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Opinion: Can Kalonzo revive it?

“The Azimio Coalition has appointed Kalonzo Musyoka as its new party leader, with Suba MP Caroli Omondi taking over from Junet Mohammed as secretary-general. The appointments followed a National Executive Committee (NEC) meeting chaired by Uhuru Kenyatta” (The Eastleigh Voice, 03.02.2026).

Will anyone care about the Azimio la Umoja – One Kenya Coalition ahead of the next election?

This is a move made before the 2027 Elections. It is done to rejuvenate and change the Azimio ahead of that. There will be ramifications about this, but who really believes this?

Is Kalonzo viable or even someone who will be a possible challenger to incumbent William Ruto?

I have trouble to see that, and he must pick up the mantle that the late Raila Odinga left behind. He must show finesse, force and be a charismatic leader. However, Kalonzo haven’t been that for years and neither has he been clever in building up his own party even. He rather sprint along and take the safe routes. Not like a force of defiance or a voice of revolution against the political elite. No, he is just making statements and pressers but isn’t on the barricades to break the status quo. That’s why I have hard time seeing him as figure to spearhead a campaign against Ruto.

Kalonzo is the sort of politician that is seeking office and seeking a meal-ticket. His not the person who sacrifices and risks his future. Neither is controversial or willing to stand on moral codes in the midst of oppression. Other people will run to the streets and stand tall. He rather sleep softly and wait until the trouble boils over. Unless he changes his patterns and starts to unify the opposition. It is a hard time to see him capable of beating Ruto.

Ruto will outplay and outwit him easily. Even if Kalonzo has the best case and a vast alliance from across the Republic. Still, Ruto will be using the state and everything at his disposal to beat him in the polls.

It is just striking that Kenyatta has appointed the fella that called the alliance or coalition dead. We haven’t really seen it or been touched by it. Kalonzo has to revive this and be the personification of it. I have hard time believing that…

Kalonzo, the one who shift sides and who easily betrays his allies for a cheap-trick or a fancy title? That guy is the one I’m supposed to believe in and who will lead the nation? Really, that fella?

Well… if Kalonzo had a different history and had another vision. Well, I would be more hopeful, but this brother isn’t cutting it. Peace.

Opinion: The massacre of Axum is haunting the Tripartite Alliance

“We did not fall out with the Eritrean government because we raised the issue of the Port of Assab. The conflict began when, as we entered Shire, Eritrean forces were demolishing buildings; when we passed through Axum and the youth of Axum were being massacred; when factories in Adwa were dismantled and looted, the tension escalated; when in Adigrat they uprooted the pharmaceutical factory and destroyed what they could not remove, the dispute reached its peak. We knew all this was happening, but we did not speak about it. Meanwhile, we were fighting on multiple fronts” – Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed Ali (02.03.2026).

The war over the Tigray region is continuing to create havoc and a rampage among the elites of Addis Ababa and Asmara. The now conflict torn region is still discussed and the possible war-crimes committed by all the allies of the Tripartite Alliance. The Prime Minister even spoke further about it now, but his dishonesty isn’t helping his case. That’s why people question his reasoning for doing it now.

There already been steady reporting about the Massacres that happened in November 2020 and was acknowledge in February and March of 2021 by Amnesty and EHRC. So, the various entities has proof and evidence of the lethal actions made and the consequences of such. It is just compelling and it is striking that the Eritrean Press and Eritrean High-Ranking officials are downplaying it now. Like they never did it and didn’t commit these crimes. Alas, Abiy is wrong in how he does and how frequently he lies. However, there are other records proving the case and showing what the Eritrean Defence Forces did in Axum. They can deny all they want, but the bodies and the souls taken are on their account.

Just check these ones out!

About the November 28th November Amnesty wrote this:

“From about 3 to 4 pm, lines of Eritrean trucks and tanks reportedly entered the city from the east. Their numbers bolstered by the new arrivals, Eritrean soldiers went on a rampage, shooting at civilian men and youths who were out on the streets attempting to flee in panic. The killing, which one witness said began around 4 pm, was carried out on a large scale and continued until the evening” (Amnesty, February 2021).

