Triggered by the land and condominium scandal under Takele Uma, Justice for Addis Ababa demands answer from government. Hashtagged as #JusticeForAddisAbaba, it demands justice for the residents of Addis Ababa whose entitlement for residential condo units was robbed in broad daylight. The claim is based on a politically charged historical narrative that depicts Addis Ababa as a land snatched from ethnic Oromo speakers soon after Menelik II became the Ethiopian Monarch. It argued that there was already a settlement in what is today Addis Ababa before the Oromo expansion and settlement in the area. For radical Oromo nationalists, both within and outside Federal and regional government structures, altering the demography of Addis Ababa favoring the ethnic Oromo population is a sort of prerequisite before Addis Ababa is granted a right to elect its mayor.

Source: Ethiopian News September 04, 2020 00:45 UTC