tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1209670742820403516.post3871138528263211111..comments2024-02-24T06:10:42.255-08:00Comments on Congo Siasa: Katumba Mwanke, key presidential advisor, diesJason Stearnshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11454449854081540397noreply@blogger.comBlogger118125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1209670742820403516.post-27372917266529513122014-01-09T20:31:35.756-08:002014-01-09T20:31:35.756-08:00I knew this pilot very well . . . I can tell you, ...I knew this pilot very well . . . I can tell you, there is absolutely, no way, he over-shot this landing!!! Khttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05059189886275473929noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1209670742820403516.post-22021169702724384402013-05-15T03:24:11.344-07:002013-05-15T03:24:11.344-07:00Good info. Lucky me I reach on your website by acc...Good info. Lucky me I reach on your website by accident, I bookmarked it.<br /><a href="http://www.onlinecheck.com/business_loans.html" rel="nofollow"> Business Loans </a>ColbyLeignhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06559647178392913339noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1209670742820403516.post-18881619352597762882013-03-12T04:42:38.800-07:002013-03-12T04:42:38.800-07:00Very nice post. Information posted here is very he...Very nice post. Information posted here is very helpful. I like the blog very much. Thanks to the admin of this blog.<br /><a href="http://www.getabadcreditbusinessloan.com/" rel="nofollow">bad credit business loan</a>Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09941606715203346922noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1209670742820403516.post-30466511988911199442013-01-22T02:55:13.579-08:002013-01-22T02:55:13.579-08:00This comment has been removed by the author.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09941606715203346922noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1209670742820403516.post-17810535853709453732012-03-03T20:09:10.531-08:002012-03-03T20:09:10.531-08:00Stephan, You are 100% correct. Being an experience...Stephan, You are 100% correct. Being an experienced Gulfstream driver, I find it hard to believe that that level of experienced pilots would have not opted to go-around after landing half-way down the runway. Bottom line, if a CVR (Cockpit Voice Recorder) was onboard and operating it seems like that would solve any questions...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1209670742820403516.post-36046946468568594722012-02-28T06:24:47.948-08:002012-02-28T06:24:47.948-08:00Hi Jason...
Since the death of Katumba, you have n...Hi Jason...<br />Since the death of Katumba, you have not posted any thing - I hope you are not affected because of his death.<br />Please give us some more topics - a lot is taking place....Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1209670742820403516.post-56216604242093457412012-02-27T09:39:24.995-08:002012-02-27T09:39:24.995-08:00Does anyone know if there is an investigation goin...Does anyone know if there is an investigation going into the cause of this accident? It seems very strange that the cause of the accident was determinted to be pilot error so quickly after the accident, and that it must have been these pilot's first time at Bakuvu. Gulfstream pilots don't get to fly a G IV with the notion that they might blow landings. To sit behind the controls of a GIV means you have logged in thousands and thousands of hours to make sure you never blow a landing. It is a prestegious level of being a pilot, and these were both very experienced pilots. Something stinks here. The accident also looks very survivable for everyone in the plane, and I don't buy the idea that Mwanke was merely unbuckled from his seatbelt. Does anyone have any ideas of what really happened here?Stephannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1209670742820403516.post-83197423554387135442012-02-26T10:09:17.962-08:002012-02-26T10:09:17.962-08:00Le potentiel wrote that it was weird that the gove...Le potentiel wrote that it was weird that the government, not the CENI, declared that unless the international community contributed 53 % of the budget for the next elections, there is a chance that they will be cancel.<br />I don't think it's so weird since the government run more or less the CENI and has not a lot of interests to have more elected officials. Imagine how convenient the president can pick any governors ( since he already has the power to dismiss them), choose any local official he wishes and even more not to deal with provincial assemblies. The later prove to be an extraordinary adversary to an autocratic power since it's hard to align all the provinces to a monolithic ideology. I still can't figure out the real reason Lumanu blocked the north kivu's assembly. I also wondered if he had the power to do so. It's seems to me there should be some kind of separation of power here. I don't understand how the executive has the power over the legislative here. thoughts?blaisehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10271081481475980902noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1209670742820403516.post-32435409515355975142012-02-24T09:36:26.109-08:002012-02-24T09:36:26.109-08:00Dilla @ Goma stated: "After the accident the...Dilla @ Goma stated: "After the accident the pilots were alive but seriously injured, it seems that they have been killed by unidentified man on the spot." <br /><br />I was just wondering if you were a witness, or where you heard this information from? Thank you for your help.Bennoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1209670742820403516.post-19580915158815696592012-02-24T06:26:24.303-08:002012-02-24T06:26:24.303-08:00Who said Eric Joyce was an angel?