EHRC report says this:

“On November 25, members of ENDF were seen to be leaving Aksum and on November 26, residents said they could not see any “soldiers moving around the city”. On November 27, however, “a large number of Eritrean soldiers began coming into Aksum”. “They took up posts in three different locations of the city: ‘Maye Kuho’; ‘Samuna Fabrika’ and ‘Tsele’a’. On November 28, 2020, we started hearing heavy gun fire all around the city.”” (EHRC, March 2021).

There are stories to be told. There are records of what went down and it is clear that the Tripartite Alliance let it all happen. This isn’t wishful thinking, but an apparent reaction to what they wanted to achieve and totally destroy the Tigray region and get the TPLF on its knees. That’s the reality here and the PM wanted to consolidate all power from every corner of the Federal Republic.

This massacre isn’t only EDF fault, but Abiy fault to allow it to happen to further his Office and giving himself more power. That’s why he allowed it and didn’t really mind it when it went down. His using it now to distort and vilify the Eritreans now. Regardless, he has to bear the weight of having foreign invaders doing this on accord and with an agreement from himself. The Tripartite Alliance allowed this, and he was one of the key people behind all of it. The EDF is responsible, but so is all the allies who made it happen and didn’t stop it. Now his calling them out, but he didn’t do it when the guns was blazing. Peace.

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Opinion: Will the NRM CEC endorse Norbert Mao?

Today it’s official that Norbert Mao is seeking the role of Speaker in the 12^th Parliament. The unwritten but known rule is that the endorsement and the declared candidates by the National Resistance Movement – Central Executive Committee (NRM CEC) is the final step of the way to enter the mighty office of speakership.

That means the President usually calls for a meeting of the NRM Caucus at the State House for guidance. The NRM Caucus drops a Resolution, which will be discussed and be taken into consideration by the NRM CEC. Later the President schedules a NRM CEC and that’s where things are finalized. Before the polling is happening in the Parliament and the Speaker-race.

I know I haven’t mentioned the NRM Electoral Commission and all the candidates standing before the NRM Caucus and the NRM CEC. Nevertheless, that is just protocol and long journey to an end. This is why it’s really special that Mao thinks he can outwit and get ahead here.

He has to not only challenge Anita Among here and her deputy. Mao has to be able to sell his soul and show that he will serve the interests better than her. Mr “No Surprises” Mao has to now turn up and tell that his the newest crony and fellow highest bidder to do whatever the President deems fit. Make the 12^th Parliament even a bigger rubber-stamping organization and ensure the longevity of Yoweri Kaguta Museveni’s reign. That’s what he got to do, plus he has to kiss the ring of the President and bend the knee to the First Son General Muhoozi Kainerubaga. He got to be vetted by the not anointed king and self-proclaimed head Muhoozi. Just to ensure that his good enough and is in-line with family.

That’s a big ask. He has already proven in the previous term. That he will serve and be a loyal subject. There so no push-back and the DP leader was willing to betray anything and anyone, as long as he was in the good graces of the President and the First Family. This he has shown and we can see it.

Norbert Mao doesn’t only have to be clever here or outwit people. No, he has to strategically sell himself and be viable. He got to show the cash and promise a return. That’s what he got to do. Goodwill and grand intentions will get him nowhere. So, when he speaks of consultations. He needs the ones associated with PLU on his side and get a major fraction of the newly elected NRM MPs on his side. They got to be dancing and wanting him. Just so that he got leverage. If that doesn’t happen. The NRM caucus would bury him and the NRM-DP Agreement isn’t worth the ink for Mao. As he sold everything for short-term gains and thinking he got a piece of the pie. Well, Museveni uses you and drops you when your out of steam. Sooner or later, that happens to Mao too.

We just have to wait and see, but Mao has to move mountains. I don’t know if he got all that. Yes, Andrew Mwenda has favoured the brother and his a associate of Muhoozi. So, that might help, but Gods knows and we don’t… Peace.

The “FDC” Parties (ANT-FDC-PFF) lacklustre post-election reactions

Someone has to ask, because all of the former Leaders of Opposition and the ones that has followed politics for ages has circulated around Forum for Democratic Change and Dr. Kizza Besigye. Anyone denying that has lost a vibe and yes, National Unity Platform (NUP) had picked up the mantle after the FDC.

