RDC: Union pour la Democratie et le Progres Social (UDPS) – Communique No. 003 (31.07.2024)

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Opinion: Kenzo is yellow

“My relationship with Bobi Wine ended because he doesn’t need me. If he needed me, he would have done what is needed to be done and he knows that. There are many out there who would have loved to be behind his back if he needed them” (..) “Whoever wants to hate me because I don’t support Bobi Wine should move on because he and I are not on good terms anymore, that’s for sure. I have no problem with him, I wish him well but nobody should intimidate me” – Eddy Kenzo (31.07.2024).

This has been going on for years. That Eddy Kenzo now calls a stop and says he hasn’t a friendship with Bobi Wine isn’t surprising. Someone who wants to be in the inner-circle and has a function within the state.

Edrisa Musuuza aka Eddy Kenzo is within his rights to decide his association and who he wants to be aligned too. That’s all on his accord and we can applaud that. However, he cannot be held in the same regard when he chooses to do so.

He is now a pawn and a useful musician for the state. Kenzo follows the pattern of Jose Chameleon and Bebe Cool. They became vocal supporters of the state and got paid handsomely for doing so. These supported the NRM and the President. Partake in campaigns and perform on state functions. The same will most likely be the case in regard to Kenzo.

It is a move for business and allowed to operate. This is giving Kenzo a function and a usage in the Republic. Meanwhile his prominence and wish to be a big-man lives on. He can linger in the crowds and as long as his married to a minister too. This gives him avenues and reasons to stay there. His one of them and has a meaningful daily life.

A fellow crony and opportunist. A man who has sought fortunes and now want to get his. A musician who wants his ends and live large. He wants the riches and the wealth. That is something he can get with his wife. They are both held in high regard and are people who has become high ranking officials.

That’s why Kenzo doesn’t need Bobi Wine or his political capital. Kenzo gets all the fortunes and vast wealth by association with the state. Kenzo can easily become a NRM crony and he will bash in it too. We shouldn’t be shocked if he suddenly is appointed or have a say in the PLU. It is all aligned for it, as he becomes one of them. That has been the turn for years and he has grown closer to the President.

Kenzo is a man of the President. The President has seen that and he loves it when entertainers are behind him. They are the ones that brings the circus and he only needs to bring the bread. Kenzo fills a purpose and a use. He plays along and think of himself as a big shot. However, at one point, he will be useless and won’t be as viable. When that moment strikes…

He will want to return to the good graces and be friends with Bobi Wine. However, now in riches and prominence. He rather wants to dismiss old alliances and say he is “yellow”. That’s who Kenzo is and this is who he has become. No one should be surprised. This has been going on for years. It is just now… that he wants to cry out loud and get sympathy for his choice.

Kenzo decided to be a NRM and Yellow. That is his road… and he has to see where that takes him. Peace.

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Opinion: Munyonyo is a money pit…

“It’s a dangerous business, Frodo, going out your door. You step onto the road, and if you don’t keep your feet, there’s no knowing where you might be swept off to” – J.R.R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings

There is a need for discussions about the spending on the Sudhir Ruparelia’s Munyonyo Commonwealth Resort. The Munyonyo Commonwealth Resort and the Convention Centre, which have been updated for summits. However, the Munyonyo have been an issue since the 2007 CHOGM Conference, which was the first reason to begin with.

Since then… the Munyonyo have been a place of budgetary funds. The hotel has gotten billions of shillings. Meanwhile, the Uganda Development Corporation (UDC) haven’t gotten dividends from. That is really telling after all these years and the UDC supposed being a big shareholder of the company itself.

Munyonyo and the agreements with the state should be looked thoroughly into… and not just petitions or the questioning by the COSASE in Parliament. Those seems not be enough. Neither the Auditor General Reports on the Munyonyo either. Nothing comes out of it and sooner or later the state will sooner spend more fortunes on it.

Munyonyo Commonwealth Resort should be questioned. We can wonder what sort function Ruparelia has and what sort of relationship he has with the State House. Because his business deals can cause a stir, but he can get off the hook. He has been involved in questionable transactions and takeovers before. Therefore, this just looks suspicious.

Where has the money gone and why aren’t the state getting anything in return? There should be some ends going to the state. The government has spent fortunes on this hotel. They have spent billions upon billions for so long. Not only before the recent summits there, but in other years too.

