A brief look into Lt. Col. Zougrana [the man behind the failed coup d’etat in Burkina Faso]

Lieutenant-Colonel Emmanuel Zoungrana arrested on suspicion of a coup” (Actualite.bf, 11.01.2022).

This 01/10/022, Lieutenant Col Zoungrana and his men wanted to bring down President Roch Kaboré. But the national gendarmerie intervened to prevent the coup” (Malinews TV, 11.01.2022).

So, was Arsalane Mohamed Emmanuel Zoungrana (AMEZ) or Lieutenant-Colonel Emmanuel Zougrana behind a planned coup d’etat within Burkina Faso. That would be a mutiny and a direct effort to challenge President Roch Marc Christian Kaboré who won a second term in office in November 2020.

AMEZ isn’t only an army commander and allegedly behind the coup d’eat, but he has published a book called “Sentinelles” in 2020. That was his fourth book and publication. That means his a big writer and has books that people can pick up.

AMEZ has also been controversial as he has used Volunteers for the Defence of the Homeland (VDP), which has gathered intelligence in the North. Which AMEZ has defended, as he has used these additional troops in combatting terrorist and fighting the jihadists. Therefore, this man was willing to use all means to get ahead and even civilian volunteers to participate together with the army in operations where he was the army commander.

Lt. Col. Zougrana will surely be able or have the capacity to write another book now. The last 48 hours and the 8 soldiers arrested. Says there was a plot and planned efforts to coup d’etat. He was an army commander and by default have respect within a certain amount of troops. Secondly, he wasn’t only doing that, but bright enough to publish his own books.

Now, the Lt. Col. has another chapter in his life.

Le Pays report what happened like this:

A coup attempt has been foiled in Burkina. The information is from the military prosecutor’s office which specifies that as of yesterday, January 11, 2022, eight soldiers were arrested and interviewed for the purposes of the investigation. The brain of this band that plans to destabilize the institutions of the Republic, is a lieutenant colonel by the name of Emmanuel Zoungrana, also former head of the body of 12th commando infantry regiment and commander of the western sector of the grouping of northern security forces. Arrested, this officer is currently pondering his fate in the hands of the national gendarmerie” (Le Pays – UNSUCCESSFUL COUP D’ETAT ATTEMPT IN BURKINA: So Goïta and Doumbouya are emulating’ 11.01.2022).

I cannot find more information about this today. We don’t know and the internet and social media is blocked in Burkina Faso. That was reported about yesterday, but the reasons for it now is obvious. As the state did what it could to stop this unsuccessful coup attempt.

Lt. Col. Zougrana better write a classic and a memoir of epic proportions now. As he has to explain himself and the reasons for the attempted coup. The Lt. Col. needs to tell his story and maybe he doesn’t get the time or the publisher to publish it. Nevertheless, his life is altered and from being an army commander.

He will be a jailbird and be possibly charged with treason, as he was part of a group trying to overthrow the current government. Peace.

Burkina Faso: Tribunal Militaire de Ougadougou Parquet du Procureur Militaire – Communique du Parquet Militaire (11.01.2022)

Ethiopia: Federal Supreme Court – Charges Withdrawn by the Public Prosecutor on January 6th, 2022 (10.01.2022)

Mali: Collectif pour la Defense des Militaires (CDM) – Communique de Presse (10.01.2022)

Mali: Mouvement de Soutien Aux Forces Armees Miliennes (MS-FAMA) – Communique No. 07 (10.01.2022)

The Case of Kakwenza Rukira is a proof that the rule of law is dying

The National Resistance Movement and President Yoweri Tibuhurwa Kaguta Museveni promised a fundamental change and a new state of governance. However, with time those promises has withered and proven to be a fault-line. There is a correct line, but that isn’t the ones of rule of law or justice for that matter. No, it is blind loyalty to one man and his quest for eternal power. The rest is just a game of scandals and spin to forget the injustice and the plights of the population.