Today is the day to remember the ones that made people walk, so others could run. Nevertheless, the game is more gritty and grimy. That’s why we aren’t really seeing the Alliance for National Transformation (ANT). That Mugisha Muntu stated the party couldn’t challenge the state or lack evidence after the General Elections. Just shows how hard it is fight and compete to hit the threshold of the courts and have enough proof of electoral malpractice, which is well known and is clear as day. Still, it isn’t hard to understand the sentiment and why Muntu gives up. Because we see how the previous court cases and petitions has gone in regards to Presidential Petitions. So, it’s a burden of proof, which would be monumental and be so dire. That the state had to give way, but we know that isn’t in their interest to do that.

Forum for Democratic Change held their first real presser since the General Elections. Calling the elections a ritual of Museveni and giving him legitimacy. Well, Nathan Nandala-Mafabi isn’t wrong, but we all knew this before the Election Road-Map. They knew this before they even participated and took part of charade. They knew, we knew and whoever breathing with a pulse knew. So, what gives? It is just toothless and the FDC looks so lost and obliviously out of character. Patrick Oboi Amuriat and his fellow comrade has clearly jaded the picture and created a web, which has captured them. That’s why they are so mediocre and lack so much charisma. It is like they know and we cannot see how the party destroyed itself by cannibalizing itself by person non-grata Besigye and dismiss the Katonga Road Office. So, here we are and no tears are lost apparently.

The long lost and the latest creation out of FDC. The People’s Front for Freedom (PFF) seems rudderless and without a direction. Their first Presser with Lord Mayor Erias Lukwago was telling. When he cried out to the void that the International Community should come to Uganda’s aide and hold a independent audit of the 2026 General Elections. We all know the European Union and the other international donors won’t lift a finger. They won’t even bat an eye. Not like they are really caring about the political prisoners, the torture cases or other human rights violations happening on a daily basis. The erosion of rule of law has no consequence and the lack of the rights of bail is even tell. The weaponization of the judiciary against the opposition. Still, they remain silent and doesn’t act. So, the PFF won’t get help with this.

Just seeing these Press Conferences of Muntu, Mafabi and Lukwago is just so tragic. At one point these where honourable men of a vibrant party. They were pushing the envelope and feared by the authorities. These leaders was part of walk to work and defiance. Now, it is just meek and bleak. Yes, the PFF are hurting and they are targeted by the state. They have several high ranking officials behind bars and without any release into freedom in sight. These are kept behind bars and the state intend to hurt them. That’s why we know they are kept there and there is no single movement in their cases or in regards to proof or evidence of wrong-doing. Because the state got none and it’s all political. Therefore, we can cry havoc… but that’s the state of affairs we’re in.

ANT, FDC and PFF needs to re-evaluate. They need to reconfigure. Not because the ANT and PFF are directly wrong, but to sell and be viable. These parties need to be able to strike a chord and hit a nerve. Instead it is empty pleas and old-school politicking. Seriously, it isn’t it and these dire times needs more fierce and poignant messaging. Even if the what ANT and PFF stands for is righteous in their way. Their way of walking and talking aren’t accessible, which is sad.

Meanwhile, the FDC is a truly lost cause. Unless the current two leaders gets their mind corrected and a little bit of enlightenment. Also, if the leadership begs forgiveness and speaks of how they went wrong. There might be some redeeming factors, but the bridges burned might be to long and to personal to rebuild after the fire. Therefore, I wouldn’t count on it, but it would have been refreshing and that the brothers could have moment of humility and be humble. However, I don’t think we will see that either.

So, today is just a sad day. There is hope within the ANT and PFF. A lot of hope, it isn’t all lost, but to get there seems like a long journey. That will take time, but does these parties have that time. I’m not the one to tell, but it got to happen fast and be something suitable for the masses. They got to speak and get some sort of momentum. That’s what the old FDC had and we misses those times, as there was hope in the air and there was sort of futuristic play that the Republic could be different. Nevertheless, here we are and it all seems gone and forgotten about. Peace.

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