Kajela Merdassa

In 2020, as OLF public relations officer, he argued that change in the government of Oromia had not solved problems of human rights violations.

He called on the government to follow a constitutional constraint of a five-year length of elected mandates.

[2] According to Borkena, Kajela stated that Aba Torbe is an OLF death squad.

[4] Kajela attributed the killings in the March 2021 Ataye clashes in Oromia Zone in Amhara Region to governmental special forces.

[4] In the October 2021 reshuffle of the Abiy Ahmed Cabinet, Kajela was made Minister of Culture and Sports.