Today, armed men tortured a civilian in the midst of Kampala!

The Ministry of Peace concerns itself with war, the Ministry of Truth with lies, the Ministry of Love with torture and the Ministry of Plenty with starvation. These contradictions are not accidental, nor do they result from from ordinary hypocrisy: they are deliberate exercises in doublethink”George Orwell (Published in 1984).

Today’s leaked video from Kampala, is the second time in a short time where either Security Forces or trained military men are using weapons to torture people. Last time it was CMI (Chieftaincy of Military Intelligence) Officers or ISO (Internal Security Organization) who was beating up soldiers in Bugiza on the 12th October 2018.

Now, today, there is another one video leaked, as the plain clothed men in broad daylight was hitting on a civilian with their weapons in the ribs. before they abducted him into the car. Clearly there is something sinister going as these men was allowed to do so. Just like the men in Bugiza who was Security Officials beating the suspects up in cars.

The report from the street is this:

During a broad daylight in Kampala city, Uganda near Theatre Labonita. First tortured and later driven away in a PSV vehicle registration No. UAF 325 S to unknown destination” (Aaron Ainomugisha, 18.10.2018).

There was plenty of witnesses of this crime done in the midst of Kampala. We don’t know which organization they comes from and why they picked this man up. This is mere violence, an expression of the lack of procedure or rights for the people. As the Security Officials can beat on you for no reason and take you to an unknown destination. When they can hit you like these gentlemen did with their weapons. Who knows what they will do to him in the car.

This sort of leaked video of the horrific scenes shows the blatant impunity that is happening in the Republic. That they were allowed to do this and it is terrifying that this is happening. This is a sign of free rampant display of possible state sanctioned violence. That not even the ending of the power of Boda Boda 2010 could stop. There are clearly more groups who are allowed and you can wonder where these people reside. As they we’re allowed to do this in the midst of Kampala.

That the security and the lack of respect of people’s value are evident. As this was mafia style of sanctioned violence, as they were beating on him and shown the people who was ruling. Before riding away in the Toyota Hiace type of car. Looking like any random taxi in the Old Taxi Park.

Therefore, this shows that the army, the police and the government are letting violence get out of hand. This is the second time within a week these sort of videos has leaked of security personnel violently attacking people in public. Who knows what happens behind closed doors. We known some of safe-houses and Nalufenya, but who knows what is hidden behind the surface.

What else sinister is going on to the enemies of the state and the ones who are in the way of the elite and the ruling regime. Peace.

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Is it okay for Machakos County: That they get direct grants from the World Bank?

Today, the Governor of Machakos County appointed the County and Budget Forum. However, what was very revealing was what Dr. Alfred Mutua was implying within the documents, not who he appointed to the position. Usually that would be an important piece to look into.

However, today was the day where the Governor revealed directly that the World Bank Development secured 1bn Ksh per year for 6 years to the infrastructure building in the county. This being roads, electricity and other needed government services in the municipalities of Machakos.

Usually these sort of arrangements are done directly with the National Government or the Parliament, as to where the development is happening and where the grants are going. Which project that matter and what is sufficiently holding the standards of the stakeholders and the ones contributing the funding. Nevertheless, here the implication is that the World Bank is directly involved in all county functions from sewage to building roads. That their funding are going to do what the government is supposed to deliver. This being the natural delivery of the state and basic upkeep of the infrastructure. Instead of being tax-payers own money, they are using funds from abroad to do the needed development projects and to get the needed services in the municipalities of Machakos.

We can wonder what does the Jubilee government and Kenyatta think of this? When the Counties themselves are directly making arrangements and funding deals with the World Bank? In a republic filled to the brim of loans and lack of cash-flow, these sort of deals would be appropriate to go through the Central Government before the Local Government. However, that one has not captured the imagination. Because shouldn’t the Central Bank of Kenya or the Cabinet Secretary of Finance Henry Rotich signed it off before the County announced the loans?

That is what is bugging me, or is the counties so liberated from the Central Government now? But wouldn’t the rate of loans and grants be more uncontrolled and have less transparent system, if every Governor has the chance to grab these from Multi-National Financial Institutions and find ways to apply these locally? Even though they know directly what and where things need to be built and what is lacking. Still, they should have a rubberstamp from the CS and the National Treasury and CBK before thinking about it. Because in the mind of the Governor, he just announced it in passing together with the appointments to the different boards in his county. Peace.

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South Sudan: UN report urges release of hundreds of abducted civilians (18.10.2018)

Corroborated victim and witness accounts indicate that women and girls as young as 12, abducted by opposition forces, were paraded and lined up for commanders to choose as “wives”.