http://www.scot...Who said Eric Joyce was an angel?<br /><br />http://www.scotsman.com/news/labour_mp_eric_joyce_accused_of_attacking_tory_mp_in_commons_bar_brawl_1_2133282<br /><br />RichRichhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01301460106025447019noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1209670742820403516.post-58100508170282256232012-02-24T06:12:38.869-08:002012-02-24T06:12:38.869-08:00Thanks to Rich for your input, I will try to find ...Thanks to Rich for your input, I will try to find the report you are talking about and get more informed.<br /><br />BismarkAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1209670742820403516.post-2078262957475182752012-02-24T05:58:10.831-08:002012-02-24T05:58:10.831-08:00Thanks Blaise for your input as we attempt to lear...Thanks Blaise for your input as we attempt to learn from each other's experience.<br /><br />BismarkAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1209670742820403516.post-56501333935588530282012-02-24T05:52:16.657-08:002012-02-24T05:52:16.657-08:00Bismark –
I think Eric Tollens' (2004) report...Bismark –<br /><br />I think Eric Tollens' (2004) report will be a good starting point. The paper gives a nice overview of the agricultural situation in the DRC since it is based on the works of a round table organised in Kinshasa in March 2003 to look at strategies that will enable the DRC’s agricultural sector to become the engine of the economy…<br />Looking at the map of the DRC, North East is more Province orientale than anything else but if you mean the whole grand Kivu and Province orientale maybe we can say the area is very populated but I will not go as far as to saying population density in this part of the DRC is somehow higher than in any other part of the DRC. To have a better picture of population density I think one will need to consider the amount of habitable land (terrain climate etc…) and the population stock living in that particular area.<br /><br />6 million excess death is not the correct figure if you are referring to the IRC report and even if we take the 5 million excess death due to the conflict between (1998 to 2007) as presented by IRC, some have argued that the IRC method was not as efficient as it seems and that the figure could have been much lower than the one found by the IRC but I guess people have no other choice than to go with the IRC figure since there is no other estimation out there…<br /><br />As Blaise said, there are many factors in explaining agricultural trends in DRC mainly because there are so many influences that may have affected the development of the agricultural sector. Here you have the ancestral heritage in terms of food production; you have the colonial orientation, the post-colonial and the current adaptation as guided by climatic conditions and prominent economic realities.<br /><br />As you can see there may not be a simple answer to this but the reality is that some parts of the DRC are more inclined to agricultural activities than others and because there is no reliable dataset to assess the differentials I drew from my numerous travels around the DRC and from my own personal experience of going to markets and asking about the origins of different products I consumed. In that way it was easy for me to have some ideas of the prevalence of food production activities in various parts of the DRC. <br /><br />Eric Tollens paper gives some interesting statistics though… I can get you a link to the article when I will use my home computer…<br /><br />RichRichhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01301460106025447019noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1209670742820403516.post-31716422383456513722012-02-24T04:41:18.169-08:002012-02-24T04:41:18.169-08:00@ Bismark,
That's a great question. I have to ...@ Bismark,<br />That's a great question. I have to confess that I never put a lot of thoughts about this anomaly until Rich pointed out that the region wasn't know for it agricultural inputs.<br />Not having any data to analyse, I will have to speculate that probably several factors contributes to that situation.<br />Colonial patterns are a strong possibility. I believe that Belgian Congo was efficiently run like an enterprise for the highest profit possible. Resources will come from the East and export by the West. Like you said, the soil and climatic conditions must have play an important role. I think the Kasai, because of it's central location was never intended to be a production's hub but more like an administrative "dispatcher". <br />Another possibility will be the cultural inheritance. As I pointed out, being rich it's a matter of interpretation. For some, it will be possessing lands. For other it will be having large crops. I believe in the East, sign of richness was link to cattle while in the Kasai, I don't exactly know what was the measure.<br />But it's a good matter for thinking.blaisehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10271081481475980902noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1209670742820403516.post-89230366309614996372012-02-23T23:12:50.386-08:002012-02-23T23:12:50.386-08:00@ Rich,Congoman.....
