Kenya: Katiba Institute – Katiba Institute files a petition over Unlawful Barricading of Nairobi CBD and Violation of Constitutional Rights (25.06.2025)

Ghana: Economic Fighters League (EFL) – Ghana must industrialise, but not through Neo-Colonial Assembly Plants (24.06.2025)

Kenya: Law Society of Kenya (LSK) – Statement of the Law Society of Kenya on an Alleged Politically-Sanctioned Plto to Inistigate Armed Violence against Protestors (24.06.2025)

Kenya: Kongamano La Mapinduzi (KLM) – Statement on The March To Occupy Statehouse Nairobi (24.06.2025)

South Sudan: Sudan People’s Liberation Movement – In Opposition (SPLM-IO) – Suspension Letter of the Following Members for running Anti-Party Activities in Eastern Equatoria State (23.06.2025)

RDC: Minisere de la Defense Nationale et des Ancience Combattants – Reserve Nationale de Defense – (RAD) – Reactions des Wazalendo aux propos attribues au General Ougandais Kainerugaba (23.06.2025)

Opinion: Sodo “Mr. 5 Votes” are now the flagbearer

“I’m going to be MP for Mawogola North, there are no negotiations; if any, they will be in my favour” – Aine Godfrey Kaguta Sodo (04.06.2025).

Aine Godfrey Kaguta Sodo, the President’s brother is now the flagbearer of the National Resistance Movement (NRM) after incumbent MP Musherure Sharts Nayebare Kutesa, daughter of former Foreign Minister Sam Kutesa stepped down to adhere to an agreement from 2021.

The election in Ssembabule district and in the Mawogola North constituency it has now been resolved in the ruling party. As the political families of Kaguta and Kutesa has come to an agreement. Last time they both ran as independents and Musherure Sharts Nayebare Kutesa won. Meanwhile, Sodo only got 5 votes in the previous election. He was the least popular candidate and had such a massive loss. Even Salim Kisekka gotten voters on his side. Therefore, who believes Sodo will bring a landslide now?

That the wheeler-dealer and inside deals within the NRM makes these things happen isn’t shocking. As they are part of the deal and how the NRM operates. As the powerful and the ones with influence can gain control and get political power. That’s why Sodo is getting it now. Even if he isn’t popular or even someone who has a record of voter support.

That’s why it’s a big deal that the Kutesa’s family is stepping down for Sodo. He is getting ahead, because someone who is tested and was able to gain support withdraw. Most likely she will get a plum-job or be appointed somewhere nice after the General Elections in 2026. That’s what is happening after the polls and part of the agreement between the parties. However, this isn’t a winning strategy.

Now Mr. 5 Votes must win over the whole constituency. He has won over the ruling regime because of his family and the influence he sways there. As well as the “gentleman” agreement which was adhered too. That just shows how these things are, and it isn’t a given.

This isn’t a sign of strength or wisdom really. Especially knowing how it all went down in 2021. The district has already said “no” to him and he could be met by other more likeable persons. Even the likes of a Salim Kisekka or someone else who has a little heart and political capital in the constituency. That’s who can beat him and humiliate the brother of the President. It is arrogance to push your candidacy this way…

Sodo isn’t showing character or nobility but instead wants to force himself on the public. That isn’t leadership, but greed and ego. Peace.

Opinion: Wycliff Kasaija Kizza wants to become a punchline

“Wycliff Kasaija Kizza, 23, a final-year Business student at Kampala International University, has announced his bid for the Ugandan presidency in the 2026 General Election, aiming to end President Museveni’s four-decade rule. Kasaija plans to drive economic growth by leveraging Uganda’s petroleum resources, drawing inspiration from the UAE’s development model. He also stresses the importance of youth-led efforts in promoting sustainable development” (David Walugembe – NTV Uganda, 20.06.2025).

On Friday 20th June of 2025, Wycliff Kasaija Kizza launched his Presidential bid for the General Elections of 2026. We have seen this game before and this will fall flat. A young gun without a political platform or nationwide support.

This sort of game has been played out before and done without any sort of flair. That has been done in 2016 and 2021 elections. Where young wild cards are independently running for the Presidency. Meanwhile, they lack the acumen, articulation or even a plan or a manifesto to prove sincere political gameplan. They are just doing this to create clout and become a well-known name.

These sorts of candidates won’t win hearts or make themselves electable. No, they will become jokes and the person itself becomes a punchline. They are just mere puns and nothing more. That’s why he will end up in the lines of Joseph Mabarizi or John Katumba. These were just young guns who didn’t have a shot or even a destination with their causes.

Nothing wrong with ambition, but it’s wise to prove your worth first. Secondly, when you’re running for the highest office of the land. It would be smart to be a known character and someone we know anything about. Not like a personality or have even a public profile. That’s why it’s futile. Even others with bigger name and been in the political sphere for years has failed as Presidential Candidates.

That’s why these youthful candidates are only filling in the forms and giving the electorate choices. Even if the choice is a waste and he would be better to run as a Local Councillor or LCV and start from the ground up. That way he would go through the ranks and become a local phenomenon, instead he becomes the butt of a joke.

Wycliff Kasaija Kizza needs guidance… but I doubt he will get any or listen. Not like he created headlines or even made any fuzz surrounding the launch. No, it went away like hot air. Because there is nothing and it’s pointless. Peace.

South Sudan: Sudan People’s Liberation Movement – In Opposition (SPLM-IO) – Executive Order No. (02/2025) – For the Establishment of Civil Administration in the SPLM/SPLA-IO controlled areas in South Sudan (23.06.2025)

RDC: Alliance Fleuve Congo (AFC ) – Communique Officiel (22.06.2025)