GENEVA, Switzerland, October 18, 2018 – A UN report has documented the immense suffering of civilians in the Western Equatoria region of South Sudan where 900 people were abducted and 24,000 forced to flee their homes during a surge in violence between April and August.

In April 2018, after several months of relative calm, the pro-Riek Machar Sudan People’s Liberation Army in-Opposition (SPLA-IO (RM)) intensified attacks against villages and targeted civilians in Gbudue and Tambura. The Sudan People’s Liberation Army (SPLA)’s offensives to dislodge SPLA-IO (RM) forces also resulted in harm to civilians, as these operations failed to distinguish between civilians and combatants, the report by the UN Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) and the UN Human Rights Office says.

Corroborated victim and witness accounts indicate that women and girls as young as 12, abducted by opposition forces, were paraded and lined up for commanders to choose as “wives”. Those who were not chosen were left for other fighters who subjected them to repeated rapes. Abducted young men and boys were forced to be fighters or used as porters.

“Most of the abducted civilians are, as far as we know, still being held captive. The SPLA-IO (RM) must immediately release them, first and foremost the children,” said UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet. “As part of the revitalised peace process, it is also essential that the Government of South Sudan acts to hold the perpetrators of the abuses and violations detailed in this report to account.”

he Special Representative of the Secretary-General and Head of UNMISS, David Shearer, said it was disappointing that the spike in violence took place while warring parties were negotiating a new peace agreement and despite positive reconciliation efforts in the affected community at the time.“A new peace agreement has been signed which puts the onus and responsibility on the warring parties to ensure that no atrocities are committed in future. UNMISS will be closely monitoring any potential violations and abuses,” said David Shearer.

The report documented SPLA-IO (RM) attacks on at least 28 villages, a settlement of internally displaced persons and a refugee camp, in Gbudue and Tambura. Serious abuses of international human rights and humanitarian law occurred during these attacks, including unlawful killings, abduction, rape, sexual slavery, forced recruitment, and destruction of property.

UNMISS Human Rights Division has identified three SPLA-IO (RM) commanders who allegedly had effective command and control of the forces committing these abuses, which may amount to war crimes.

SPLA forces also carried out military operations that were characterized by serious violations, including unlawful killings and destruction of civilian property, particularly around Nagero in May 2018.

Among its recommendations, the report calls for accountability and for the reinforcement of existing recovery and resilience programmes to re-establish access to basic services, particularly medical and psychosocial support for survivors of conflict-related sexual violence, and for the provision of economic alternatives for young fighters.

Debatt: Er det bare Solberg som kan regjere dette landet?

«Ingen gir fra seg regjeringen frivillig»Martin Tranmæl (1961)

I dagens Dagsnytt på NRK fortsatte Erna Solberg å kjøre Knut Arild Hareide og tidligere samarbeidsparti Kristelig Folkeparti. Det som tilsynelatende burde ha vært en sjarmoffansiv. Var mer et sleiv-spark i den rettning at KrF sine velgere var i fare og demokratiet ville falle i sammen om KrF valgte en annen fløy.

Jeg lurer på Erna Solberg tenkte slikt da hun har forsvart sitt regjeringsalternativ og sin posisjon. Det virker mer og mer som hun implisitt sier at ingen andre kan regjerere. Spesielt ikke Støre og at det ikke er alternativer på den andre politiske fløyen. Hvis du føler du har hørt det før. Så hva det akkurat det de Rød-Grønne sa om den borgerlige siden, men Jens Stoltenberg regjerte i to perioder.

Derfor, bør man ikke bli tatt med i spillet og bli lurt. Ettersom det mulig på Venstre siden også å få flertall om partiene ønsker dette og er villig til å gå i en koalisjon. Det er like reelt som at Venstre og Kristelig Folkeparti skulle støtte Fremskrittspartiet og Høyre. De er ikke skinnhellige og har automatisk til å styre. Det er kanskje at Erna Solberg ikke vil gi opp makten og styre rikets sal som hun har gjort.

Hun har hele tiden visst at hun levede på nåde, at hun levede på nok støtte fra støttepartiene. Dette var et faktum som var der. Det hun også visste, men tok risikoen etter valget 2017. Var at Hareide og KrF ikke var samme samarbeidsparterner som i første periode. De hadde fått nok at kjøret og utskjellinger, fått nok av polarisering og det politiske klimaet som Fremskrittspartiet fører med seg. Det er akkurat som Solberg har sky-lapper på og ikke vil se dette. Dette har nok noe med at demokratiet gjelder for henne, men ikke for de andre partiene. Hun er jo det eneste alternativet.

