Rais wa zamani wa Ghana Arthur Mills apata tuzo ya Mo Ibrahim 2012

[Zak Malang]

Late Prez Mills, 3 other statesmen win Lifetime Achievement Awards


Four African statesmen have been named as the recipients of the 2012 Laureate Lifetime Africa Achievement Awards.

They include three African Heads of State and Dr. Mohammed "Mo" Ibrahim, Sudanese-born British mobile communications entrepreneur and billionaire.


A statement issued by the organizers of the Awards, the Millennium Excellence Foundation (MEF), named the Heads of States to receive the awards as late President Professor John Evans Atta Mills of Ghana, who will be conferred with a posthumous Prize for Democratic Governance and Development in Africa; President Mwai Kibaki of Kenya, the Prize for Leadership, National Cohesion and Stability and President Yoweri Museveni of Uganda, who will received the Prize for Nation Building and African Leadership.

It said Dr. Ibrahim would be conferred with the Prize, Action for Africa, in recognition of his dedication that democratic governance and practices with integrity would always serve as the catalyst for political stability and sustainable economic growth that would translate into feelings of security and contentment for his country, Sudan and Africa at Large.

"This exaltation of character, which is worthy of emulation, has made positive impact on the lives of his people today and will continue to sustain them for a better future. By dint of his hard work, foresight and resourcefulness, the world is walking up to a new Africa wherein the predominant theme in the emerging narrative about Africa is no longer war, famine and disease but rather strong economic performance," it said of Ibrahim.

The Statement said investors were realizing that Africa was good for business with "strong economic growth, business friendly reforms, mature financial institutions and some large economies add up to an enticing proposition being championed by Mo Ibrahim".

It said Africans could attest to the value and unwavering pursuit of fairness, tolerance, excellence, peace, stability and justice for all Africans by the nominees. "The 2012 nominated Laureates have displayed an exceptionally high level of Statesmanship that recognizes no tribal barriers, political colouration and religious discrimination in the governance of their respective country as they relentlessly endeavour to liberate their peoples from poverty and all forms of deprivations," it added.

The statement said the awards ceremony would be held at the Presidency State House in Nairobi, Kenya on December 15, 2012. The event will attract the leadership of the African Union (AU), the Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) and very eminent dignitaries from countries across the continent.

Past recipients of the notable Lifetime Africa Achievement Prize include Laureate Desmond Tutu from South Africa, Laureate Wole Soyinka from Nigeria, Laureate Cyril Ramaphosa from South Africa, Laureate Dr. Kofi Annan, former Secretary General of the United Nations, Laureate Ismail Serageldin from Egypt, Laureate James Wolfensohn former President of the World Bank in the USA and a posthumous Prize on Laureate President Dr. Kwame Nkrumah.


Source: Daily Graphic, Accra.

 

[Zak Malang]

Duh! Museveni na Kibaki pia?

Halafu kwa nini asipewe Rawlings? Kwani huyu ndiye aliiandaa Ghana kuwa na utawala bora hivi sasa baada ya hatua yake ya mwaka 1979 alipowafyeka viongozi wanne wa zamani kwa ufisadi, tukio ambalo viongozi wa nchi hiyo wamenyooka kweli kweli na kuuona ufisadi kama ukoma.

 

[bdo]

Vasco Da Gama hajapata? huu uonevu sana, Museveni anamshinda Rais wetu?

 

[Zak Malang]

Nimeondokwa na imani kabisa na Kamati nzima ya Tuzo hiyo kwa kumpa Kibaki hiyo Tuzo maalum. Huyu mjamaa si aliiba kura waziwazi uchaguzi wa mwaka 2007 na kusababisha vurugu na watu zaidi ya 1,500 kufa?

Isitoshe akawa anasita kuwachukulia hatua vinara wa vurugu hadi ICC ilipoingilia.

Na vipi wamemtunuku huyo Museveni, kin'gang'anizi cha Ikulu ambaye anajifanya hauoni mlango wa kutokea?

Hizi ndiyo sasa zimekuwa criteria za kupata Tuzo hiyo? Shame upon the Mo Ibrahim Award Committee!

 

[gmosha48]

Yaani huyu wa kwetu hawajamwona bado? Mbona wanamkaribisha sana kwenye warsha na mikutano?

 

[Zak Malang]

Na kati ya hizo special prizes kwa nini hawakumpa Mzee Mandela kabla hajafa? Nakubaliana na huyo aliyesema Shame upon the Award Committee!!!

 

[FJM]

Wameshapoteza mwelekeo sasa hawa watu wa Mo Ibrahim - shame!

Museven aliyebadilisha katiba ya Uganda na kuondoa ukomo wa urais leo wanampa tuzo? that's a joke! And Kibaki?

 

[Kiranga]

President Mwai Kibaki of Kenya, the Prize for Leadership, National Cohesion and Stability and President Yoweri Museveni of Uganda, who will received the Prize for Nation Building and African Leadership.

This award is literally going to the dogs.

 

[Bangoo]

Tuzo zomeshakuwa za kijinga sasa! Sizisamini tena!

 

[Cynic]

miafrika bwana! mwizi wa kura ambaye washirika wake wana kesi The Hague/tuhuma ya mauaji ya kimbari anapata tuzo ya leadership?

 

[Jasusi]

Kwa mtaji huu sitashangaa kama Kikwete naye ataipata akimaliza muhula wake wa kuiangamiza Tz.

 

[mbwigule]

Hiyo tuzo sasa naona ime-expire maana hata viongozi wa ovyo ovyo, ving'ang'anizi wa madaraka na madikteta wanapewa! Kama ni kweli Kibaki na Museveni wamo basi imeshapoteza maana kabisa. Bado kidogo Iddi Amin na Bokassa watapewa posthumously! Hata kule Ghana mtu ninayemuona alistahili kutambuliwa ni Jerry Rawlings aliyeweka precedence ya kuwawajibisha viongozi mafisadi waliokuwa wamemtangulia. Hawa wanaofuatia sasa wanauogopa ufisadi baada ya kuona wenzao waliokomolewa na Rawlings.