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The Namibian
Tue 13 Aug 2013
SMS Of The Day * THIS nation is in dire need of a massive conference on housing. When we experienced a crisis in the education sector a crisis-control brain-storming conference was organised which resulted in the best deal ever for the Namibian child, nam Food For Thought * BOURGEOISIE has become a daily occupation if not the order of the day of the upper-echelons, President Hifikepunye Pohamba we urge you to revisit this unpatriotic geocentricism among your staff and the well-connected, for everybody to r Bouquets And Brickbats * COMMISSIONER of Prisons, can you please explain the strategies you use to appoint officers to certain positions? It is my observation that you are being fed with wrong information then you just promote individuals without making p SMS Of The Day * I THINK Paulus ‘The Rock’ Ambunda lost his belt because of this promoter and trainer. How can a world champion still be training at the Katutura Youth Complex where there is not enough equipment. I think they must follow the example of Ha Food For Thought * NAMIBIA Dairies are unable to match low prices of imported milk and this ultimately means the consumer will have to pay more for local milk. Look at the prices of the local chicken. All these profits are going in the pockets of a few in Bouquets And Brickbats * I AM pleased to hear that Cabinet has responded positively to the proposal of Namibia Dairies to support the industry. The restrictions which support the industry by reducing competition to ensure the survival of the industry is a SMS Of The Day * CEO’s golden handshakes. Somewhere on our statute books there must be a provision that if a board of directors suspends/dismisses a CEO without due regard to legal provision (substantive/procedural law) such board must carry the costs for Food For Thought * JACKY Asheeke was so right with her last column- why are the fathers of the dead children not being prosecuted? (Reference to the children who died in shack fires last week) Our justice system still protects men over women. In this cont Bouquets And Brickbats * ALEXACTUS Kaure, your column in Friday’s newspaper opened my eyes. One hardly finds impartial case study analysers in Namibia. Let’s not destroy the Polytechnic’s strong foundation (Tjivikua) as yet. At least wait until the transf SMS Of The Day * WHY doesn’t NBC listen when they are criticised? The little red chairs on Good Morning Namibia have done their part and are dirty especially at the arm rests. Please listen for once. You interview professionals and internationals on those Food For Thought * MINISTRY of Education, in order to address the shortages of teachers at primary schools why don’t you consider employing us who hold a diploma in lifelong learning and community education for teaching posts? We also did health education Bouquets And Brickbats * MY fellow Namibians, I am not a Swapo member but a third term for President Hifikepuye Pohamba will be a step closer towards attainment of Vision 2030. Believe me His Excellency has made crucial bold decisions, and I don’t regret
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NEWS - INTERNATIONAL
| 2013-08-06
Mali’s Keita the favourite for second round
BAMAKO – A career politician, known for ruling with a firm hand, took the lead in Mali’s first presidential election since last year’s coup, according to provisional results announced on Friday, a sign that Malians are looking for decisive leadership after months of turmoil.
Mali will still face a run-off later this month, however, since none of the 28 candidates received a majority of the vote.
Ibrahim Boubacar Keita, a former prime minister and speaker of the country’s parliament, received about 39.2% of the 3.1 million votes that were cast. He will face off against second-place finisher, former Finance Minister Soumaila Cisse, who received half as many votes with 19.4%, according to the results announced by the Minister of Territorial Administration Moussa Sinko Coulibaly.
Known to everyone by his initials “IBK,” Keita is known for his tough demeanour, blunt message delivery and his uncompromising stance once he takes a position.
These qualities have cost him support in the past, but they were cited as the very reason why people voted for him during an election that comes just months after French soldiers intervened in a military campaign to free Mali’s northern half from the grips of al-Qaeda’s army in the region.
“I voted for IBK and so did all the soldiers that are under me because we know that we need a strong leader to deal with the problems in the north,” said Lt Mohamed Lamine Ag Klita, who is stationed in the northernmost province of Kidal, a city at the epicenter of the most recent rebellion which remains largely under rebel rule. “Mali needs a dictator.”
Keita, 68, is in many ways a foil of ex-President Amadou Toumani Toure, or “ATT,” who was overthrown in last year’s March coup. Toure tried to rule the country by consensus and making concessions.
It was a strategy that allowed Mali to emerge from the first three Tuareg-led rebellions in the 1960s, 1990s and in 2007, conflicts that ended with the signing of accords promising the north greater resources and influence.
Voters who said they cast ballots for Keita in the 28 July poll said that Toure’s strategy may have won peace in the short term, but it laid the seeds for the most recent rebellion which broke out in January of 2012, led by veterans of past insurgencies who learned they could win concessions through the gun.
Their campaign was fuelled by an influx of weapons and well-trained fighters from neighbouring Libya following the collapse of Muammar Gaddafi’s regime, as well as by al-Qaeda’s army in the region, which joined forces with the separatists, helping them seize Mali’s northern half.
As town after town fell to the rebels last year, soldiers in the capital mutinied, overthrowing Toure, which created the security vacuum needed for the insurgents to advance. Rebels succeeded in seizing and controlling an Afghanistan-sized stretch of land, before France intervened in a military campaign earlier this year, flushing out the fighters and pushing Mali to hold the election to restore constitutional rule.
- Nampa-AP
Mali will still face a run-off later this month, however, since none of the 28 candidates received a majority of the vote.
Ibrahim Boubacar Keita, a former prime minister and speaker of the country’s parliament, received about 39.2% of the 3.1 million votes that were cast. He will face off against second-place finisher, former Finance Minister Soumaila Cisse, who received half as many votes with 19.4%, according to the results announced by the Minister of Territorial Administration Moussa Sinko Coulibaly.
Known to everyone by his initials “IBK,” Keita is known for his tough demeanour, blunt message delivery and his uncompromising stance once he takes a position.
These qualities have cost him support in the past, but they were cited as the very reason why people voted for him during an election that comes just months after French soldiers intervened in a military campaign to free Mali’s northern half from the grips of al-Qaeda’s army in the region.
“I voted for IBK and so did all the soldiers that are under me because we know that we need a strong leader to deal with the problems in the north,” said Lt Mohamed Lamine Ag Klita, who is stationed in the northernmost province of Kidal, a city at the epicenter of the most recent rebellion which remains largely under rebel rule. “Mali needs a dictator.”
Keita, 68, is in many ways a foil of ex-President Amadou Toumani Toure, or “ATT,” who was overthrown in last year’s March coup. Toure tried to rule the country by consensus and making concessions.
It was a strategy that allowed Mali to emerge from the first three Tuareg-led rebellions in the 1960s, 1990s and in 2007, conflicts that ended with the signing of accords promising the north greater resources and influence.
Voters who said they cast ballots for Keita in the 28 July poll said that Toure’s strategy may have won peace in the short term, but it laid the seeds for the most recent rebellion which broke out in January of 2012, led by veterans of past insurgencies who learned they could win concessions through the gun.
Their campaign was fuelled by an influx of weapons and well-trained fighters from neighbouring Libya following the collapse of Muammar Gaddafi’s regime, as well as by al-Qaeda’s army in the region, which joined forces with the separatists, helping them seize Mali’s northern half.
As town after town fell to the rebels last year, soldiers in the capital mutinied, overthrowing Toure, which created the security vacuum needed for the insurgents to advance. Rebels succeeded in seizing and controlling an Afghanistan-sized stretch of land, before France intervened in a military campaign earlier this year, flushing out the fighters and pushing Mali to hold the election to restore constitutional rule.
- Nampa-AP
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