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Opinion: DP follows UPC’s journey into the hands of Museveni

Today was the day that the Democratic Party (DP) sealed its fate. It is following Uganda People’s Congress who signed a similar agreement in 2016. Both of the oldest parties of the Republic now has signed agreements with the President and his party the National Resistance Movement (NRM). The DP and UPC will now be gallant side-dishes of the political spectrum. They are neither in government or coalition partners, but they are in cooperation with the ruling regime.

President Yoweri Tibuhurwa Kaguta Museveni has gotten these two parties for cheap. He don’t even need to dance or play the violin. Just throwing some EALA MPs slots and possibly seats in Parliament for the high ranking officials. Heck, he might appoint someone from the parties to an honourable parastatal and call it a night.

Museveni now has two silent partners in Jimmy Akena and Norbert Mao. They have both diluted their parties for a treat or a favourable office of sorts. Who knows how beneficial it really is. The UPC isn’t trying to run for the Presidency any longer. The DP might follow suit, because why bother right? They are already entangled and they get coins for doing so. This is easy money and the parties don’t even have to work for it. They are just served by the President and his getting no challenge from them.

The DP is now trading off. The DP can now just rebrand itself or becoming silent on issues. The UPC isn’t that vocal. They rarely have pressers or releases statements. The UPC doesn’t challenge in the plenty of races and back-downs easily for the NRM. Now we can expect the same from the DP.

Museveni should be happy he gotten cheap trade-offs and it doesn’t really cost him anything. These parties will lack trust within the electorate and neither strengthen their leadership either. Mao will soon look like and sound like Akena. Because, he cannot be vocal or challenge someone he has partnered up with.

That’s why we know Museveni was happy to announce the agreement today. He knew he got the best deal and the DP is the losers. The DP is the “Good DP” now, because the NUP took all the “Bad DP” away from him. The party has shifted this and it’s obvious. Mao has given up and rather be another stooge.

Both parties are now eating of the hands of Museveni. This is why they will be toothless and be silent partners. It is really tragic… and the founders of these parties would have vomited or turned in their graves. Because they would never have believed that their predecessors could sell their parties this cheaply. There is nothing long-term to gain and neither is there anyone who will trust them now.

The NRM-UPC deal has tarnished the party since 2016. No matter what the UPC leadership and others says. They cannot say they have become a vocal voice of reason or a party to seek. If so, why are there no face or MP, which the people are listening to from the party? Secondly, the DP will become the same sort of tragic party in Parliament. Not that it’s showed finesse or ability to sell it’s vision of late. Nevertheless, the NRM-DP will be a slow death of the party.

If you thought the DP Block or the SPV was a failure of an enterprise… well, the recent development will be like a massive downturn or a self-made recession. The DP will go into a depression… while the leadership will have their SUVs and bank-accounts filled to the brim. However, their wealth will not salvage their parties. No, they are being traded on the altar of being in the mercy of Museveni. That is just asking for a brief or prolonged death. Museveni will not see any value of them for long. Sooner or later, when the steam and the additional costs are seen as unsustainable.

The only other way they believe they have the same sort of maverick moves like Gen. Moses Ali who always linger around the President. In the same way his never leaving his sights. Mao and Akena better hope that they are treated like the old general. Because, if they are not… than they have traded their gold and heirloom for shiny things that only glimmer, but has no initial value. Peace.

Opinion: The DP isn’t Green anymore – it has turned itself Yellow

I met with Democratic Party President Norbert Mao at State House Entebbe. We signed a cooperation agreement between the NRM and the DP. I salute the DP leadership for this gesture of mature, foresighted and constructive politics” (Yoweri Kaguta Museveni, 20.07.2022).

We have seen the shift over the years. The NBS Frontline commentator and Party President Norbert Mao has today signed an agreement between the Democratic Party (DP) and the National Resistance Movement (NRM). It a cooperation agreement and by doing so… the DP party is certainly dying.

