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The Head of the United Nations Mission in South Sudan, David Shearer, met with Nyarien Ochiek Yot and other families who want to leave the protection site to hear their concerns.
JUBA, South Sudan, December 16, 2019 – Nyarien Ochiek Yot and her five children fled their village in the far north of South Sudan to the United Nations protection site in Bor when her husband was killed during fierce fighting at the start of the civil war.Six years on, her family wants to return to their home in Mankien as peace slowly descends on the country.
But she is nervous about whether the peace deal and ceasefire will hold in the wake of yet another delay in the implementation process.
“The people of South Sudan, including me, are hoping for peace. Peace is the only thing that can make this country stable,” says Nyarien Ochiek Yot. “But I do not trust the politicians and the military because they are the ones that always drag people to peace and, when they see peace, they drag people to war again. It feels hopeless.”
A peace deal was signed by the warring parties in September 2018. However, the implementation process has been slow with the plan to form a new transitional government now twice delayed.
The Head of the United Nations Mission in South Sudan, David Shearer, met with Nyarien Ochiek Yot and other families who want to leave the protection site to hear their concerns. He promised to help facilitate their travel home when they are ready to go but understands their uncertainty.
“People are anxious about the peace process. I think they would like to see more progress and, they told me, you know 100 days is not a long time,” says David Shearer. “We need to make rapid progress. We have to try really hard to put the political will in and move things forward.”
Despite Nyarien Ochiek Yot’s concerns about the peace process, she has enough confidence to return to her home and rebuild her life.
While the peace process between warring groups locally is progressing well, devastating floods that struck the region last month are proving to be another disincentive for displaced families wanting to leave the camps and return home.
Homes, crops and basic services, like water supplies, have been damaged or destroyed by the rising water. Local authorities are asking for help from the international community.
“We need services. We need medication. We need food and plastic sheets as well as mosquito nets,” says Jonglei Governor, Maker Thiong Maal. “These are the things that we need now because, in the country here, we don’t have any factories to produce the goods that we need to cover the gaps. We are very vulnerable and hope the world community will stand with us.”
Humanitarian agencies have launched a massive emergency response plan, reaching hundreds of thousands of people in need across the Jonglei region.
But efforts to implement the peace agreement also need to be accelerated so that people have the trust and confidence they need to go home.
“No one I’ve spoken to wants to go back to fighting. In fact, they’re absolutely adamant they don’t want to fight,” says David Shearer. “I think what we’ve got to do now is take the voices from here and tell those who are negotiating down in Juba to move forward because people want to go back to their homes and get on with their lives.”





In Harare and in Zimbabwe these days, you got stay loyal to the Zimbabwe African National Union – Patriotic Front (ZANU-PF) and not sway away from the ones running the country. In this regard, the former second lady, the estranged and planning divorce, Mary Mubaiwa is now under scrutiny and legal jeopardy.
Certainly, the ex-model and former chairperson of Miss Zimbabwe Trust knows what is at stake. Because, when big-men fall, they fall hard. She was involved in a marriage to the Vice-President and former Army Commander Constantino Chiwenga. That is not just a random high ranking official, that is one of the great henchmen of the Robert Mugabe Era and his presence still commands authority to this day. Even if the health of Constantino has been failing and his shape isn’t as strong as it used too be. After months away in China for health care treatment for his illness(es).
With that in mind, the fall from grace is of huge gravitas. Just like the ZANU-PF raiding and taking away farms and estates from the Mugabe family. The ZANU-PF and their authorities are now retaliating against Mary Mubaiwa, the former wife of Chiwenga. Because she dared to leave him.
Already, Constantino married his second wife, while leaving his first one Jocelyn, who sued him back in 2012. Therefore, this sort of legal drama around his marriages isn’t new. But then it was a woman scorned retaliating against him. While there is also speculations, that Mary never really was divorced from the marriage too, when she married the Army Commander. Which makes the second divorce of both them look weird in itself. That a high ranking official, who supposed to gain trust and show grace. However, this is just foul play by all parties.
