Dear Prof,
I agree with your sentiments and wish to add the following:
I have sometimes argued that the Ghanas do not arrive at "democracy" peaceably; sometimes they go through purgatory and then they learn that as bad as democracy is, any alternative they can think of is worse. One day Rwanda will get rid of Kagami, and Zimbabwe will get rid of Mugabe and Burundi will get rid of Nkurunziza. After that they would have come out purgatory and then who knows, they will be like Ghana.
I think Ghana learned this lesson during the Rawlings era. A friend also told me years ago that one mistake dictators make to their detriment, is to allow freedom of the press. I do not know which dictator made that mistake in Ghana but nobody can take over the country again by taking over the Ghana Broadcasting Corporation. The last time I was in Ghana, nobody was listening to any of the GBC stations or watching the channels. After Jammeh goes let us make sure that every little village has an FM station.
On Mon, Jan 2, 2017 at 3:58 AM, Maurice Amutabi <amutabi@gmail.com> wrote:
--I listened to the new year message from Yahya Abdul-Aziz Jemus Junkung Jammeh, the outgoing President of the Gambia and I was deeply shocked to see political buffoonery at the worst level. After Idi Amin of Uganda, we thought the era of tyrants in Africa was over. He claimed that the planned attack by ECOWAS to force him out amounted to declaration of war against the Gambia. Now Yahya Jammeh is the Gambia and Gambia is Yahya Jammeh! He must be forced out by ECOWAS and all democracies in Africa should send forces to teach this demagogue a lesson by forcing him out.Maurice Amutabi
After Jammeh has been removed, Africa should focus on removing Robert Mugabe, Paul Biya, Eduardo dos Santos, Yoweri Museveni, Paul Kagame, Pierre Nkurunziza and other dictators from power. The continent still needs revolutionaries. Yahya Jammeh should borrow a leaf from John Mahama of Ghana, and understand that in democracy you hand over power once you have been defeated at the polls.--Prof. Maurice N. Amutabi, PhD
Vice Chancellor,
Lukenya University
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