


Cameroun: Rassemblement Democratique du Peuple Camerounais (RDPC) – Le Secretaire General du Comite Central du Rassemblement Democratique du Peuple Camerounais, Monsieur Jean NKUETE communique (14.01.2025)







This is early… a bit to early, but it has to be addressed. As the ones remaining alive and the ones who are eager will fight for the open seat in Kawempe North. The late Hon. Muhammad Ssegirinya will be exchanged for someone else. That is the nature of things. We just have to reconcile with that.
Alas, as this is given. The General Election of 2026 is scheduled for the 12th January 2026. So, whenever the Electoral Commission schedules the By-Election it will be mere months before the General Election. Meaning this By-Election is close to pointless and insignificant at best. As the 12th Parliament seat would be more valuable and have a full term.
Mr. Update should have a proper successor and have someone who honours his legacy. Someone who is bound by ideals and a will to serve his community. That would be the dream. Have someone who would ensure the hospital and all the other service delivery. Which the MP fought for and showed compassion for the constituency. That is rare and unique of the character that was Ssegirinya MP. We shall never forget that and his name will be remembered.
Nevertheless, the seat is up for grabs. People will take their stake in it and try to forge their way into Parliament. There will be a competition of both activists and stalwarts who wants to get ahead.
If the National Unity Platform (NUP) was wise here. They would actually not field anyone at this current stage. Just boycott it and act like Mr. Update is the MP for the remaining time. Then later hold Party Primaries and ensure someone is ready, popular and has the message the Kawempe North deserves.
We know the National Resistance Movement (NRM) wants to signal their return and they cannot help to make by-elections look like war-zones. The NRM needs to make it seems like it has momentum and massive electorate on its side ahead of the General Elections. That’s why they will use this and try to humiliate the opposition. Even ensure a few NRM leaning Independents with a little heart and finesse participate too. Just to dilute the chance of an opposition candidate to win.
This here is unfortunate. The people of Kawempe North had a winner and a man of steel. The Kawempe North had a hero and a man of the people. That’s who they had and he shouldn’t be gone this early. Mr. Update should have lingered on and become a man of the hour. He should have had time to build and create. However, that wasn’t the wishes of the state and they destroyed him completely. Therefore, he was pronounced dead today….
I don’t want to see a Kawempe North By-Election. Parts of me wants to boycott it completely and not even write this. Nevertheless, the ice-cold facts are here. This should be a year of reflection and the NUP should revise a proper strategy ahead of the 2026. Not run on vibes in the quickest race before the General Election. They shouldn’t take the risk of heredity politics either. No, they should just wait for the current and try to make a solid foundation for 2026. That’s if they want someone proper and with heart to takeover. Not just some run-of-the-mill character that wears the red-beret and sings the psalms of the day.
Kawempe North deserves better. They lost their hero and it’s just a massive tragedy. He was special, unique and was who people wants to see as their leader. He had morals, social compass and an ability to engage that others wants to emulate, but you cannot just copy that. That is something he was born with and that’s why he was beloved.
This By-Election is sort of pointless. It won’t bring a change or be pivotal. For others than headlines that the government will use against the opposition. That’s why the opposition and the NUP especially should be wiser. Not fall into the traps and get dirty. It should be better. Especially, if they want to be beholden to the legacy of the late MP. Peace.





