Tunisian Football Federation wrote a letter to its Ethiopian counterpart requesting the availability of international arbiter Bamlak Tesema to officiate Tunisian biggest derby match between Esperance de Tunis and Etwal du Sahel on Wednesday.
According to Ethiopian Football Federation announcement the request is not only about Bamelak but also assistant referees from Ethiopia. It is a huge acknowledgment of Ethiopian referees for the Tunisian Federation president once resented Bamelak only to regret later. “The Sun” once wrote about Bamelak the following.
Bamlak Tessema Weyesa born 30th December 1980 in Addis Ababa is an Ethiopian football referee. He became a FIFA referee in 2009. He has served as a referee at the 2014 FIFA World Cup qualifiers, beginning with the first-round match between Djibouti and Namibia.
Beginning his refereeing career in 2003, Weyesa rose from domestic games to international matches in just six years. He became one of Fifa’s listed referees in 2009 and took charge of the CECAFA Cup Final in 2010.
And since then Weyesa has been a regular across African international tournaments, taking charge of African Cup of Nation games and World Cup qualifiers. Away from football, he is a medical researcher, clinical coordinator and graduated from Addis Abeba University with a degree in sociology.
Who is Bamlak Tessema Weyesa
Worknesh and Lagat set for Mumbai title defense
Defending champions Worknesh Alemu and Cosmas Lagat are returning to the Tata Mumbai Marathon, a World Athletics Gold Label road race, on 19 January.
Ethiopia’s Worknesh Alemu upset the pre-race form book in 2019 and won in Mumbai in a personal best of 2:25:25, which was also the second fastest winning time in race history. She improved her best to 2:24:42 later in 2019 when finishing sixth at the Amsterdam Marathon in October.
Worknesh heads a very strong women’s field that has eight women who have run under 2:28:00. The fastest women in the field is another Ethiopian, Amane Beriso, who had a stunning marathon debut when she ran 2:20:48 for second place in the 2016 Dubai Marathon, She took a break from competitive running last year so it will be interesting to see what form she can bring to her first race in 15 months. All the leading women will have as their target the course record of 2:24:33 set by Kenya’s Valentine Kipketer in 2013.
Kenya’s Lagat won 12 months ago in decisive fashion when he broke away from the rest of the leading pack around 29 kilometers into the race. He was out on his own over the final 13 kilometers, almost a third of the race, before crossing the line in 2:09:15, the second fastest winning time in race history.
The four fastest men in the field are all Ethiopians, led by Ayele Abshero who has a personal best of 2:04:23 and although that time came almost eight years ago, when he won the Dubai Marathon, he showed that he is still a very competitive runner at the highest level by taking second place in the Hamburg Marathon in 2:08:26 last April.
Losa hits sport headlines scoring braids for fun
First ever Ethiopian international women footballer Loza Abera is making history in Maltese football helping her side Birkirkara to lead the league season. Five matches to go in to the end of the league season, Birkirkara appeared a side to retain the title for second season in a row.
Three Ethiopian women league championship with Dedebit at the same time crowning top scorer in four consecutive years, Losa had had a half season spell with Adama Ketema last year helping the side win the league title for the first time in the club’s history.
Coming to realize that little remained at home to bring close to her dream of becoming an international footballer, the 21 year-old left home for a fresh adventure in European football.
Just four months and nine matches in to Malta Women’s top league Losa became a house hold name among women’s football crazy fans steering Birkirkara to the league top spot as well leading the top scorers’ chart from a mile. Crushing title contenders Mgarr to a 3-1 home victory over the week end in which Losa executed a braid Birkirkara is leading the seven sides’ top league with six points clear of a game in hand second place Swieqi United.
Twenty one goals in nine matches including seven goals in her side’s 17-0 demolition of Hibernian and another hat trick in the 5-0 Super League victory over Mgarr, Losa appeared a star on the rise in European football.
Born in Southern Ethiopia, all time highest scorer of Ethiopian women football Losa leads the way to the likes of Women Player of the Year Senaf Wakuma to follow suit sooner.
PPPDS introduce new scheme
The Public Procurement and Property Disposal Service (PPPDS) introduce new scheme to evaluate bidders’ claims on face to face event.
The Service that is responsible to procurement massive services and commodities for the federal government has introduced new strategy on the aim to expand transparency on the post procurement procedure.
On Thursday January 2 the procurement committee, relevant government office representatives and officials of PPPDS including the Director General, Tsewaye Mulunen, who chaired the evaluation, have been reviewed the claim of 12 companies who disqualified from the bid process, while they were filed their argument for the exclusion of them from the bid.
Tswaye said the aim of evaluating the claim on face to face is to create clarity and transparency before giving final written decision.
On the day the claim of Biftu Adungna, DCL Trading, Amlotec plc, Imperial ICT Solution, Maxi Tech Trading, Maf International plc, Agrocorp International, RKAD, BESC Limited, Nanodas, HNJ have been tabled and except Biftu case all of them evaluated and some of the claim have got accepted by the bid technical committee. However the Director General disclosed that the written response for the claim will be disclosed in the next day (Friday January 3) whether it is accepted or not.
Tsewaye told Capital that such kind of face to face evaluation introduced on the coming of her to the position. She assigned as head of PPPDS, which is under Ministry of Finance, about half a year ago.
“The latest events is differ due to it was open for media, who are interested on reporting on the bid that PPPDS manages,” she added, while on Friday via phone call she declined to give the final decision of the claims.
At the claim evaluation the international bid for IT equipment and toners that undertaken on two envelops system that is under technical evaluation stage and on strategic product procurement category the wheat bid that held on single envelop system, which means technical and financial offers delivered jointly have been observed.
Tsewaye said that the aim of the open evaluation of claims is to fill the principle of responsibility, accountability and fairness.
Most of the claims that got acceptance on the day have been related with the IT sector, while the claims of three companies on the latest wheat procurement were not sound for technical committee meanwhile the final decision will be given the higher evaluating committee.
On the day Tesfaye Urge who represents two companies, who participated on two different wheat bids, has been claimed that one of the bid document his company has been attached the certificate analysis that is in Russki.
The technical committee representative said that the specification space of the bid did not filled, while it stated attached laboratory analysis, while it is not English language document.
Tesfaye argued that the technical committee might ask the translation, while Tsewaye argued that the procurement law only allows English for international bid.
The 2010 public procurement directive article 16/13.1 B stated that ‘for procurements to be conducted by means of international competitive bidding, all documents shall be prepared in English language’.
The other milling wheat claim filled by Agrocorp has been also evaluated on the day. The company represented by Ali Yahya claimed that it has been disqualified from the bid by minor error that the company failed to attach technical specification for aflatoxin/mycotoxin levels, levels of heavy metals, pesticide residue levels and microbiological load that are stated on the second amendment of the procurement.
However the company representative argued that the trend has been asking clarification for such errors in the past. Regarding clarification the bid document page 18 article 31.1 has stated that ‘to assist in the examination, evaluation, and comparison of the bids, the Public Body may, at its sole discretion, ask any Bidder for a clarification of its bid. Any clarification submitted by a Bidder that is not in response to a request by the Public Body shall not be considered. The Public Body’s request for clarification and the response shall be in writing.’
The representative has also mentioned this to argue and stated that his company has been offered good price on the wheat bid that is procured for Ethiopian Trading Businesses Corporation to stabilize the market.
Tsewaye said that as per the recommendation from the higher and technical bodies the issue of aflatoxin that is become hazardous for the health of the society has become priority on such procurements.
Technical committee stated that it is the mandatory technical requirement that could not be seen as minor error and asked for clarification.
