Kenya: Independent Medico – Legal Unit – Open Letter to the Central Region Commissioner Wilfred Nyagwanga regarding His Shoot-to-Kill Orders (14.09.2021)

Confederation Africaine de Football (CAF): Media statement by CAF President on hosting the FIFA World Cup every two years (14.09.2021)

De blå delegatene reddet ikke Ropstad i går

Dette er valget hvor vi ser konsekvensene av forrige regjeringsperiode. Der Kristelig Folkeparti (KrF) dolket Knut Arild Hareide i ryggen og snakket politiske løsninger med statsminister Erna Solberg. Dette gjorde at KrF kunne gå inn i regjering og bli ministre i forskjellige departement.

Nå er det slutt. Det retningsvalget og delegatene fra alle lokallagene var telt opp. Så var det den blå og konservative delen av KrF som vant. Der det som støttet et sosialistisk regjeringsalternativ tapte. Dessuten vil også mandats løsningen til Rogaland KrF for alltid bli stilt spørsmål om. Dette kan ikke Bollestad legge skjul på.

Kjell-Ingolf Ropstad ble både minister og leder av partiet etter dette. Nå har KrF bare nok stemmer og velgere i sine kjerne-områder. Den mister også de liberale og de «gule delegatene» til Partiet Sentrum. Å om partiet ikke er konservativt nok, da vil noen stemmer gå til Partiet de Kristne. Alle disse stemmene som gikk til disse ville ha sikret partiet over sperregrensen og gitt KrF et sterkere mandat. Men dette er prisen for det valget Ropstad og hans likesinnede tok.

Dette har gjort at flere velgere ikke ser KrF lengre som ett alternativ. Derfor stemmer de heller andre lignende partier. Selv om de er mindre eller har en helt annen profil. De vil ikke risikere å stemme på et parti som vil dreie vekk fra sentrum og til høyre. Noe KrF har gjort og dette har nå kostet partiet.

KrF kan ende opp som et regions-parti i bibelbeltet. Der de vil ha mandater i Agder, Rogaland og Hordaland, mens ellers være «utradert» ellers. Hvor de vil også konkurrere sterkere med nyere partier som PDK og PS. Disse to partiene alene fikk ca. 18.000 stemmer og får å nå opp til sperregrensen for flere utjevningsmandater måtte KrF alene få 6,000 flere stemmer. Disse har mest sannsynlig gått hit.

Dette er reaksjon på retningsvalget og det har tappet partiet. Det har mistet mange stortingsrepresentanter og velgere. KrF har ikke samme bredden og støtten. Dette var kanskje noe Hareide forutså, men som Ropstad som ville gamble på. Ropstad tjente godt på det i første fasen, med titler og posisjon. Men nå i ettertid ser vi at det vil bli vanskeligere å nå de eksterne velgerne til seg selv. Det er hard konkurranse og PS vil kanskje vokse seg sterkere med tiden.

Ropstad kan vri og si at han vil bygge opp partiet på nytt. At han vil i sammen med sine blå delegater sikre en ny fremtid. Uansett, dette vil være tidkrevende og mange stiller spørsmål allerede til partiet. KrF har ikke samme typene eller samlendene ledere. Ropstad prøvde på siste debatt og ha humor ala Hareide. Der virket han som en dårlig kopi av sin forgjenger. Dette vil ikke fungere i lengden.

Ja, Ropstad er valgt inn og sammen med sine andre blå delegat fra Rogaland og Hordaland. Jeg vil fortsatt si at dette ikke er nok. Spesielt med tanke på prosessen og valgene som har blitt gjort. Nå som Hareide trekker seg. Så har også en epoke blitt avsluttet. Det er allerede mange som forlot partiet når de bestemte seg sist. Dette er en realitet som bør tenkes på blant de som sitter i sekretariatet i partiet. Disse er de som ville ha sikret KrF sperregrensen. Alle de som stemte Sentrum og de Kristne kunne ha gitt dem et real push. Istedenfor har de mistet dette og vakler nå fremover.