The DP Party has lost their strongholds. The DP has been weakened over the years with Mao at the helm. He might proclaim and act like it isn’t true. However, the Parliamentary Group is weakened and the party itself has lost it’s purpose. That’s why a deal like this will breathe life onto it, but also trade it all away.

The DP party cannot be seen as an opposition party. Mao and his associates has now ensured his pockets. However, the party is now tainted. The DP is now working directly with the tyrant and his tyranny. The cooperation agreement is selling the soul of the DP. Not that’s its shocking, but inevitable.

This just shows the power of the People Power Movement and the National Unity Platform (NUP). The NUP already took away most of the base of the DP. The DP lacks strong grass-root support and the NUP has gained on their territories. The youths and the like rather go to the NUP or the Forum for Democratic Change (FDC). Than going to a moderate and elitist party, which isn’t directing its energy towards the problematic sides of the NRM regime.

That’s why the DP lost in the two last elections. They haven’t gained anything and only gotten some people in high ranking offices, because they wanted to work directly with Museveni. Now Mao is doing the same and there is no subtle way to describe it.

The DP was formed as a reaction to the Progressive Party in 1956. Now in 2022 it has sold its soul to the dictatorial party of 36 years the NRM. The former Catholic party with a base in Baganda and Catholic North. Has now traded away its glory and possible moderate answers to the dictatorship. It is instead becoming a crony and an ally.

Not that this is shocking. It explains why Mao has targeted the NUP and Bobi Wine in the recent time. Anyone who has followed Mao has seen his rhetoric and actions, which could been a well spoken Ofwono Opondo. Now his becoming a stooge of the President and he surely cost barely nothing.

Museveni blasts DP in 2004:

How can you say for 50 years I have been here doing nothing and you also celebrate?” (…) “To remain in a deserted home and you celebrate for remaining there does not make sense” (New Vision – ‘Museveni blasts DP’s Ssemogerere’ 05.04.2004).

A man that speaks like about your party and later signs an agreement with you. He will destroy you and use the deal to undermine you. Museveni has promised to crush the opposition and take it down. Just like the Uganda People’s Congress (UPC) deal hasn’t strengthen that party either. Instead it has taken seats and also ensured new MPs by doing so. Therefore, the DP will now go down the same path.

Mao should look onto Jimmy Akena and know that his becoming a similar party leader. Since his in favour of Museveni, but not being a big national figure. Secondly, his not even fielding candidacy to become President of the Republic. The UPC agreement should be studied and the results of it. Because, the DP-NRM agreement will most likely deliver similar results.

Mao has now traded his soul and all his ego to safe his accounts with fresh shillings. Peace.

Ukraine: Lavrov wants to shift the narrative…

The geographical tasks of the special operation have changed, now it is not only the Luhansk and the Donetsk, but also a number of other territories”Sergey Lavrov (20.07.2022).

After 147 days since the Russian-Belorussian invasion of Ukraine. The “Special Operation” aka the full-fledge war and invasion is supposed to hit a new gear. Well, I don’t believe, Kremlin, Putin or Lavrov in this matter. They have already tried to bomb everywhere on the map. They have tried to cease all territories and attack most parts. Heck, they attacked and moved units into Belarus, which was used to attack Ukrainian soil. Therefore, the sudden shift isn’t believable. We just know the drill and the appeal of these statements.

The supposed Russian Diplomat Sergey Lavrov know how these statements will be amplified and cause a stir. However, nobody should be shocked. The Russian Federation wants to annex whole of Ukraine and erase the nation from the map. They want a puppet (junta) regime in power in Kyiv, which Putin can order around and be his bitch like the dictator in Minsk. That’s all he ever wanted and dreams off. His not concerned about the costs or the price of doing so. As long as the Ukrainian nation is under his feet and bowing to his supremacy. That’s really it…

So, the diplomat of Kremlin continues:

the West supplies Kiev with long-range weapons, the geographical tasks of the special operation in Ukraine will be pushed even further” (Lavrov, 20.07.2022).

