Sunday, January 13, 2013

How does the Grumbling get switched off

       Unbelievable, Unconceivable and Unimaginable, these are the first three adjectives I can lay my hands on at the moment. Today’s post will review Accountability in Government and Leadership. Do leaders owe citizens explanations for their actions, if yes? Is the Judiciary exempted from public questions? If no? Who on this planet really cares about others? Their Beliefs and Human Rights?
What baffles me and gets me wondering is why many controversial events take place around us without any one providing satisfactory explanation or any explanation at all. Sometimes like the people of caracas, we are left in dark on important issues. Even when there is Light, precisely that of electricity and there’s an explanation , often-times unacceptable, talk of the sudden cancellation of TV Soap Opera Nua Mek on Thai channel 3 on the Grounds of inappropriate content.
It amazing how Authorities get away with questionable decision, in many cases not only do they go unchallenged but they are however swift to question followers each time they make their decision… Good example; Fifa President Blatter who once said there is no racism in football and got away with that shocking statement had no restraint challenging AC milan’s Boateng for walking off the pitch after being racial abused during a football match.

I thought we had passed the era of Killing young children, I was taught and believe that a Scot, Mary Slessor helped stop the Killing of Twins in Nigeria, such barbaric acts are forbidden even in the most remote parts of Africa like a team of reporters recently put together a documentary aired on Thursday on Aljazeera against killing of children often tagged Evil Children in places such as Yua community in Northern Ghana on the basis of their disability and other fetish beliefs under the ugly deceit of ancient traditional religion. But for a country as civilized as the United States one wonders the rationale behind the death of the 16-year Old American teenager killed by a drone last year in Yemen, We ask questions everyday but rarely get answers.
Anyway, World leaders like Assad and Francois Bozize need not be told that the word Rebels and Terrorists doesn’t mean the same thing. Pakistani authorities should explain if there is any credibility in the claim that their police officers couldn't prevent an angry mob when they captured and burnt a man under their custody accused of blasphemy, when he hadn't been found guilty by a court of law and most recently, Like many around the world, I also wonder while Saudi authorities despite international appeals and pleas from Sri Lankan authorities still beheaded Nafeek Rizana after a baby under her care died, although she was reportedly a minor (below 17-years when the incident happened ). If no one answers questions, it shouldn't stop us from asking.

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