The UDC and the Government of Uganda can clearly prioritize Munyonyo. There is something magical about the place. It has some stars aligned and possibilities we don’t know about. The location and the hotel must have special place in the heart of the President. He must really have some sort of connection with the place. Because he is spending money like a drunk sailor on it and expect nobody to have a proper oversight over it.

Munyonyo … Munyonyo … Munyonyo are getting budget posts, but the UDC doesn’t get any dividends. That is telling and something isn’t adding up. The stat can just spend billions on billions for decades. Meanwhile the state see nothing in return. Only a place for conferences, summits and national functions instead of Kololo Independence Grounds. However, that doesn’t defend the state misuse of funds to build, update or keep the upkeep of this hotel.

Munyonyo… it is a dangerous business, I suppose. Someone went out the door, but we don’t know what happened after the individual went out the door. Peace.

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Opinion: Azimio is dead…

It is time to hold a wake or a funeral for the Azimio la Umoja – One Kenya Coalition. Just as the Wiper Democratic Movement and Stephen Kalonzo Musyoka is taking over the coalition. The parties are fleeing the coalition. Not that these parties are big or substantial, but they all are stones and the fabric of the coalition itself.

We have seen NARC-Kenya leaving and Muugano Party (M.P.) has announced themselves leaving the coalition. The Party of National Unity (PNU) is also planning or is preparing itself to leave. These parties doesn’t have much standing or place in the National Assembly and neither does they have big local presence either. Still, it is relevant to the bigger picture.

It is a cause and affect. All of these joined the bandwagon and was a part of the Azimio before the elections. They stood tall as co-principals of the coalition. They campaigned as one and behind the candidacy of Odinga. A man who has now sold his party to the government and traded it for his candidacy for the African Union (AU).

That’s why all of this matters and Kalonzo is losing yet again. His soon a lonely soldier in a minority party. A party which isn’t big enough or have enough mandate to sway the others to be part of a coalition. The Orange Democratic Movement (ODM) has a big enough influence and force, which make the other viable for approval. That’s why these people followed Odinga and believed in Baba the Fifth. Even if they were campaigning on vibes and not solid organization.

We can just wonder what will happen with Jubilee now. As they are the other party that has a say and a mandate in Azimio. It is Jubilee and Wiper that is the big shots left. They have to decide where they want to go. Now they can either be behind Kalonzo or leave it all. Maybe for greener pastures and possibilities as part of government, because that’s more profitable than being in opposition.

You can just wonder what is the game plan. The Gen Z protests have altered everything. Now Ruto is dismantling the Azimio by appointing ODM Cabinet Secretaries and approving Odinga for the AU. His giving way and trying to sound diplomatic by handshaking the ODM this way. Alas, his practically destroying the opposition and maligning it. Just like he took enough parties and MPs to have a majority after the elections. There was other Azimio affiliates who jumped ship briefly after the polls. Now it just happens in the middle of the term as a consequence of the social upheaval.

Odinga has betrayed the Gen Z by being a part of government. Now his allowing the destruction and putting Azimio to death by doing so. The opposition coalition is getting wrecked by choices made by the ODM. That is so visible and the political elite is trying to forge a new way to political capital. You can just wonder how and what they will do…

Kenya Kwanza has gotten a lot for cheap. By the acceptance of giving a few CS’s to ODM. They have been able to tarnish and sink the Azimio. That must make Ruto giddy. He got it for nothing and can enjoy the spoils. This is the reality here… and Odinga allowed it to happen.

Stephan Kalonzo Musyoka , Jeremiah Kioni and Eugene Wamalwa is the ones that has to carry this one. If not they have to walk alone. They should rebrand and restructure everything, as things are falling part. That to strengthen the coalition and themselves as a new breed. Because right now they are looking like ODM leftovers and scraps of old. They should be better than that, especially if they want to be seen as a viable option. However, time will tell if Wiper and Jubilee is capable of doing so. Maybe they are hoping for Kenyatta’s blessing to further the cause too. Nevertheless, things are defunct and looking bleak.

The tides are turning and it’s happening fast. Azimio seems dusted and that’s why the ones remaining should start a fresh and build a new foundation ahead of the future polls. That’s to be relevant and not run on vibes. They need to be prepared and be structured in a manner, which they wasn’t in the previous election. Peace.

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