Conference Held in London on the 24th of May 2008

A conference organised by the Union of Oromo Students (USO) in the UK on 24^th of May, 2008 has been successfully completed. Mr. Abagero, current chairman of USO opened the conference by laying out the objectives of the conference to the audience, then followed the opening remark by one of the founding members of the OLF Mr. Taha Abdi.

This conference was attended by hundreds of Oromos from all over the United Kingdom. During the presentation several topics were covered, such as “The current political conspiracy of Woyane” by Abiyot Kebede (former member of  Ethipia house of peoples representative), “Poor economical policy of the government in Ethiopia” by Mr. Tashome Badhasa (Former member of Ethiopia house of peoples representative), and “What needs to done” by Mr. Gezaheny  Bekele  (Former member of a counsel of state of Oromia ).

Later in the conference three Oromo Ex-parliamentarians who are currently residing in the UK, brought a very informative discussion under a topic “The political and economical conspiracy of the TPLF regime”.  Other prominent guest speaker was heroine Lalise Roba, who was ex-soldier of OLF. She on her part made very moving speech and which earned her applause with standing ovation from participants of the conference.  

Furthermore attendees of the meeting have made substantial financial contributions towards activities of the OLF and pledged to support the OLF in any way they can in the future.

The Moto of the day was “Unity, Unity and Unity for Oromo People”

The Organizing committee

Pictures from the event: http://www.manabuna.com/action/photolist/abumphotolist/?album_id=14