“Truth is so obscure in these times, and falsehood so established, that, unless we love the truth, we cannot know it”—Blaise Pascal.
I had received close to six hundred (600) responses following last week’s publication of the piece titled, “We joke too much in this country”. Majority of the responses agreed with my stance. The few dissenting responses were however very vile in their disagreement. Whether for or against, I thank everybody for their views on the piece. After all, that is the beauty of democracy!
As anticipated, the ‘Muntie’ contemnors were in court last week to face the Supreme Court judges. They however pulled a fast one on the court with the claim that they were only served that morning. The Court, determined to give them a fair trial, postponed the case to today, Monday.
I hear Mugabe Maase was very meek in court. He sits in the comfort of his studio and churns out all manner of threats under the guise of “needless bravado”, only to turnaround and give the court “fun-fool” respect. “Who born dog?”
Hmm, are you thinking what I’m thinking? The contemnors may have deluded themselves into believing they had pulled a fast one on the court. But what they do not know is that they have only succeeded in postponing the inevitable. For the judges to decide to sit on a Monday, a day they usually don’t sit, is ample proof that the joke is rather on the contemnors. Let’s keep our fingers crossed!
Six days hence the country will mark the fourth (4th) anniversary of the demise of Agya Atta Mills. It definitely brings back memories of how we joked with the life of a sitting president. Poor Agya Atta was denied the much needed rest that could have helped in prolonging his life. He was literally coerced to put up a show in order to make us believe that he was healthy. How sad!
Anytime I ponder over the circumstances that led to his death, I cannot help but wonder if the man was “killed slowly” by people who professed to love him. Even as he was made to trot and jog in front of the cameras at the airport on his return from a medical check-up in the USA, his hoarse and nasal voice betrayed the claim that the man was well.
Subsequently, the threat by Wofa Boat to reveal the “killers” of the late president during the Zu-za internal contest also added fuel to the suspicion that the man was made to join his ancestors before his time. Only “Mawu” knows when the joke would stop and the perpetrators of the heinous crime revealed!
Not too long ago we were told “dumsor” was over. But what are we hearing today? President Ogwanfunu and his ilk are now saying it is not over. Which should we believe, over or not over? Perhaps, they are only playing pranks!
By the way, are you aware that the country is paying over USD 8 million monthly on the AMERI plants that are sitting idle because President Ogwanfunu’s government cannot provide gas to power them? IMANI and other civil society organizations warned them, but the jokers turned a deaf ear. It is interesting to note that after all the waste on AMERI and KARPOWER, the country still spends close to USD 400,000 everyday on the importation of power from Cote d’Ivoire. For sure, this can only happen in the land of jokers!
Another bad joke President Ogwanfunu continues to play on us is the shielding of corrupt party folks. The Woyomization story, the sad SADA saga, the SUBAH rip-off and the GYEEDAH scandal easily come to mind.
You do remember Hon. “Chooboi”, don’t you? He was the bloke who made sure this great country became a laughing stock during the 2014 football mundial in Brazil. He was on the airwaves last week blaming everybody but himself for his woes in Brazil. He alleged that Countryman Songo of “Fire For Fire” fame was bribed with a car to run him down. Laughable, isn’t it?
Maybe Songo was given a car; maybe not. But that does not change the fact that he made a mess of the country’s participation at the World Cup in Brazil. Was Songo given a car to manipulate him to go on a spending-spree in Brazil? Hon “Chooboi’s” tears at the Dzamefe Commission hearing did not move us. So what makes him think his joke would do the trick this time?
You see, it is because of such bad jokes that some of us do not appreciate Zu-za’s tongue-twisting “e dey be keke” slogan. The bird may think itself the most cunning creature, but mere plantain fibres are used to trap it. The day of reckoning would soon come!
See you next week for another interesting konkonsa, Deo volente!