Who I Voted For!!

It is a new week and finally,my ears can rest after months of debates and arguments on radio,TV and social media. I got entangled in a couple of them on twitter myself and it so good to know that social media is helping us put words across and also know how people think and attack issues relating to politics. I have heard radio and TV stations read and communicate with listeners/viewers via Facebook and Twitter and all i can say is 'kudos. And to all those who still haven't seen the light, i pray that you walk that path soon.

May Atta Mills rest in peace, he was a good man and i want his good light to shine through our new president-elect, John Dramani Mahama. It was a keenly contested race and i will also like to commend Nana Akuffo Addo for a good fight. Even though this looks like the end of him to me, i know that his works will be etched deep in the annal of this country's political history. Indeed, he has done a lot for this beautiful country of ours.

I am a citizen of this country and i voted,that is a right that i can't throw away. When people ask me who i voted for, i hesitate a little since i am not comfortable saying, for what reason, i don't know. I don't know why people don't want to say who they voted for, i have heard a couple of reasons and i will say that all the reasons i have heard so far are stupid. I am yet to hear something more sensible. Anytime i am asked who i voted for, i ask the person why they want to know then after hearing them, i just say, i don't know. i wonder why i do this, why i can't say who i voted for. 

My late mother was very political, she was a serious member of the National Convention Party (Kow  Nkensen Arkaah) and later became a National Democratic Congress member. In those days, i saw prominent people who were in politics walk in and out of my house and she also took me to so many political activities, the best was the numerous 6th March parade at the Independence Square and i say it is the best because we always sat at the VIP Section which was always very close to where JJ Rawlings was. That man became a god to me after i shook his hand.

Ghana politics has really come a long way, i won't say its the best but we are doing really well, especially when its that time again for vote. People always talk about how they are scared that something will happen but little did they know that we are peace loving peeps who are also aware that we have nowhere to go when there is mayhem. This elections saw some disturbance but that was it, no lives were lost or nobody was hurt. Some unlucky people who tried to snatch ballot boxes were lynched though and i think they deserved it. I mean what do you do with the ballot box? I just don't get it.

I started voting in 2000, and the process is fun, i remember the first time i was going to vote with some of my childhood friends, we felt like we were part of a process, like we were adults and had a say in the affairs of this nation. Since then, i have not missed an election, i sometimes ensure that the indelible ink on my left 'pinky' is so visible so people coming from a distance can see. I know that by now, you are thinking, 'what party does Mutombo vote for?' Well that is a question that i will answer soon and i hope that everybody reads this post so they know where i belong. I am just tried of swerving your question, it is such a 'chore'.

i have been voting for the NDC since 2000 and i voted for them a couple of days back. I have so many reasons why i have voted fro the NDC, yes, because of their policies and all. I don't want to get into that but the topmost reason why i vote the NDC is because of my mom. Maybe one day, i will vote for the NPP or some other party if i realise that they have something positive for the country and its citizens. I hope that the new president-elect, John Mahama doesn't fail Ghanaians because 4 years is just around the corner and Ghanaians are not fools. I wish the best for him and his cabinet and may he go for it.

'….so let's choose that man with a ton of sense, see how my clothes got ripped when i sat on the fence. No matter what you do you can't refuse to choose, and even if you don't, you will still be governed by the same man you accuse…….so let's choose wisely…'-taken from a poem of mine

NDC 3y3 ZU,3y3 ZA!!

Elections

Charley, what’s going on? I have more vim for this side and I hope everybody reading this has vim too. Let us have a vimious week and rest of the year. Talking about the rest of the year, I guess or hope you know we are in October now and in a couple of week, we will be going to the polls to choose a president. Are you aware of this or you have been sleeping? Wake up oo, I beg for we are all involved, if you like it or not. On the 7^th day of December, 2012, we are going to choose a president. Oh!!I just remembered Atta Mills, so our president really died? No, I still don’t believe this. Anyway, he is dead and gone and I know he is resting in peace. He was a good man, yes he was indeed.

Enough of the death talks, now back to business, a friend of mine told me there are about 23 political parties in Ghana, I don’t know if it’s true or not because that girl tells me all sort of lies all the time so someone please confirm this. Let us be frank with each other, even though it is alleged that we have all of these political parties, only 2 are relevant for now and they are the NPP and the NDC. I didn’t know which political party to mention first and please don’t start drawing conclusions already. I tossed a coin and NPP won so I needed to mention them first. Sometimes doing these things can be work, one least mistake and someone sitting somewhere will start talking.. Yes I tossed a coin in order to know who I should mention first. Are you trying to tell me PPP will win this election or PNC is going to come out victorious? We know that this is impossible, at least not this year’s elections. The race is between NPP and NDC, I won’t even beat about the bush to make this post long.

I don’t even know why I am talking too much. My main reason for this post is a little bit worthless, to you, but I like thinking about minor stuff, stuff that someone will see as irrelevant, that is what I take at heart. Why am I not seeing or feeling the whole campaign fever? Less than 2 months to elections and I am seeing nothing. I am not saying nothing is going on at all but let us compare this year’s to the others and tell me if this year’s isn’t dull. In the past, even when I wasn’t eligible to vote, these politicians will come around and give us party paraphernalia (t shirts, key chains, hats, colourful posters etc) and we would ‘shee jama’ all day long following them around. Even in my small community, they held rallies and went from door to door begging for votes. Their cars with PA systems made noise on the streets and I remember how those decibels worried my ear-drums. Its silent now, nothing is going on. I don’t see people wear political party t shirts much and I don’t hear anything. Is it because the people are fed-up or I am not paying attention? No, I have kept these ears to the streets and charle, I am seeing or hearing nothing.

Anyway, it is still coming on and I hope the people choose wisely. Do you think Atta Mills’ death will play a role in this election? Would people have sympathy for the NDC and go like, ‘because Atta is dead, let me console Mahama with this my 1 vote’? I know how the Ghanaian voter thinks, they can be funny sometimes and you will be shock with the reasons they will give if you ask them why they voted for a certain political party. As the date draws nearly, I would want us to remember that, we should do this in peace, once again we should show the world that we can do this. Let us be a blazing example to all those countries who were not able to do theirs peacefully. We are one people, we shouldn’t let any politician cause us to fight amongst ourselves. Remember, they will leave us here and we will be left to suffer.

Ah yes!! Now I know why the campaign is dull this time, Wayome took all the money away.