The NRM and Museveni just show their sinister attitude towards their civilians and the dissidents when they are keeping a man incommunicado from 28th December 2021 to the 11th January 2022, as his charged in court for disturbing the peace of the President and his son Lt. Gen. Muhoozi Kainerubaga. After the writer insulted and infuriated the ones power. Now, his behind bars and in prison for insulting the President and his Son.

If you thought Museveni brought fundamental change, you are wrong. It is more of the same and his acting just like the ones he “liberated” the people from. There is no difference between him and the ones who fought. The liberation war was for a chosen few and not for the general public. The NRA historicals and the elites, the rest has to beg for mercy it seems. The President wants beggars and people on their knees to get blessings like the former tormentors did to the people in the past.

Museveni and Muhoozi isn’t supposed to be ridiculed or mocked. They are supposed to have fun content and praising texts of glory. These men are supposed to be beloved and cherished. However, these are harming and going after the dissidents, the opposition and the ones who isn’t behind them. They are using the authorities and the law enforcement to silence the ones who dares to defy them. That’s what has happened to Kakwenza Rukira.

The writer dared to call Muhoozi obese and a drunkard. The writer of the Greedy Barbarian dared to question and mock the first family. While he did so in the public and in social media. He did what Dr. Stella Nyanzi has done and others like Pastor Joseph Kabuleta. They have all been taken to court and been detained for their writings. Therefore, the state isn’t acting in a new manner.

They are just resolving it quicker and with more brutality. While not producing him in the courts within 48 hours. Not giving him access to legal representation or having due process. The writer has been gone for days and weeks. The man was missing from 28th December to the 11th January 2022. That’s the sort of act of injustice and impunity. This is not proving the state to be fair or treat their dissidents fairly. It is showing the world that Museveni and Muhoozi bears grudges, they are ruthless and reckless. They don’t mind blood, pain or suffering upon the ones who challenge them. While they don’t have the character to address it back in the written word.

It was God damn tweets with a few words, not a decree or a ill advised speech. No, this was quick remarks and mockery on social media. A public figure of the stature of Muhoozi or Museveni should handle that. They should have the character, not only as public figures, but as army commanders. However, they have thinner skin and bigger egos than movie starts. They are sentencing and charging people, because they cannot manage criticism. Maybe, the words of the writer is true, then? He is obese and a drunkard? Is the Lt. Gen. Mr. Obese? Is he fatty-fat and feels ashamed of it? S

Since he has to order and get daddies to help to arrest, torture and keep someone incommunicado for days. That is maybe even validating the mockery, instead of refuting and rebuking it with simple words. That is what the state should do and it has several of spokespersons, government communications outlets and a few ministers who could do something useful. However, they are instead answering with violence and law enforcement. That is showing what lack of resolve and character the two men has.

They cannot articulate or use their minds. Instead they order guns, glory and pain on a civilian. Muhoozi cannot even defend himself. A man who is boosting himself and his position on social media. A man who can be vile and attack without any hesitation other political leaders like Bobi Wine. Muhoozi can write whatever and say what he feels without any other than positive coverage. However, a civilian must face jail and the courts for doing the same. That shows the discrepancy of the current state.

Museveni didn’t come with real change. Neither will Muhoozi. They are just liberators of their own fate and hopes the naive believes their arrogance and their rash acts of insincerity. Clearly, their egos are fragile and the Leopards Anus needs to save his buttocks from his son obese tummy. Peace.

Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF): EFF Statement on the Comprehensive Sanctions against Mali by ECOWAS (11.01.2022)

Mali: Secretariat General du Gouvernement – Communique du Conseil des Ministres du Lundi 10 Janvier 2022 (10.01.2022)

Ethiopia: Oromo Federalist Congress (OFC) – Statement from OFC leaders upon their release from wrongful imprisonment (11.01.2022)

Mali: Communique SYNAC, SYLTMAT, SYNTRACT & CS-ADR – Communique No. 001 (10.01.2022)