Kenya: Ruto’s government punishes digital ways of holding it accountable

The ones believing that President William Ruto and the broad-based government wants the citizenry or the citizens knowledgeable about the government. Well, then you are wrong. Neither does it want to be challenged or be tested by digital mechanisms. That’s why it is punishing the citizens who are testing, calling out or using their creativity to show what the government is up to.

That is the case of Rose Njeri Tunguru who made a digital system to send mass-emails to Finance Committee of the Parliament. She did so earlier in May and by the end of May they arrested her. Now three days later they are arraigning her in court on charges of Cyber Crime. For initially putting forward easier ways to write emails to the Parliament. That is the “crime” that she did.

What Rose Njeri Tunguru really did was writing a template of a letter, which the citizens could use to send emails to the Parliament. That was an action of creating a ready-made email to send and easier for the citizens to be addressing the concerns of the up-coming financial bill. That’s why they are targeting her now. So, is writing and publishing email templates in Kenya, criminal conspiracy and a cyber-crime?

Clearly things are jaded in Nairobi and in the Republic of Kenya. When it is becoming illegal to make mass-emails to politicians. That is a part of the Computer Misuse Act and is seen as a criminal conspiracy or a criminal act. Is this the nation that Ruto wants to achieve?

It is really compelling that someone making a template of an email and publishing it online is a criminal offence, even seen as an act of criminal conspiracy, which is stopping the works of the Parliament. If the Parliament and the Financial Committee has a problem with getting the emails. Well, they can delete them and ignore them. Alas, they are instead incriminating a person who happened to write one and share it online.

Why is the government so afraid of their citizens? Are they afraid that she and others would make similar templates of emails and send it their way? Are the Members of Parliament, the Cabinet Secretaries and other dignitaries above the citizens they represent? Alas, why are they doing this?

This must be the fear of Gen Z and how they reacted to the previous Financial Bill. Another rally against the Financial Bill would hurt the government and the perils of the state. Not like the trust between the government and citizens are healed. That’s why the government fear people who are outspoken or able to articulate their grievances. Therefore, they want to silence them…

This here is a signal to the citizens and what the government is willing to do. It is muting citizens and doing it deliberately. Peace.

Opinion: Mao is running in circles…

“Today is the turning point. No more running circles because we have a direction for the party” – Norbert Mao (20.02.2010).

“Mbale/Kampala — Democratic Party delegates have elected Norbert Mao as the party president, replacing Mr John Ssebaana Kizito. In the results declared by the returning officer, Mr. Polly Mukiibi in the wee hours of Sunday morning [about 4.41am] Mr. Mao polled 708 votes to edge his only rival in the DP race Al-Hajj Ssebagala who garnered 321 votes after spending crazily during internal campaigns” (Daily Monitor – ‘Uganda: Mao is DP President’, 21.02.2010).

“UPDATE: Kennedy Mutenyo, the presiding officer for the Democratic Party (DP), has declared Norbert Mao the winner of the party’s presidential election, marking his fourth consecutive term. #NTVNews The election, held at the Asamar Hotel in Mbarara, saw Mao secure 969 votes, while Alitia Elia and Dr. Michael Lulume Bahiga received 52 and 339 votes, respectively” (NTV Uganda, 02.06.2025).

A fourth term is upon us and the Democratic Party of Uganda doesn’t look stronger, better or even surrounded by the talent, which brings change or any sort of momentum ahead of the 2026 elections.

The era of Mao has really shown his character and who he is. Now that he is in an agreement with the National Resistance Movement (NRM). He really is emulating the NRM and continue his legacy to tarnish the old party. That’s what Mao is up too, and the ones hopeful of the party has left the fold. Only Mbidde has stood by him, and he was shady from the onset. So, they are of the same kind, I suppose.

There is little reform or spark left in the DP. He has turned a future powerhouse of the 2010s into a relic of the past. They are becoming maligned, small and fragmented. The DP party of old would have various characters and leaders who seemed promising. Who would contest and try to change the party. Those days are long gone, as everyone is just to bow down to Mao and whatever whims he has. That’s why he even ensured the process was shoddy and blocked another candidate from running against him. This is because the incumbent knows that he isn’t without critics or without people who wants to see his downfall.

The DP Party is now running in circles. It is without a proper direction, except for feeding Mao and being a meal-ticket for his inner circle. The party fits the paradigm of being an organization that can be utilized for self-enrichment and getting fancy titles. That’s what Mao has been able to build but not create a party that endangers or even is capable of challenging the regime. No, he rather being a comrade and being a “Good DP” for His Excellency.

Now that he has another term on his hand. We can rest assure that he will use it to be a friend and an ally of the President. That’s because that’s the hands that feeds him. He has already revealed that he was connected and working for the Gen. Salim Selah Foundation since around 2007. So, this man is willing and have been a man who can trade away his integrity long time ago. He was just able to fool people in the past, but in the present we can all see it clearly.

Norbert Mao is one of them. A turncoat and a meal-ticket politician. A man whose willing trade principles for cash. That’s who he is and his selling his party for a fortune too. Even if the DP wasn’t “his” party, he surely sold it and destroyed over the years. Peace.

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Opinion: Nsereko MP hopes to revive a briefcase party

“I promise not to run for MP after three terms, and now that my terms have expired, I have proven that when you are true to your word, you live up to it. When I say that as Ecological Party we shall restore term limits, with the president serving a maximum of two terms, we mean it because we stand by our word” – Muhammed Nsereko MP (NTV Uganda, 02.06.2025)

“The Ecological Party of Uganda has been a small voice of green politics in the central African country, and has had trouble finding its footing.  Though founded in 2005, the EPU has not fielded candidates since 2009, and has never won a seat in the Parliament of Uganda” (Joshua Allen – ‘Ecological Party of Uganda Campaigns for 2021 Election’ 30.11.2020, Global Green News).