Now, Mary has several counts of exporting currency, fraud and money laundering. The memo for 14th December 2019 is already online and it’s devastating. Well, surely like in the past, Chiwenga can gag the media in a court order if he likes. He did that in 2012 and certainly can accomplish the same thing again. Maybe his not as strong or have the ability to land another dime now. That’s why his retaliating now, instead of it being the wife.
Because, of the power of the VP and his role within the army, he could get this done. He could investigate and find questionable actions done. However, she was surely doing this all under his roof. So, it is not like she did it as a ghost and secret. Mary did it all while in the arms and around the VP. Even as he was gone for a few months, they were surely talking and communicating. Not like he would not talk to his wife from China would be surreal.
There are also rumours and speculations, that she tried to poison him and also unplugged the oxygen, when he was seriously ill. While there been also reports earlier in the year, that she have kids, whose DNA tests proves those were not of Chiwenga, but from another father. Meaning, she cheated during the marriage with him. Also, speculation that Chiwenga is trying to get back his first estranged wife, who now lives in Luton, United Kingdom. We don’t know if that is true.
There are also rumours that Chiwenga himself ordered the arrest yesterday after a hostile family meeting on Friday. Certainly, he knew how to pin charges and create a legal jeopardy for someone. This been done before and now its Mary turn. As she hasn’t complied to what Constantino was looking for.
What we are seeing is a second marriage falling apart for two people. They are both in power, they have money and mansions, they have riches, but they don’t have happiness. It cannot be ideal, when the material wealth means more than the care for each other.
Constantino was married to marry over 8 years. In questionable way, where he scorned his ex-wife, who even fled Zimbabwe. While Mary left the ex-footballer, who was playing in Cyprus at the time, who claimed they we’re not divorced at the time she married Chiwenga. The same claim, the ex-wife had about Chiwenga. Clearly, the shaking up was a quick-fix and a rush of both parties.
We are now seeing dirty laundry for the second time in the career of General Chiwenga. He has been able to destroy both of his marriage. The first one, most likely because of greener pastures with a ex-model. The other is destroyed, because his not getting what he likes. This is certainly not how it supposed to be. Not that Mary is innocent, she knew what she was getting into and if some of the rumours are true. Than, she has acting evil against her husband. Which is not right against anyone, not even the henchmen of tyrants and big-men of ZANU-PF who has no disregard for human rights violations. They do it every time they can.
Chiwenga only does this to show, that he can either make you or break you. Mary Mubaiwa, if she has broken the law, than she should carry for those sins. But if these are pinned on her, because she humiliated and enraged the General, than its all wrong. Chiwenga should also carry himself differently, as he has now lost two woman. While being in power and having the ability to be a good husband. Instead, his greed and his own ego has overpowered him.
The ZANU-PF government is rotten, just like the marriages of Chiwenga. They are just a microscope of what this government represent. If he can arrest his own wife, who he plans to divorce. Than, you know he can go against anyone. Surely, this hurt his pride, but his own conduct in getting to the second one was foul play. He knows this and Jocelyn knows this.
When you have rigged yourself, at one point the house of cards will fall. In this regard, the ex-model and former second lady of the Republic is now detained and behind bars. Mary certainly didn’t think this was her way.
However, she should have looked at everything happening to Grace Mugabe. Than, she would have learned and taken a lesson. Instead, she is now played and losing both the wealth of the General and also the privileges of elite. She’s now more alone and has to hope the appointed government judges doesn’t drop her to rot on the charges. Peace.

Aidah Nantaba MP was sacked as State Minister for ICT on 14th December 2019. She was appointed first on the 6th June 2016. The Kayunga Woman MP, she’s been an MP since 2011 and was involved in bribing and scamming herself into a second term in 2015. Therefore, even with her close association with the State House. She has ruffled some feathers of late and was now dropped by the President.
During 2019 things has started to unravel for her. She’s faked an assassination plot, which the Attorney General and the Director of Public Prosecution have already dropped. Still, the actions made by her and her security guards will be remembered, as the citizen Robert Ssebulime was killed on the streets on Kampala on the 24th March 2019.
That fatal march day has haunted her, even as the Public Prosecution or the Authorities has dropped the case in September 2019. Still, that doesn’t mean the case is solved or the remaining criminal affair is gone away. It is just that for now, the state hasn’t acted upon it or haven’t investigated it, because of her association with the State House.
