Poor governance as a result of leaders not implementing reform agendas, not ensuring the citizens have access to basic needs, non accountability, passing of policies and laws that oppress people, not fighting impunity providing an environment where citizens don't enjoy their rights.
Poor Healthcare and Bad medical practices in Somalia
The drugs are essential to the ailing health of patients if prescribed by certified physicians; handled by pharmacists and instructions of its use followed strictly, this is the case of a place where the rule of law exists and is upheld. However, there is more important thing than that: the drug and food administration which is designed to ensure the safety of the products such as medicine; food, this organization plays a pivotal role of examining locally produced food as well as the imported one, the medical test carried on the drug is very significant to make sure whether a drug is usable for human treatment,
If the drug-controlling and medical ethic enforcement agency is not functioning for one reason or the other; consequently, those doctors who are morally corrupt would not care about the health of the people compounded by the doctor's greed to get rich overnight, then the drugs are no longer a remedy, but lethal.
This is the case of Somalia. Somalia has enough woes from war to famine over-reported; nevertheless, the ongoing horrible atrocities committed by the people who are trained to save lives are ignored by the media.
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Poor Leadership and Conflict in Ivory Coast
You may be seated at home enjoying a cup of coffee or cocoa while watching a movie or having a good time with friends but you don't know half the problems the people where what you are drinking comes from are going through. Ivory Coast one of the leading producers of cocoa and coffee may be the source of your beverage. It's also the fourth largest exporter of goods in Sub Saharan Africa following South Africa, Nigeria and Angola.
Cote d'Ivoire as commonly known in French, Ivory Coast has had its fair share of poor leadership, for instance 1999 coup, their leader Bedie who had excluded many potential opponents from the army was overthrown by the group of dissatisfied soldiers putting General Robert Guei in power. The new leadership reduced corruption and crime and stood for a more open campaign environment.
In 2000 the nation had elections, Guei vied with Laurent Gbagbo after another potential candidate Alassane Ouattara had been disqualified by the country's Supreme court