Dear Sir,
Retired Major General Mugisha Muntu, the National Coordinator or Party President of the Alliance for National Transformation (ANT), I got to say. I got to say one thing. Your mellow, pragmatic ways are understandable, but also a path that takes forever to make change. That’s just a fact, but the reality we live in. I understand why you act like this and takes this approach.
I got to say, I respect it and the way you handle yourself in public. As a politician and a leader, your mannerisms and choices, I have to vouch for them. They aren’t revolutionary or shocking in any regard. You are standing on principle and on your grounds. That is something many others cannot say.
Mugisha Muntu my writings on you in the past has been reflective on how you distanced yourself from the Defiance Campaign and how you created own fraction from within in the Forum for Democratic Change (FDC). It was you against Besigye and that shouldn’t have happened. You both work towards the same goal, but has different visions of approaching it. I can see that you two are brothers of the same struggle, but just act with alternative measures to gain true liberation and freedom in the Republic.
This isn’t words I would written in my hay-day of 2014 to 2018. I know, but I see things with other eyes. Aging has a way of making you see and oversee events with new eyes. That’s why the pragmatic and well thought acts are one way of doing it. Even if it is a slow measure and reformation by hoping the wheels fall off. It is an understandable approach, as it doesn’t cost and won’t be a dangerous path.
Muntu has seen conflict, seen the cost of liberation and been part of the struggle. As a leader and as a opposition for decades. He knows what price people are paying for their actions. Muntu has seen the price people are paying, the pain and the suffering they are going through. Therefore, we can acknowledge why he works this way.
Mugisha Muntu will address the current affairs and drop knowledge. That he does when he is invited. He shows up in solidarity, even with people who has betrayed him and the cause his fighting. Because deep inside, he knows these people have just acted in their faith and with their conscience in their fight in the same struggle.
That’s why you should respect Muntu. Not because his a party leader, a former FDC leader and someone who turned on Museveni. We who has been vocal supporters of Besigye. Should reflect on how we went hard on Muntu. I can see that was a bit to harsh and out of loyalty towards another fellow leader in the struggle. That’s something I have acknowledge and say, as anything else would be insincere.
Muntu deserves credit, acknowledgement and praise for what he has done. Not that he has moved mountains, but he has shown how a man can carry himself and silently building on his own. He has done so without going against the ones who went after him and vilified him. Which was wrong and I take my blame for my part.
I cannot take the time back or change it, but I can in this moment say: “I was wrong and I’m sorry”. More people should do the same too. As we all mature and gets more years on our backs.
Muntu deserves to be honoured and get his flowers. Not only nice remarks when his gone. No, he should be saluted, and people should study how he operates. As a man of honour and candance.
Best Regards
The Writer of Minbane

In Acca the National Democratic Congress Presidential Candidate won the election, this time former President John Dramani Mahama won against the ruling party in the National Patriotic Party (NPP). The duopoly continues its strides and changes it’s stripes now and then. Nothing shocking, but when one party is burned out. The other takes over and that’s what is happening now after two terms of Nana Akufo-Addo.
Ghana shouldn’t expect magic, huge reforms or changes with Mahama in office. That is just to be sincere here. Not like his previous track-record is filled with vastly improving reforms or such groundbreaking improvements of the status quo. Needless to say… anything could be better than the current one.
Mahama has to prove himself again. He has to show that his campaigns was worth a while. That the people trusted him again and gave him another shot. This must also be because the Vice President of the Republic wasn’t oozing confidence either. If the NPP Presidential Candidate had been golden. That one would have overcome Mahama. However, there wasn’t much promise and the loss.
There is a reason for the existence of the Democracy Hub, the Economic Fighters League and the #FixThisCountry. As several entities are tired of the duopoly and how these two parties are monopolising the offices. Which aren’t for better development, but a swinging door for a political elite. A political elite that loots, rigs and ensure riches for a chosen few. Therefore, there is a need for vital reforms and change, but that won’t come from within. These sorts of things has to happen on the outside and rise up organically too.
The NPP and NDC’s won’t save the nation. These are vessels to ensure the status quo and only deliver mediocre prospects for the future. There is a long time ago there was any hopeful or promising leaders, which would make a meaningful impact. The Atta-Mills and such aren’t plenty off. No, there are only a few of these and we all know that. They come once in a generation or even if that.
I would put my guard up and not expect to much. The hope and ideals aren’t in this game. Mahama has been through the ringer and knows what his up too. He knows the Office and the games he has to play. A man who also knows the authorities, the system and how to play it. Therefore, with the experience from all parts of government. He should be suitable for making a difference, but I wouldn’t count on it.
The old man might be eloquent and be a fitting character to the esteemed office. Nevertheless, as a man who has been there before. He can just use the time to enjoy the spoils and let other people do the dirty work. He can leverage his position and ensure the closest associates gets a pay-off. Don’t expect miracles or improvements of epic proportions.
No, he will just feed the market. Maybe ensure the inflation gets stabilized and secure the financial markets are running smoothly. However, he won’t improve working conditions or salary structures. Don’t expect him to make changes of subsidies or government programs for the weakest. No, he cannot afford and don’t have donor support to shield the cost. Therefore, there isn’t a will or isn’t a way.
The NDC versus NPP is an old saga. A continuously going tale, which never gets old. No other party can conquer or takeaway from the ones anointed. Alas, that will only happen if a generational appear and has the message that hits all hearts. Until that happens. Ghana will linger in the same stalemate and the only difference are the faces. The logo changes and the faces, but the results are practically the same. Peace.