Vi får se om de blå delegatene redde de med neste korsvei. Slik det ser ut nå. Så kan det bli spennende for KrF når Sentrum får etablert seg. Fordi de vil kjempe om akkurat de samme velgerne og det er bevist at KrF velgere ikke nødvendigvis er så lojale utenfor sine kjerneområder. Peace.

Pastor “Mama” Janet Returns: The Honourable Minister is asking for too much…

Therefore, if you would have a little faith in your government and trust that it cares about your well-being, you would know that Government has not left schools closed to punish you, but rather, to protect you from harm” (Janet Museveni – ‘Reopening of Education Institutions’ 13.09.2021).

The First Lady, Pastorpreneur and Minister of Sports and Education, Janet Museveni really shows her lack of skill and understanding of her role. Not like that is new… because she is the royal highness and the first lady. If she wasn’t any of the above… Janet wouldn’t have been considered or even appointed in the first place.

However, here we are and she continues. This time it’s a less of holy text. Neither is it anything profound or a stark message. The writing isn’t inspiring or hopeful. That’s why we should trust her government. A government who uses drones, captives political prisoners and easily sends the army against it’s dissidents. Still, you are supposed to believe that this government would protect you and not harm you. Well, that is easy to say when your in the inner-circle… and not living in the real world. Where the state can send the authorities and kidnap you just for your association with dissidents. That’s enough of probable cause and the state is allowed to charge them without any questions asked.

So, it is really insulting writing what she wrote in that one passage. However, her lack of tact and understanding is also in another passage of her. Where she is boldly saying: “Sometimes, I see the very rude insinuations you send to me in our dialogue, like, “just open schools” etc. Well, when you put a lot of thinking in this puzzle, if it is even a puzzle at all, you can see that opening schools is the easiest thing to do. After all, that is what many of you seem to really want and I can also understand your thinking. So, why then have we kept schools closed?” (Janet Museveni – ‘Reopening of Education Institutions’ 13.09.2021).

It is not rude to want the schools and educational insinuations open. That is a sincere wish, as the years of COVID-19 is fallout time and also lost learning period for massive amount of students. While the state haven’t solved or found proper solutions to home-schooling or educational curriculum to spread to the masses in new ways. Yes, the President has promised village tv’s and radios, but they haven’t been procured and neither delivered. Secondly, the teachers and lectures haven’t been helped or had any sort government programme to save the lost year.

However, she is still the preacher and had to say stuff like this: We are confident that the God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob who is our God will bless the education sector in this unprecedented season” (Janet Museveni – ‘Reopening of Education Institutions’ 13.09.2021).

She is the Minister of Sports and Education. Janet is in-charge and has the responsibility. It is healthy to have faith in higher powers and believe in spiritual beings. However, if we believe those things and still have a sound mind. We know that God has given us a brain and intelligence to serve and also follow the mandates of our roles in society. Therefore, Janet should make sure the people succeed and not just spread hope.

Janet has the ability and the power to get the funding, the equipment and the additional training the teachers might need at any given time. She can order and secure this for everyone involved. That is, if she cares or have the manpower around her. However, she is just saying “put it all to God” and “have faith in the government”.

That is not how things works. The state should deliver and God can intervene, but he has given us wisdom for a reason. So, the honourable minister should do us a service and actually use any, if she possess it. Because, it is about time to stop preaching and actually work. Even the scripture says your faith is dead, if you have no action. Therefore, for someone quoting God on the regular. She better get to work and open them schools. It doesn’t matter if she finds it insulting or not. That’s her job and she’s mandated to do so. Peace.