The Genocide in Rwanda helpe...@ Rich,Congoman.....<br /><br />The Genocide in Rwanda helped Congo for a change (Assisted Congo for a power transform), and the Genocide in Congo assisted Rwanda for an economy change.<br />You should all agree? But The Genociders in Rwanda are coming to justice and they are being sentenced, however the genociders in Congo have never been even arrested.<br />Check out the differences...<br /><br />SwhalilandAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1209670742820403516.post-60511686847874956502012-02-23T20:47:31.265-08:002012-02-23T20:47:31.265-08:00Could someone please provide any information regar...Could someone please provide any information regarding the pilots and their condition after the crash? The statement above suggesting that they were both killed by someone after the crash is disturbing. Has anyone heard anything regarding this? Thank you.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1209670742820403516.post-72118375711449567842012-02-23T11:07:17.946-08:002012-02-23T11:07:17.946-08:00@Rich
Rich says : “…No matter what rwanda achieve...@Rich<br /><br />Rich says : “…No matter what rwanda achieves, they must know that as long as they (the transnational tutsi elite) behave in unscrupulous way in the DRC, their situation will be comparable to that of a person doing rodeo on the back of a wounded lion... (to paraphrase someone). Only God knows what will happen when to that person once they are no longer on the back of that lion...” <br /><br />Most likely a big and fat breakfast, lunch or dinner for the abused and starving lion. <br /><br />Rich, Blaise, I am sorry to go back to a subject that you discussed sometimes back. I had raised a few points that I thought contributed to prevalence of agricultural activities in the North East of the DRC and would like your opinions if possible. I was wondering if some of the reasons behind the fact that the North East of the DRC is prone to more organized agricultural activities than others, are based to the following: - 1) Population density, everyone says that the North East is the most populous of the DRC (even after the loss of 6 million people, my apologies for mentioning this, it is just for the sake of the argument) thus the need to develop agriculture on a bigger scale in order to feed the masses for survival. - 2)The inheritance of the Belgian colonial patterns of agricultural development. The North East with temperate weather, volcanic and rich soil allowing for multiple yearly yields, harvests of crops made it more suitable for intense agricultural activity. – 3)The fact that in other areas of the DRC, people were simply planting the necessary crops for their daily needs and may be the needs of clan. The excess crops being used for trade. Thanks for your input.<br /><br />BismarkAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1209670742820403516.post-56356340758210535742012-02-23T03:25:58.044-08:002012-02-23T03:25:58.044-08:00Swahililand -
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ubrx...Swahililand -<br /><br />http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ubrx3-7Q-DM&feature=related<br /><br />RichRichhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01301460106025447019noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1209670742820403516.post-4899750978280008992012-02-23T03:02:37.590-08:002012-02-23T03:02:37.590-08:00Swahililand -
Ref # "I am not supporting Kag...Swahililand -<br /><br />Ref # "I am not supporting Kagame at all but i found it easy for me to compare Rwanda because it is a country i saw progressing in front of my naked eyes while Congolese are misunderstanding each other like BRUNO & RICH."<br /><br />How can you say that there is no misunderstanding in rwanda? Have you checked your assertion with people like Kayumba Nyamwasa, Pasteur Bizimungu, Victoire Ingambire etc....?<br /><br />Me and my friend Bruno are disagreeing on the approaches to take but never have we threatened from EXTERMINATING (COMMIT GENOCIDE AGAINST) each other as this has been the case in rwanda.<br /><br />So please, try to compare what is comparable.<br /><br />No matter what rwanda achieves, they must know that as long as they (the transnational tutsi elite) behave in unscrupulous way in the DRC, their situation will be comparable to that of a person doing rodeo on the back of a wounded lion... (to paraphrase someone). Only God knows what will happen when to that person once they are no longer on the back of that lion...<br /><br />RichRichhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01301460106025447019noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1209670742820403516.post-42860706959900901852012-02-22T23:38:08.093-08:002012-02-22T23:38:08.093-08:00@Congoman