This sort of sentiment isn’t new either. Since the beginning of the “Special Operation” aka full fledged war. The Kremlin has pushed to further escalate things. There been rumours circulating about continuing the conflict in Georgia, Moldova and elsewhere in the former USSR Republic, which is the ones that Putin wants under his control.

Another one of Putin’s allies Dmitry Medvedev has written about Poland and come with utterances in the same regard. That’s why Lavrov’s words isn’t that astonishing now. His just getting them to make headlines again.

The Russians wants to spark fear, intimidate and create hysteria. However, the Russians has wanted to take control of the whole Ukraine. That was the goal and a brief three day war, which has ended up in a prolonged conflict. In which the losses has been huge and thousands of soldiers has died. The costs of the war must be vast and the coffers of Moscow must feel a pinch.

That’s why Putin, Lavrov and everyone else has to bring fear. Since their armies aren’t moving swiftly enough or capable of taking territories quickly enough. They are not even able to keep them in-tact or for a long time. That’s why Lavrov speaks like this.

Trying to make it believable… that all of a sudden the motivation has changed and suddenly they want to annex more territories. When we all know they wanted it form the on-set. They didn’t bomb Kyiv to save Donbas. They bombed Kyiv to takeover and annihilate the current Ukrainian leadership. Alas, the sort of play from Lavrov should be undressed. They wouldn’t have massacred civilians in Bucha and elsewhere around in Kyiv oblast. If they didn’t want to be the conquer and be the overlords of Ukraine.

Lavrov try to sell your stories elsewhere. The lies and deceptions doesn’t work. If want to lie to me. Lie better. Please, because this just looks and sounds stupid. Peace.

Kenya: Independent Medico – Legal Unit (IMLU) – IMLU Condemn Extrajudicial Killings of Four Young Men in Kwa Maiko, Nakuru County (20.07.2022)

Sri Lanka: Wickremesinghe will soon wish he never took this office…

The interim and temporary President Ranil Wickremesinghe, the six times Prime Minister and saviour of the former exiled President Gotabaya Rajapaksa was sworn in tomorrow as the President of Sri Lanka in Colombo. This is happening as the social upheaval is still occurring. The curfews and the orders of not assembling is still in action. Therefore, things are not smooth sailing.

The newly anointed President will not have it easy. People asked for this man also to step down. Because him, his party Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP) and United National Party (UNP) worked together in the newest coalition, which has wrecked the economy. These two parties has combined and with their financial measures destroyed the economy. They have ensured a total rot and destruction of the finances. That’s why the people did oust Rajapaksa who is currently in Exile in Singapore and some warned that he would go to the Maldives. However, his fate is far from sealed yet and his not welcome in Singapore anymore, which was reported about today.

With that in mind and with the lack of concern, the former Prime Minister has been sworn in by the Parliament. The former PM is far from beloved and a character the public trusts. His not the sort of politician or honest actor. No, he has been able to survive the storm before and get on top. This time around might be different.

Wickremsinghe is taking an office and rank, which isn’t really his. The people want him and his party gone too. That’s why they are in this mess. Both ruling parties is at fault and their majority has created the quagmire. It isn’t like the PM worked in a vacuum. No, he was a part of the government that took the loans and secured the destructive debt, which is now wrecking havoc on the island nation.

The former PM has gotten a mandate to November 2024, but will he last that long? Does he believe he can get away with this alive? Since, there was a reason why his predecessor was ousted. He will not have long time, if any to solve things. The former PM cannot executive order himself out this one. No, he has to challenge the Gods and proves his stamina.

This time around he cannot bash in cars, luxurious items and live lavish. No, this time he has to govern and properly too. Not just run-of-the-mill, my time to eat sort of vibe. That will not work. Yes, the Parliament has vouched for him and given him a mandate. However, what is it worth when nobody really trusts you or wants you there?