Burkina Faso: Gendarmerie – Embuscade contre un convoi escorte par le 34e EGM de Fada (12.09.2021)

Burma: National Unity Government (NUG) – Press Release (13.09.2021)

Malawi: The Centre for Democracy and Economic Development Initiatives (CDEDI) – Total Hypocrisy in COVID-19 Restictions (13.09.2021)

Burkina Faso: Ministere de l’Administration Territoriale et de la Decentralisation – Communique Administratif No. 024 (12.09.2021)

The inevitable fallout: The tale of distrust and dishonesty [a broken bromance between Kagame and Museveni]

The ones who has followed the politics of the Great Lakes Region and East African Community knows that these Heads of States has butt heads. This being Rwandan President Paul Kagame and Ugandan President Yoweri Tibuhurwa Kaguta Museveni. They have bought fought together, battled enemies, settled scores and in the end turned into enemies.

What is striking is that they both needed each other. Kagame was useful for the National Resistance Army and early years of the National Resistance Movement (NRM). Before he went into a second war and became the President in Rwanda. Museveni needed the services of Kagame and they trusted each other. It served a purpose for Kampala and the new leadership there.

When Kagame took power with the Rwandan Patriotic Front (RPF) things changed a bit, but they we’re still close. These Heads of State could even connive and conduct new military enterprise into another country. Just to topple the second head of state. They went into Zaire and they together brought down two President’s. Was main architects of two huge wars in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Where they both looted the Republic and have ever since held military presence there.

Kagame and Museveni fell out of love for each when the greed for resources and power in the DRC happened. The Presidents wasn’t in clear accord of how the military enterprise and looting was supposed to happen. Which was a start of souring their relations.

Since then the levels of distrust and dishonesty has grown. They have both used each others state authorities, security agencies and spies to get ahead. These gentlemen have used shadow wars and conspicuous games to outplay each other. This being interference within the ranks of each others government. While they have sponsored militias and other organizations to undermine each too.

The states has also targeted civilians, deported them, tortured them and even extra judicially killed. That’s why some citizens has ended up in caskets on the border-points for the authorities to pick them up for burial in their respective countries. We can therefore see that the feudal leaders are using their citizens as pawns in their battle for supremacy.

Kagame and Museveni are doing this. It is not like only one fella is doing this. They are both doing it with their respective agencies. The numbers of deceased may vary and we can never know the whole total. As these leaders easily keeps things under wraps, unless they can humiliate and ridicule the other.

The latests tension and border closure of three years between only shows what sort of characters they are. These two are brothers of war. They won trust of each other in the battlefield and use their mind to get ahead of their enemies. Not like they made political gains by actually winning popularity.

We know recently the Kigali regime have been reported to be spying directly on people in Kampala. That is not surprising, but Kampala has also done the same to Kigali. Therefore, it is just a another twist of the tale. Clearly, the distrust and dishonest is continuing. The leaders cannot talk or make deals, which settles the stalemate. They don’t want to loose face and give way.

These are men who is used of burying their enemies. Kagame and Museveni have used military means in politics and their foes has had fatale endings. Even internal high ranking officials has lost their lives, because knew to much and they were afraid they would talk. That’s what sort of men these men are. Not only are targeting their enemies, but they can silence loyal friends too. If they have too… they are doing it and it usually poison or a “medical condition” even if all reports of these officials was healthy until the “final hour”. That’s why it will take a lot to get them talk and parley.

Certainly, the shadow games has to be addressed. The reasons for distrust and dishonesty has to severed and shared among them. They have to find measures and means to talk. The two has been able to wage several of wars. They know how each other operates and what objective they serves.

With that in mind… Kagame and Museveni should have all things ready. They could easily get the meals, the documents and their handlers on speed-dial. However, these two don’t want to humble themselves. They are demi-gods in their own domains. The brothers has become bigger than life and that’s why they cannot just discuss the matters. No, it has to be epic and a legendary end.

That’s why Kagame is sponsoring Arsenal and PSG. This is why Museveni is preparing Muhoozi and awaiting his oil to produced. Nevertheless, lives is at stake and these two doesn’t seem to care. These lives are disposable anyway. Just like their critics and their foes.

That’s why the ones who made each great and helped each other to become the “new breed” of leaders. Are now becoming old men with grudges. Who cannot forgive and forget. Neither can they show character or even courtesy. Instead they just show bloodlust and greed. As they are trying to figure out the next scheme to undermine each other. Peace.

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