However, her star is dimming, the MP is still a representative in the 10th Parliament, but she’s not a State Minister. Neither does she has the trust of the President. That’s why she’s dropped, after the crying out against the mafia wanting her dead. While there was only a citizen loosing his life, because he crossed the path of the MP.
That Robert haven’t been answered for, that the MP faked an assassination story and gotten away with it. Is one of the worst stories of 2019. Since, the MP knows this and she has to live with this. Even if she’s never has to answer for the bullets nor the acts made by her guards. Aidah should know that his blood will always stain her.
Not the talk on TV about a deep state Mafia. Not the talk of fear and lack of trust. That will not be remembered in the same regard as the killings of innocent civilian on the 24th March 2019. Yet another fatality of the high ranking officials, that will never get an answer too. There are plenty more Robert’s, but they are not directly connected with Aidah. Still, they shall not be forgotten either. They all deserve justice, no matter what.
That Aidah Nantaba, the MP was axed from Cabinet now is bittersweet, it should have been the moment she lied and faked an assassination plot. The moment she continued the negative spiral and tried to make Robert into a villain, when her guards was the ones firing arms. Still, to this day the reality remain unresolved and no one has answered for his death.
That’s why I don’t feel sorry that she’s dropped and gone. However, with the knowledge that she was shady in 2015 to get through Primaries. Nantaba would do the same in 2020, as she is ready for a third term as an MP. She knows that her crimes isn’t touched, as she’s still apart of government and has machine behind her. Even as has been dropped for now.
Not like that has stopped anyone before, she’s dropped now, but might get an appointment in 2021. Don’t be shocked. This is just a hope that people forget Robert, before hiring this “Young Turk” again. Peace.

If you thought the loyalty to President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni wouldn’t pay-off, you would be naive at this point. Yesterdays reshuffle of the Cabinet is all about loyalty to him and his causes. It isn’t about the betterment of the Republic, neither having people capable of greatness. These ones whose been appointed and whose gotten a new role in the over-bloated cabinet is all there because of their role in the abolishment of the Age Limit in the year of 2017. The ones who fought, put forward and whipped the National Resistance Movement (NRM) behind the banner of the President.
There where all vital for the MPs to vote for the bill on the 20th December 2017 and that shall not forgotten by the President. That is why these are the ones of the Age Limit Cabinet, the ones whose supported and joined the Self-Styled President for Life and it’s paying off. Even if it possibly only for two years as 2021 looms.
Here is the “honourable” list of MPs whose now apart of Cabinet!
Raphael Magyezi, Igara West MP, appointed as the Minister for Local Government. The man who issued the “Private Bill”, the Age Limit in 2017 and has suffered the consequences of doing so. Now, his finally promoted by the President and offered a cabinet role for doing the dirty work of the President.
Jackson Kafuuzi, the MP for Kyaka South in Kyegewa district is appointed the Deputy Attorney General and the minister for water and the environment. At one point in 2017, the MP was called on radio the “wife of Magyezi”, which is an insult and remark made to him, because his support of the abolishment of the age limit. However, the same MP has shown his loyalty with how he disregard everything about Gen. David Sejusa or Tinye aka Tinyefuza. So, today he was awarded for his loyalty.
Judith Nabakooba, the Woman MP for Mityana District. She’s been appointed as the Minister for ICT. The former Police Force spokesperson, who became an MP in 2016 and since then shown loyalty. She voted for the Age Limit.
Denis Obua Hamson, the MP for Ajuri County. appointed the Minister for Sports. Who was a part of the Legal Committe who approved the Age Limit.
Peter Ogwang, Usuk MP appointed as State Minister for ICT, another big supporter for the Age Limit.
Robinah Nabbanja, Kakumiro district Woman MP. She was appointed the State Minister for General Health. She was also very proud of “whipping 291 MPs” for the Age Limit. She has also skipped all the rules committee meetings as an MP.
There where the MPs who was picked. Magyezi MP will be synonymous with the Age Limit bill. It was his private bill and he will forever be the one who put fresh air into a prolonged presidency of Museveni. The other ones has played their parts, both in Committees, in public and stood behind the bill in various of ways. That is why they were hand-picked now and gotten appointed. Since, the President want to show them appreciation and give back for giving him two more terms.