His task is not only a challenge of a lifetime, but the lack of confidence doesn’t make it feasible either. It wasn’t like he won a landslide in Parliament even. The mandate he has now is only because no one else has a semi-popular stance in the National Assembly. It isn’t like the people cares about him or his office. No, they want him in exile too. His a part of the problem that was created in the first place…

That’s why Ranil Wickremsinghe gamble might destroy him. Just like the ones who burned down his house. His maybe getting a title and getting sworn in. However, that will not be for long and how can he last… when he has no standing or the people behind him. That’s the gist here…


The leader and successor of the exiled President should be a man of confidence and trust. Nevertheless, Sri Lanka is getting the opp

Sudan: Forces of Freedom and Change – Important Statement about the political and security developments in the country (19.07.2022)

The Executive Office of Forces of Freedom and Change held an emergency meeting on Monday evening, July 18, 2022 AD to follow up and study the latest security and political developments in the country against the background of the bloody events of #النيل_الازرق and #كسلا and other areas that witnessed similar events, and after an extensive evaluation, the coalition summarized its position and its response to its national responsibilities as follows:

First: The Alliance of the Forces of Freedom and Change has mercy on the martyrs who fell victim to these events, and solidarity with the injured and those affected by them, and holds the coup authority responsible for these crimes, which reveal the danger of the continuation of this coup against the country’s unity, security, cohesion and the lives of its people in all parts of it.

Second: There are historical roots that cannot be overlooked for these events, but igniting their spark and exacerbating them finds its origin in the absence of the national project of the coup authority, which, due to its loss of any popular political support, seeks to seek victory with the weapon of inciting regional and tribal strife, it also ignites deliberate fires to spread the idea that the rebellious #السودان people must trade their freedom and the issues of their revolution for stability and security. It strives to make the issues of its security and prosperity at the top of its priorities, not to neglect it for any reason.

Third: The elements of the former regime are active in igniting and feeding strife and continuing their criminal project that divided the country before, spilling blood and tearing the national social fabric. They know that the people of Sudan have expelled them through the glorious December revolution, and they are working to return from the gate of the tribe and the region, which will be closed to them by our people by adhering to their revolution that unites the Sudanese and Sudanese around a common national project it recognizes the plurality and diversity of countries and views it as a factor of wealth and works to build a nation that expresses all its components with justice and peace.

Accordingly, the Executive Office of the Forces of Freedom and Change decided to take the following steps urgently:

1- Urgently sending a leading humanitarian and political delegation to Blue Nile to find out about the events on the ground, solidarity with the victims, contribute to their treatment and support, and communicate with all components of the state to put an end to the fighting.

2- Inviting the widest sector of the Sudanese people’s political, civil, religious and cultural components to form the widest front to confront the plans to break up the country and provoke hate speech among its components, and an expanded meeting will be held in this regard tomorrow evening, Wednesday.

3- Running the processions of Sudan, the one nation, in the capital and the states, and coordinating their success with all other revolutionary and popular forces, on Sunday, July 24, 2022 AD.

4- The Executive Office received a generous invitation from the Bahri Revival Committees to sign a joint statement that includes all the forces of the revolution to condemn, confront and overthrow the crimes of the coup authority, and has decided to sign the statement praising this important initiative, which came at a time when the importance of the unity of the revolutionary forces in their battle with the coup authority is underlined.

5- The Executive Office followed up on the important initiative presented by the professional entities and the steering committees that put forward a detailed memorandum seeking to step down the coup authority it aims to be signed by the largest sectors of the anti-coup forces, and the Forces for Freedom and Change have decided to sign it and work to make it a success.

6- There is no way to stop the bloodshed except by getting rid of this coup and establishing a real, democratic civil authority. Accordingly, the coalition decided to put forward a draft constitutional declaration it constitutes a basis for the establishment of a democratic civil authority that represents the widest sectors of our people and expresses their aspirations and hopes. The coalition will present this project for the widest possible consultation in order to create a broad consensus around it that forms the basis for a new phase in the country.

Finally, we make an appeal to all the sons and daughters of our people to hold together in this difficult time that the country is going through, and to continue this glorious revolution that will inevitably win, because the will of our people is dominant and does not know defeat and defeat.

Executive Office – Forces of Freedom and Change

July 19, 2022 AD