It is Rwanda and Rwandans problem for t...@Congoman<br /><br />It is Rwanda and Rwandans problem for their underdevelopment!<br />You have mentioned how Rwanda is behind those African countries however how many years is Congo behind all these countries not forgetting Rwanda? <br />I am not supporting Kagame at all but i found it easy for me to compare Rwanda because it is a country i saw progressing in front of my naked eyes while Congolese are misunderstanding each other like BRUNO & RICH.<br /><br />We Congolese are there only to tell a tale which is done by someone else than doing it ourselves.<br /><br />I have a solution for Congo.<br />"Change the country in to Anglophone country to adjust the mentality of intellectual Congolese and start fresh!" <br />If this will not happen in the next 10 years, another surf shall commence from the east to change Congo. <br /><br />Swahililand<br />GomaAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1209670742820403516.post-23895854156138767892012-02-22T13:19:43.083-08:002012-02-22T13:19:43.083-08:00It's time for PEOPLE TO stop comparing Rwanda...It's time for PEOPLE TO stop comparing Rwanda to north kivu because there is more than North kivu in Congo. Comparing Rwanda TO Congo is like Comparing Georgia TO Russia. Even in the East African region, Rwanda stil lags behind many Countrys when it comes to developpement . The bigest most prosperous economy in east africa is Kenya followed by Tanzania,Ethiopia,and Uganda and Rwanda will never surpass Kenya, Tanzania or Ethiopia to become the bigest economy in east Africa .you can compare Rwanda to an ether small Countrys like Gabon or Equatorial Guinee but both Gabon and Guinee Équatoriale are more Richer,prosperous,and developped than Rwanda. So this new developped Rwanda that everybody is talking about is nothing but propaganda from the Rwandan loby that has been used to cover the war crimes and crimes against humanity that the KAGAME regime has vomited in the DRC.congo manhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10281097988239620048noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1209670742820403516.post-2956760176272373982012-02-22T05:51:18.670-08:002012-02-22T05:51:18.670-08:00@Swahililand
I have been TO RWANDA many times, yes...@Swahililand<br />I have been TO RWANDA many times, yes Rwanda has always been one of the least corrupt Countrys in Africa but the way you and many supporters of the KAGAME regime are describing the so called new Rwanda,is very untrue and very misleading. Rwanda stil very impoverished country where more than 85% of the population is unemployed, with one of the highest HIV infection rate in Africa,more than 85%of the population stil living in slams or rural areas with no runing water or electricity.yes somme congoles health workers ,teachers ,mécanicien,...work have always work in Rwanda,brazzaville,Angola...not because those Countrys are developped . I so some modern residential neighborhoods being built in Kigali for the Elite, and some new buildings in downtown Kigali,but building some villas with blood money from Congo in country with no modern hospital or health centers,no modern airport,no manufacturing (99%of consumer goods are imported),no modern transposition systems,no free press,with 95% unemployment...does not make Rwanda an an advanced country .when it comes to developpement,Rwanda stil 50 years behind Kenya,30 years behind Tanzania,Zimbabwe,..60 behind Botswana and the list goes on and on ,yet all those Countrys are stil very undeveloped.congo manhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10281097988239620048noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1209670742820403516.post-56282799602967829092012-02-22T04:28:42.927-08:002012-02-22T04:28:42.927-08:00@ Rich,
I believe we finally agree about something...@ Rich,<br />I believe we finally agree about something: we don't exactly know. Unless we have viable data and maybe sociological studies, all we will do is speculating. Bismark gave some interesting pointers, something to think about.<br />That was the point I was trying to get across. I confess I went a little overboard,lol, but I just felt that those cliches were outrageous. <br />I believe we better than that, we may have part of an information and jump on erroneous conclusions, that why we need others to show us others alternative.<br />Thank you for your insight, that gave me something to think about.blaisehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10271081481475980902noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1209670742820403516.post-80415497812248532462012-02-21T07:16:10.572-08:002012-02-21T07:16:10.572-08:00Dear Rich,