“The Banadir Regional Court, declaring that it has jurisdiction over the Jubaland case, has today issued an arrest warrant against Jubaland President Ahmed Madobe. The court cited Articles 184, 186, and 217 of the Somali Penal Code, which include charges of ‘treason’. These allegations are serious, and this marks the first time a sitting regional state president has been issued a warrant by a regional court based in Mogadishu. While the warrant is unlikely to be enforced, it further deepens the divisions among Somalis and risks Somalia to be back to clan conflict” (Kaab TV, 27.11.2024).
“Jubaland issues an arrest warrant for President Hassan Sheikh, accusing him of treason, acts against the unity of Somalia, and conspiracy with Al-Shabaab” (Garowe Online, 27.11.2024).
We are seeing tensions between Mogadishu and Kismayo, which is a direct political stand-off between the Federal Government and the Member State. That’s because the Member State of Jubaland went for internal elections and the Federal Government won’t recognize it.
This is a stand-off for these reasons. Which is a continuation of the Villa Somalia and the lawmakers of Mogadishu which are in pursuit of making their own forced elections road-map. One road map and planned efforts that haven’t been coordinated or even been with proper talks with all stakeholders. That’s why the likes of Jubaland has ended up holding internal elections and now the FGS is dismissing it.
Instead of trying to foster dialogue and reasoning with Jubaland. The FGS started this earlier in the day by launching the arrest order on the newly elected FMS President of Jubaland, Ahmed Madobe. A few hours later a court in Jubaland launched a similar warrant and order, which implicated Somali President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud (HSM).
The Member State took the choices given to them into their hands. That is why the FGS has responed and now the FMS retaliated. They are all signalling power and that they aren’t backing down.
This is just causing more friction and less stability in the region. As two heads are attacking each other and using their instruments of power to shift the blame. Alas, these two should talk and have coordinated efforts to end this impasse.
It is really a bad omen when the Villa Somalia didn’t listen to the lawmakers of Kismayo who said there was lacking “consensus” earlier in the month. Now the President and his lackeys might think they have won this. However, the proof was when they pushed it through Parliament on the 11th November 2024 with only 170 MPs, which is a marginal amount of it. Meanwhile the whole Parliament consist of 329 MPs. Certainly, that’s bad optics for an election and the want to have all stakeholders on board. Therefore, the dismay from Kismayo back then wasn’t listened too and now it’s unleashed even further.
It is just telling how the Villa Somalia operates and doesn’t consider the grievances. That’s why Jubaland already cried havoc together with Puntland. Now the Mogadishu has a warrant on the President of Jubaland and Jubaland has a warrant on the President of Somalia. That’s really a political quagmire and it’s evident that these leaders needs a sit-down.
The two Presidents and leaders needs to be sitting at the table and talk. There is a need for reflection and finding common ground. As their egos are now showing. Sooner or later… this impasse might turn into more. That isn’t necessary. However, time will tell. The FGS has wasted most of November on this and now they causing more pain. Peace.

