The Good, The Bad, And The Church Goers

The church : a gathering regarded in the superlative and nevertheless as God’s treasure house. Common sense makes it that every man or woman who takes his or her time-off to go to church is obviously a God fearing person.

Yet, in the world of social relations and realities, this scenario has nothing to do with why many go to church. This makes intelligent, literate and intellectual people promptly conclude that the situation is more than enough inspirational material for research and eventually some storytelling of tales, myths ands legends. Below is a true story. I hope you understand it...

On a blessed Sunday morning, « Mr Joe » is getting set to go to church. Having put on his beautiful Sunday clothes and shoes, he heads out of the house saying « i am on my way to church ». But while on the road, « Mr Joe » realises he has forgotten something. He moves back to the house in order to do what he had forgotten. His objective is that his wife and son living in the same house should not watch television, listen to the radio, or use the electric iron to press their clothes. He puts-off the house’s electric power supply and this time around, confidently marches his way to church.

At times, i feel like beating up most of the people i see in the church. Due to their underground, clandestine  and even open actions done amongst all prayerful people or not. But, there is one question that stands out clear.

-Who gives me the right to go ahead and beat them up ?  The answer my friend, just like the wind, is blowing way in the middle of the air.

Deep down in me, i know i have the right my common sense gives me. I am literally disgusted to see to what extent some people deviatefrom the basics [common rule] of going to church.

All the same, this common sense makes me receive great consolation and therefore, automatically, i calm myself. As it helps me really understand the insights of the saying that goes like this : « Cmmon sense is not common ».

Old Aged Couple

Many years down memory lane, situations made it that two fellows met. A fter their meeting, more chemical reactions pushed them to marry and live together as husband and wife.

Today, these two fellows are our « Mommy » and « Daddy »

Mommy is a retired civil servant while daddy is a private sector retired worker. Despite all hazards, the many children they gave birth to have now become adults of their own. The girl children have made a very fast run to the extent that this time around, mommy and daddy have now become great-grand momom and great-grand dad.

On a social and personal point, from time to time, mommy, in-order to keep her marriage alive, has to fight back against other single women and widows who want to snatch her old and handsome husband. Whenever he goes to the bank to receive his monthly retirement benefits, mommy is on the alert. She knows there are young girls out there who have specialised themselves in the business of seducing old men when they come for their pension.

This past february 14 2014, it came to daddy’s mind that he should at last make his wife the honour and give her a befitting church wedding. This information was communicated to their children who together decided to take things into their own hands. News went like wild fire. Children from far and near have come together. Preparations are hitting up hard.

To our greatest surprise, we have come to realise that these two fellows still play the hanky-panky game as if they were still youngsters fresh from the farm.

That not withstanding, we have also discovered who are the jealous uncles and aunts, friends and other community relations. But, we will not allow them topedo our parent’s hapiness. Knowing that mommy considers this as the reception of one of her Holy sacraments, and more important again, the summit of her lifetime’s achievements. 

 

Strong University Girls

A university-the place to be for whosoever intends to to pursue his or her studies in higher education.

After decades of intense fights taken up by human rights activists and other civil society organizations, in a die hard  African traditional context, the girl child’s social status is gradually but steadily gaining recognition.  Changing from the general belief of [a household commodity to a person  with reasoning faculties just like the boy child].

Thank goodness for all those who fought this fight. Be it in the domain of traditional beliefs, religious doctrines, or political will. Now, the girl child can continue schooling up to her doctorate degree if she feels like it.

Unfortunately, for our sisters who continue schooling up to the university level, these girls find themselves confronted to a very de-grading, immoral and non-professional practice which in effect is sexual harassment. University lecturers who are prompt to having body pleasures with their young and beautiful female students go on to sanction these brilliant girls works with remarks and points that do not reflect their true intelligence.

When the girls try to inquire on the poor marking done by their lecturer, she is now put before the real intensions of this lecturer. Intensions which essentially consists in having sex with the young woman. No less, no more. Given that most of these university lecturers are already married men.

This is how female students who are in their master’s and doctorate degree programs, who for their mémoires need  a supervisor [a university lecturer] to guide them through till their defense face intense sexual harassment. These supervisors use phrases like :

-if you accept, i make you have your diploma.

-You cannot succeed without me… etc

It took the courage and bravery of a young university female student who recorded the phone call one of these bad lecturers did to intimidate her. She later sent this recorded phone call to a radio station which eventually spread the news like wild fire. The academic institution’s authorities were caught short. But still, they had to sanction this bad lecturer.