That is the reality of it all. That he will have the ability to rule to 2031. Because, the new clause of two terms. Means, the President can initially reign through the 2021-26 and 2026-2031. That is if they are sincere and using the law. Even if the President has already has had 6 official terms and 8 unofficially already. Therefore, the ones who gave him way for more. Did it only for personal gains and not for the betterment of the Republic.
That’s why the appointments yesterday are pay-offs for standing behind the banner, spreading the word of the President and showing him loyalty. They were all there for the sole-candidate and that’s why they gotten a bigger role in government. Now they have to prove their worth on a grander scale. Peace.

Chief Ndiweni or Felix Nhanhla Ndiweni of Umguza district in Matabeleland North Province has been arrested this year, he has been bullied by the state and now in the final straw. That his been deposed or removed by the Ministry of Local Government and Public Works. That’s all because of his recent actions. The irony is that the state is now doing the same as the ones they was liberated from.
They are already known for the same tactics of oppression, arbitrary arrest, abductions and whatnot of court orders from the Rotten Row. Therefore, the acts of this week to depose Chief Ndiweni is just similar to the acts of Ian Smith, as he deposed the ones who stood against him. Now President Emmerson Mnangagwa and his cronies copies Ian Smith.
As they are initially following the same program as Smith:
“Incidentally, the chiefs and headmen are government employees, paid regular salaries, and therefore, expected to carry out government policy no matter how much they may happen to disagree with it. Not surprisingly, they have found very little to disagree with the government on. Chief Tangwena, who has been feuding with the government recently over tribal land which the government had declared European land,is probably an exception” (Vincent Khapoya – ‘African Political Actors in post-U.D.I. Rhodesia: Resistance or Accomodation’, Ufahamu: A Journal of African Studies, 4(2), 1973).
So, the Zimbabwe African National Union – Patriotic Front (ZANU-PF) has the same expectations as the Rhodesian Front (RF). They are acting alike with the suppression and deposing of chief Ndiweni. They deposed Tangwena in 1969 and now the same happens 40 years later.
This was even said about this back-then by Dr. Elisha Chambadzwa Mutesa, who was on charged by the state for saying this in a speech on the 1st November 1969: “There is in this district (Makoni), a king, that is King Makoni, and I guess, for his own reasons, he has accepted the name, Chief, which is inferior to that of King or Mambo Makoni. It’s not enough –listen to me –it’ s not enough to be called, King, unless you can rule your domain. It’ s not enough to be called King when you have to solicit from an outsider who gives you twenty pieces of silver per month. And then with these twenty pieces of silver you sell your own people. Some time ago, we had Rekayi Tangwena, Mambo Tangwena (a former ruler, deposed by the Smith regime). There is a man who was made ruler by the African themselves. He had no ring around his neck or marriage with Smith. (Applause)” (Washington Notes on Africa – Volume. 11, Number 2 – ‘Cabral in Washington’).
So, now that ZANU-PF have followed the same paradigm. Removing or deposing on Chief because he spoke out against them. Since he defended the rights of citizens and therefore gotten into trouble. Both legal and personal, the state are taking away his salary, his car and regalia. While they are anticipating to put someone else in as a chief. Whoever that might be, will be in the shadow of Felix. Since his the man and the Chief of Ndiweni.
Seemingly, the state are now taking notes from Ian Smith. Who would know that they would repeat the sins of old like this. From the ones they liberate themselves from, they are copying the tactics of them. As they showing the oppressive behaviour, similar impunity and lack of respect for freedom, liberty and free speech.
The Chief is allowed to speak, but supposed to promote government protocol. The Chief isn’t supposed to oppose the President nor his leadership, even if the hospitals are collapsing or possible famine. Still, the Chief is supposed to praise ED and his policies, even when it destroys the state, a little by little.
The acts of deposing Chief Ndiweni is just a brutal and cruel act, to take away someone’s official title and office, because he dares to speak up against you. That is just like the Smith government of the past. Yet another proof, that the liberators becomes just oppressors they overthrew. Congratulations, and kudos. You are copying the ones whose ills shouldn’t be copied. Peace.