Deep Thoughts

There is nothing like experiencing an event for oneself. Visiting Liberia for the second time after going there in 2009, gives me a better view of what I feel is lacking in that country. The county looks like it's being run by people who really don't care about the urgency of developing Liberia. My heart is spilling out what cannot remain inside my system. Read:

"Blurry vision for Liberia can no longer be an option in the 21st century." -Kweme



Three words I heard when Charles Taylor was being indicted in the Hague in April of 2012: Command and Control.

Pipes that once brought water to the people of Monrovia were damaged or blown up. The source of electricity that once lit the city and other parts of Liberia was decommissioned by people who were in Command and Control of the war in Liberia. Who were those who were in Command and Control of the war in Liberia?

If I turn the pages of history, I see Charles Taylor, Prince Johnson, Alhaji Kromah, Sekou Damante; I see George Boley. Am I missing anyone who was in Command and Control of the war in Liberia?

Today in LIB, for example, the Lone Star Cell Phone Company is the handiwork of Charles Taylor. Between Duport Road and Red Light, there is a water filtration plant owned, I understand, by Sekou Damante. I saw UN tankers lined up to fetch water. Other huge businesses owned by those who were in Command and Control of the War in Liberia are doing well. Shouldn't the people demand that these entities be confiscated and the millions of dollars being generated be spent on replacing the water pipes and the light poles? shouldn't the Hydro be rebuilt from the millions being generated from these dubious businesses because the owners were in Command and Control of the war in Liberia?

What's the use of replacing one bad government with another bad government? What's the use of killing 13 ministers for rampant corruption and misuse of power when those replacing them are wallowing in dubious business enterprises and involved in "three times" more corrupt activities than those they replaced?

The consternation is that many of our new leaders are totally oblivious to the events of April 12, 1980 and what happened to Liberia from 1990-2003. How can that be? How many of these traumatic events must we experience before the light bulb of honesty is lit?

Not that Liberians want the government to hand out everything to them on a silver platter. That is not what is being demanded. What is required of government is to provide those basic things that will encourage Liberians to set up NGOs not only in Monrovia, but also in Barclaysville in Grand Kru County or in Loguituo in Nimba County.

Owners of cars and trucks of NGOs that venture out of Monrovia are subject to all kinds of pain from the terrible condition of the roads, even in the dry season. This is unacceptable. The darkness and lack of water are a tough sell to even the most patriotic Liberian!