The truth is, this young woman’s case is just one that eventually went public. If not, there are thousands of young girls who are sexually harassed by their lecturers and who give-in for fear of academic failure.

Our project is to create a journal in our university and eventually represented in all universities in our country. A journal with complete autonomy with respect to any university authority. A journal run and headed by girls themselves university students  and therefore closer to their fellow university mates. All these to develop a safe heaven for young brilliant university female students. May they undergo their studies without any extra-curricular strings attached to it. 

As Official Documents Keep Disappearing...

Gross Infamy…

These two words describe best the situation we live.

A very negative practice which does not help us build our social and political environments. Instead, it enlarges the gap between honest citizens on one side and unscrupulous administrators on the other.

Overhere in Cameroon, in our country’s different ministries and other state owned corporations, unscrupulous civil servants [thieves of works of the spirit who have no respect for intellectual propriety rights] have transformed the shameful act of extracting sensitive documents ; to make it become a very lucrative business in which they excel. Especially when it is to protect top functionaries who swim in corrupt practices.

Lately, i introduced  a straight-forward, sensitive and pertinent document for our ministry of post and telecommunications to see into the matter. But, because this document concerns a giant multi-national telecommunications company [MTN], i saw my documents disappear leaving no trace, no sign. In the whole ministry, nobody knows the where-abouts of my documents.

It is this ugly phenomenon that gives a hard time for civil society organisations like the one i preside to bring solutions, to help citizens. Immediately, it comes out clear that most of our top government officials want us to remain in poverty like what you see in the photograph [the place where a civil society organisation holds its reunions].

Knowing that administration and bureaucracy has to do with paper work. With this kind of anti-progressist practices,

1-How is the country going to move out of poverty ?

2-How is the judiciary system going to do its work when proofs disappear in police stations and law courts ? 

When Poverty Paves The Way To Faith

In abject poverty, populations have no other choice but to stick to that whichich is displayed to them. Here, it is the faith in a miracle working God. As you can see in the photo graph, the young mother is in total despair. According to her story, the baby spent the night crying for no reason. And, as situations make things, she does not have money to take the child to hospital.
Automatically, her thoughts are directed towards God's servant-the prophetess. You can see God's servant is casting demons away from the child's body.
For those of you who want to see the demons flee, note that even i who took the photograph saw nothing. But, i talk of of casting demons away because of the "warfare" and "battle field" kind of language the prophetess uses in her prayers.
NB: The mother did not take her child to a medical practitioner. So, do not expect a medical diagnosis and eventually some kind of medical treatment. Besides, the prophetess' bills are not as high as hospital bills. Upon her counselling, it's a matter of faith. You just have to believe.
For the story's man that i am, i guess i too have got to have faith so that this whole thing makes sense and help me understand. I guess much of the details will be mystifying news...

Operation "Zero Electors" Come Elections In June 2013

The above statement is the speech of an angry, honest cameroonian citizen.

Why did she say this ? She said this because, overhere in Cameroon, in the month of june 2013, there will be both municipal and parliamentary elections in-order to vote new persons with their new orientations or maintain the incombent  with their tradition.

From a normal, clean and clear point of view, these upcoming event has to stimulate and pull populations towards registration  offices in huge numbers. But, unfortunately for the election organisers, this is not the case. Given the scarcity of persons who voluntarily come to register in the voter’s lists. Some mobile registration offices stay open til 8 :30pm evening time hoping to grab a few registrations here and there. It is obvious for everybody the participation of the masses is at its minimum.

Also,in the different radio and television stations that broadcast within the Yaounde capital city and environs, it is common to hear people call and voice out their disgust, the reasons why they do not get themselves registered in the voter’s lists of their neighbourhoods. Thes are some of the reasons :

-Lack of pipe-borne water in the Yaounde capital city.

-The non-payment of retired workers pensions [How are they going to live ?]

-Sacrificial killing of young girls and their sex organs mutilated.

-At the age of 90, an old man is still maintained as chairman of the board of directors of a first class hospital here in Yaounde. This situation has developped a climate of laxity, corruption and other bad practices in the hospital which eventually falls on the heads of innocent patients who come to seek health.

-Electricity cuts in Yaounde [How will children study in their homes ?]

-Upon the death of  a lord mayor,the law in Cameroon stipulates 60 days after this sad event, a new mayor should be voted and installed  so as to avoid prolonged vacancy. Unfortunately, in one municipal territory where the mayor died some time ago,this law is not respected. And, it is this issue that makes the populations of that municipality angry and ready to boycott the upcoming elections come june 2013.