The former NRM leaning Independent Member of Parliament for Kampala Central Muhammed Nsereko are now the Presidential Flagbearer for the Ecological Party. A party who worked in silence for about two decades and fielded six losing candidates in 2021. They had 5 MP flagbearers and one LC5 Candidate, all of them lost. That’s after 16 years without any candidates in any elections.

This party is now aging and is already two decades old. The party is over 20 years old but never been tested. The EPU has lost before, and the Electoral Commission has turned away Bbale Charles Lwanga in 2015 and in 2021. It just shows how the party has been run, and it couldn’t manage to run for their registered representative.

We know Muhammed Nsereko does this to salvage his career and worry of another red wave ahead of the 2026 elections. He cannot sustain the possible tidal wave in Kampala. That’s why its easier to bounce and jump ship elsewhere. Nsereko MP doesn’t try to return to the National Resistance Movement (NRM) but instead moving to the unknown EPU.

Nsereko MP is now the face of EPU and his the most well-known person to ever carry the banner and the name of the party. It is just unique position, as the party couldn’t do it or even able to field a Presidential Candidate in the two previous elections. Only fielded their first candidates in 2021. All of them fell flat and they didn’t gain much traction either. They got a total of about 4500 votes in total. That says something about the knowledge of the party and their reach.

Because who cared about the Ecological Party (EP) two weeks ago? Most likely none. It only created headlines when Nsereko MP became the face of it. However, we shouldn’t expect impact or make a giant change. No, this is meal-ticket politician hoping for a new home. His just making himself bigger and wider under a new banner. The EPU sold itself on a promise of a snake-oil salesman being Nsereko MP.

Nsereko MP has proven his credibility and what his willing to do. His doing everything for the silver-lining of earning easy profits. That’s why he jumps to the party and wants to be their leader. He revives a party that no one knew about and think he can affect the political landscape. Nevertheless, this most likely falls flat and will be a giant falloff.

Nsereko MP showed his face in regard to the Jobless Brotherhood. People should remember that and his not a trustworthy man. However, people tend to forget and that’s why we are here. Peace.

The Story of Cedric Babu Ndilima: When the elites cannot save themselves

“We are deeply saddened by the passing of Cedric Babu Ndilima, a former colleague and valued member of the UBC family. Through The Cedric Live Show, he brought insight and vibrance to our screens. Our thoughts are with his family and loved ones” (UBC Uganda, 31.05.2025).

“Media personality and sports administrator Cedric Babu has died after battling a heart complication. A fundraiser was launched on social media to raise UGX 1.5bn for his surgery in the UK. However, it was met with mixed reactions from Ugandans” (NTV Uganda, 31.05.2025).

It is just staggering that we are today. The elites want us to feel their pain. They want us to be touched and be in sorrow when they lose their own. However, the same elites aren’t there for the people who are abducted, detained, kept in dungeons, tortured or extra judicially killed in the name of the regime, which the elites thrive on. Therefore, the ask is big, when the elites doesn’t care of the pain of the poor or the deprived of options.

Cedric Babu Ndilima was a man with connections. Not only within the regime but was in association with General Muhoozi Kainerubaga and the Patriotic League of Uganda (PLU). Cedric by lineage had a close association and power by birth. His father is Captain Francis Babu, Mother Olive Zaitun Kigongo and stepfather Al-Hajji Moses Kigongo. In addition, the stepmom is Margaret Nantongo Zziwa, the former EALA MP and EALA speaker.

So, if someone had the connections and had the ability to call out for help. The likes of Cedric should be shielded and have all the help the world has to offer. In early May Cedric was airlifted to Kigali, Rwanda for treatment. In the end of May he was transferred to Nairobi, as the family and people surrounding Cedric started a “go-fund” campaign, which caused a stir.

The stir is that evident of connections and inner circle of the regime. If someone should have money and influence, it is the family of Babu and Kigongo. These are two families that has been involved and been a part of the National Resistance Movement (NRM) era. They are known cadres and comrades of the President. That’s why Cedric was a friend and a close associate with Muhoozi.

If the likes of Cedric cannot be saved. It just shows how rotten the system is and how everyone is being left behind. The state has destroyed the Ministry of Health and the hospitals of the nation. In such a manner, that everyone must go outside for help. That being representatives, elected officials or even the elites. The medical tourism is now a need, because the citizens and the ones who has the ability goes abroad to get medical help. This relief is needed by definition and by the necessity for the ones who can. That’s why Cedric was first airlifted to Kigali, before being airlifted again to Nairobi. Thereafter, the man was supposed to go to London. Therefore, things were in the water, but he ended nowhere.

Cedric should have all the funds at his disposal, as the families itself must have wealth and capital to shoulder his needs. They should be as vital and connected to ensure the treatment for him. However, that isn’t apparently so… if not they hoped the citizens would have mercy and show solidarity to one of their own. That clearly backfired…

I will not blame the late for his demise. There are other factors here, but certainly the family underestimated the loyalty and the token part of the government for decades. The family and the inner circle should see how this played out.

The NRM needs to listen to all of this. The State House and First Family should adhere to the calls too. As one of their own was now lost. Cedric Babu Ndilima was one of them and was well known by Muhoozi. That reflects badly on them and everyone who is in office. This is a detriment to the state of affairs and how it handles things.

Cedric is now gone. As it shows how the state fails its own. It doesn’t only fail the citizens, but even the inner circle. The ones who have everything within his midst and in association with. He can even lose it all and never return. That’s saying something. No one can go untouched. Peace.

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