"you failed superbly to refute a...Dear Rich, <br /><br />"you failed superbly to refute any of my points"...<br /><br />Do you know why? You descended so low that I refused to annoy other readers of this blog. Refuting a circular reasoning is more and more becoming such a tasteless game!<br /><br />You know what? we're never met in person but it feels like we'd made great friends: you're so funny... <br /><br />BrunoAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1209670742820403516.post-10753054526694702152012-02-21T06:42:49.434-08:002012-02-21T06:42:49.434-08:00Bruno –
It is often the case when a person who ha...Bruno –<br /><br />It is often the case when a person who has needlessly inflated opinions of themselves, is asked to clean up their own backyard, they react the way you just did. In other words, I simply tried to show you your own incongruities but once again you failed superbly to refute any of my points. I take it that the points I made are so impertinent when they are not stupide for you ‘my great Congolese elite’ to be able to address them.<br /><br />I have no doubt you mustn’t be the cleverest/pertinent… man I have ever met on this blog why not on this planet? but it is very easy for you to put people off when, on top of being who you are, you keep telling people how clever/pertinent etc… you are and that you are the only one who knows better the whereabouts of the ‘moon’!<br /><br />I can see you are disappointed with my posts but trust me that was not my intent I was simply trying to push my luck and see if I can finally be enlightened by your ‘moon’ rather than the many fingers you keep waving in the air. By the way I’m still waiting enthusiastically to check on Amazon and similar places for your book on the wonders of tshisekedi…<br /><br />Blaise –<br /><br />Ref # “I apology, I meant the argument not you were ridiculous”<br /><br />No need to apologise my good friend and as you may know I’m offended at all. I was not complaining I simply wanted to prevent us from drifting into the belittling trap. In other words, we are absolutely FINE and trust me I am not a saint myself.<br /><br />Now, “I was just taking aback by the jump from farming to dog meat.”<br /><br />The jump to dog meat was because I wanted to point to the fact that lacking the minimum in terms of food production can be one factor too many that pushes people to adopt certain behaviours that are regarded as ‘weird’ by the majority in a given society. I don’t know about you but where I come from, eating pet animals is seen in an outrage. In any case, who has the moral authority to tell anyone what to eat and what not to eat? However, when this (eating behaviour) is not healthy (they talked about canine rabies in the article) I think it is important that we do not encourage it.<br /><br />Ref # “Who bring those investments? Not the local.”<br /><br />Your argument about big scale farming is a valid one and I never argued against that; but here I was simply talking about small scale since such activity can occupy and provide not only food but also remuneration to millions of Congolese. So I’m talking more in terms of surviving than a full on economic impact. Translating that in terms of GDP I am not sure about the impact and that is another debate. All I know is that in 2003 DRC agricultural sector was providing only 1.44% to the national budget. It was hoped that a 10% of public spending into the agricultural sector could help this to grow to up to an annual growth of 6% by 2015…<br /><br />Ref # “What all those lazy and desorganized people from kasai do with their money?”<br /><br />It is a fact that there have been lots of cash circulating in Kasais than in any other provinces but we are not quite sure what that cash has ever achieved for that province… not buying dog’s meat and that’s for sure; with that cash people could buy elephants and whales… only joking!<br /><br />The other problem is that Kasai has been less competitive in terms of the ratio of import and export of agricultural products (maize and rice in particular) into the province.<br /><br />I can point you to Eric Tollens, (2004) « Les défis: Sécurité alimentaire et cultures de rente pour l'exportation Principales orientations et avantages comparatifs de l’agriculture en R.D.Congo ». <br /><br />To finish, I suppose, we are all here to learn from one another and I’ve always been encouraged and enlightened to read from you on this blog.<br /><br />RichRichhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01301460106025447019noreply@blogger.com