The undeserving being rewarded!

By Mike Chimhini.
Noble peace prize has been awarded 90 times to 120 Nobel laureates between 1901 and 2009. South Africa’s own archbishop Desmond Tutu, Nelson Mandela and Frederic Willem de Klerk are some of the previous winners of this prestigious award for their activism in promoting peace. It has been awarded 97 times to individuals and 23 times to organisations from all over the world that have stood out in promoting peace. This year the award was given to Barack Obama whom I think do not deserve it at all for he has not yet done anything in upholding peace which is the key theme of the award. More so, in contrast to the principles of the award he is even considering sending more troops in to Afghanistan for the war there to continue.
This award could have been given to someone more deserving than Obama. One possible candidate could have been Morgan Tsvangirai the Prime Minister of Zimbabwe who was also one of the nominees for this award. Tsvangirai has been involved in promoting peace in Zimbabwe ever since the crisis there erupted. More so, he has advocated for human rights and for his efforts he should have been rewarded. According to the governing board for this award, Obama got the Award for his extraordinary efforts to strengthen international diplomacy and cooperation between people. I think this reason has got little to do with promoting peace which therefore shows that the body has lost its theme and focus in awarding the award. More so, this will have a negative effect on the relevance of this once prominent award.