Hachalu shocked some listeners when he answered that the horse seen immortalized in Meneliks equestrian statue in Addis Ababa belongs to an Oromo farmer called Sida Debelle, and that Menelik robbed that horse.
Hachalu aliwashangaza wasikilizaji wengi aliposema kuwa farasi aliyepandwa na Menelik katika sanamu iliyopo huko Addis Ababa alikuwa mali ya mkulima wa ki-Oromo aliyeitwa Sida Debelle, na Menelik alimuiba farasi huyo.