Det var slik det lød fra de sosialistiske siden også som snakket om borgerlig kaos og at de ikke kunne lage en regjering som var levedyktig. Det har de klart etter den Rød-Grønne perioden. Dette på tross at det har vært mindretall og at den har måttet gå igjennom lange budsjett-runder med støttepartiene. Der det er blitt ultimatum fra FrP til KrF og Venstre før disse forhandlingene. Dette har vist makt-arroganse. Som er enormt synlig i disse dager.

Der Hareide og KrFs egen parti-organ er et demokratisk problem. Da må vi skrinlegge den parliamentariske ideen og sette igang med en annen styreform. Siden det er den vi har og hun har visst dette hele tiden. Selv om KrF muligens går til sosialistisk side, så kan hun fortsatt regjerere. Siden hun kan trekke seg om hun ikke vil være en mindretallsregjering som må la alt gå igjennom votering i stortinget.

Dette er nederlag for Solberg som vil regjerere og ha alt på plass i regjeringskvartalet. Ikke forhandle i parliamentet. Det er slikt det ser ut som. At hun kan ikke forstå at hennes valg om å fortsatt gå inn i regjering med FrP har en konsekvens. Det koster noe og vil ha en effekt som ikke alle synes er spiselig. Akkurat denne lærdommen som hun burde ta, men ikke vil ta innover seg.

Venstre har godtatt dette med åpne armer, selv om de som tidligere støtteparti og lovet under valgkampen at de ikke vil gå inn i regjering. Gjorde det likevel, de viste dårlig politisk håndtverk og gikk rett i bresjen for alle muligheter for makt.

Det Hareide har vist den siste tiden er mot og også lederevner. Der han har mange krefter som jobber mot en. Han har både Høyre, FrP og Venstre mot seg, de som egentlig skulle være samarbeidspartnere. De har ikke latt prosessen gått stille for seg og kritisert det hele. Istedenfor å være støttenede og lyttende. Så har de presisert igjen og igjen, at KrF skal bare føye de borgerlige. Det uansett. Intet spørsmål. Fordi Solberg eier tronen, hun er arvingen til den og ingen andre eier retten til å få den. De har ikke brukt de ordene, men det virker mer og mer slikt.

Dette er hårreisende og derfor må kommenteres. Jeg hade ikke skrevet dette om jeg ikke hørte på NRK idag. Fordi nå har Solberg tatt det for langt . Jeg klander henne ikke og heller ikke hennes partifeller at de ønsker makt. De har smakt på makten og det er behagelig å den.

Solberg du kunne ha behandlet KrF bedre og gitt de mer rom i en intern prosess. Om noen hadde prøvd å gjøre dette mot Høyre. Så hadde det vært rama-skrik og vært full krise. Da hadde alle mulige krefter snakket om kupp og misbruk av ytre innflytelser. Likevel, så lar man det bare gå.

Hareide har vist pågangsmot og styrke. Han står i stormen og holder det samme fokuset. Folk har kalt han vinglete og pjusk. Denne gangen og helt siden valgkampen har han stått på det samme. At han var for en Høyre Sentrum regjering uten FrP. Ellers så måtte det bli et annet alternativ. Hvis det ble Høyre og FrP. Da ville han være i opposisjon. Noe han og hans parti er idag. De er ikke automatisk støtteparti for denne regjeringen. Dette pågrunn av valg tatt av Solberg. Som ikke vil ta konsekvensen av dette.

Det var som Tranmæl sa i 1961, ingen gir fra seg regjeringen frivillig. Det skjer heller ikke disse dager. Derfor kjemper Solberg freblisk, men vil hun lykkes. Om hun vinner og får flertall i KrF. Så er det kanskje for en litt lengre tid.

Derimot har hun ikke vist styrke. Det har vært lite tæl og jern fra Erna. Hun er tøffere mot Hareide nå, enn mot statsråder som har motarbeidet deres prosjekt og deres embete. Hun har ikke sagt noe til Siv Jensen etter hytteskandalen. Vi kan vente flere ting og da vil hun være stille. Akkurat som hun var forsiktig med Listhaug, Anundsen og Sandberg. Derfor, er det for mange en tynnslitt tilitt til henne som leder og statsminister.

Vi får ser hvordan det går. Vi kan uansett si, selv om det virker sånn. Så er det ikke en automatisk statsminister post til Solberg. Hun er det pågrunn av mandatet til støttepartiet. Punktum Finale. Fin.