RDC: President Kabila – Communique (30.12.2018)

RDC: Communique de la Coalition Lamuka en Cette Soiree de la Journee Electorale (30.12.2018)

RDC: Communique de Presse de la Mission d’Observation Electorale – AETA-RECIC-Collectif24 (30.12.2018)

The Rigged Road of Shadari!

Dictators are not in the business of allowing elections that could remove them from their thrones.”Gene Sharp

Today, is the two years postponed General Election in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Where major provinces are having mocking elections like in Beni, Butembo and Yumbi. In a nation where the Electoral Commission, CENI, isn’t able to bring the Electoral Equipment or the Polling Machines to the 70,000 Polling Stations. Where the machines are malfunctioning, where the Polling Agents haven’t the proper lists of voters for the Stations. This is selective chaos made by the Regime. To ensure that they can rig it in their favour.

We know that this isn’t a free and fair election. This is a farce created to ensure that the puppet, the succession and secure the wealth of Kabila to the next term. So, that his man can rise from his shadow, the man he used as a warlord in Kasai-Orientale. That is the man, who is coming up and becoming President. Emmanuel Shadari is not a loveable character, he is a reckless man and loyal to Kabila. There is no significant change from him. That is why Kabila have been so proud in International Interviews, because his will continues.

This is not a legitimate election, the machines isn’t working, the waiting time at the polling stations in Kinshasa is foolish. Just a few kilo-meters away from the CENI HQ should have all the equipment on time. This isn’t far away from the capital or in the villages of Katanga. No, this is close and clear venue. Still, CENI is showing how little they care of their maladministration and how they have pre-planned the results. Because, why having all these issues?

Why I am questioning all this nonsense. Is because the CENI has had over three years preparing for this election. If it was honest and securing, the election would have happen over the whole Republic. The material would have come to all the provinces and the areas during last week. Securing the ballots and the machines working. Testing and securing. They would have fixed and ensured extra, as the CENI Warehouse was burned down recently. Who knows how much equipment got lost in that fire. We just know, this was supposed to play out this way.

It doesn’t matter, who is the opposition candidates to Kabila’s man, the main ones are Martin Fayulu of Lamuka or Felix Tshisekedi of CACH. These men are running against Shadari, but it is like it doesn’t matter. Because, CENI and FCC have ensured their way.

I have little faith, as people are barred from voting, machines not working, polling stations not opened on time. Ballots not received, machines not registering the voters and claiming that people have already voted. This is what is reported by CENCO and LUCHA. Not two institutions or organizations who has interests of lying about the Elections. Because, they are organizations who works for the betterment of the Republic. So, I trust their reporting from today.

I expect to see that Shadari win with about 50-57% win on the Presidential Election. I would not write it like this, if it wasn’t for certain channels of information. General Election is made to ensure the men and woman, who are the ones that Kabila trust and needs to secure his wealth.

What is really striking is that even major parts of Kinshasa has had no voting or polling stations up. As the polls are going on. Where people are starting to demonstrate in anger, as the machines are not working there. Clearly, a message sent from CENI and FCC, that their ballots doesn’t matter.

Time will tell, but don’t be shocked if Shadari wins. That is scheduled programming. Peace.

RDC: Communique No. 003 de la CENCO sur le Deroulement des Operations de Vote (30.12.2018)

RDC: Communique No. 002 de la CENCO sur l’Ouverture des Bureaux de Vote et de Depouillement (30.12.2018)

RDC: Declaration d’Arrivee de la Mission d’Observation Electorale de l’Union Panaficaine de la Jeunesse (29.12.2018)

UN Experts Report accuse Warlord Kokodikoko M.O of rape against Woman!

There are something sinister going on in South Kivu Province in the Democratic Republic of Congo. This time the UN Experts Report of 31st December 2018. The interviews and the witnesses clearly states what is happening within the Raia Mutomboki of the Kokodikoko faction. These events are really horrific and really showing the tragedies that is happening because of warlords. Warlords who uses child soldiers and who takes woman captive, because they got guns.

That is what is happening. The hurt and damage it does, the cult-like aspiration of Kokodikoko, as he has dances and insults, as they prepare to violate the woman. They are clearly celebrating the crimes together in the militia. That shows the illness of the group and their actions.

Just read the horrific story:

Based on interviews in June, September and October 2018 with 17 victims, 1 witness, civil society members, local authorities, local researchers, 1 ex-Raia Mutomboki element and staff from non-governmental organizations and MONUSCO, the Group found that the Kokodikoko faction of Raia Mutomboki, led by Masudi Alimasi Kokodikoko, committed mass gang rapes, serious sexual crimes amounting to torture and sexual slavery against at least 17 women around Lubila in Shabunda territory in September 2018. The Group also found that Kokodikoko and his group used child soldiers. All of those acts constitute serious violations of human rights and international humanitarian law, and are sanctionable acts under subparagraphs (d) and (e) of paragraph 7 of Security Council resolution 2293 (2016)” (…) “A total of at least 17 women, between the ages of 15 and 70, including 2 women not abducted in Lubila, were held captive in the cave. During four days the Raia Mutomboki elements repeatedly gang-raped the women. They also introduced various tools into the vaginas of several of the women, severely injuring some. Women who resisted being assaulted were additionally mistreated” (…) “Raia Mutomboki elements shouting “Tchai! Tchai!”14 (Tea! Tea!) usually announced the beginning of the rapes. Before the rapes, Raia Mutomboki elements also danced and sang. Some of the songs, described as full of insults, spoke about penises, vaginas and penetration. The songs expressly mentioned the name of “Chief Kokodikoko” and praised him. During this last ritual, Kokodikoko was either in the middle of his elements or on the side watching them” (UNSC, 2018).

This report of the UN Experts are really saying a lot. It is showing the sinister acts of the Raia Mutomboki led by Kokodikoko, who has no trouble doing this to woman. Raping them and making ceremonies of it. Where he takes them, detain them in caves and gang-rape them. This after interviews of people witnesses to this acts.

These acts should not be pushed to the side. They need to be told, as the victims of these crimes deserves justice. They deserves to punished by the law and meet the courts of law. These cases should be put away. That this acts are happening is worrying, that the militia can do this and we can wonder if the FARDC or the MONUSCO can deal with group in South Kivu.

Something should around the way of warlord Kokodikoko, we have wait and see. But this isn’t what we want to hear, but what we need to hear. Because, the realities are bleak, they are dark and not beautiful. We could wish for it to be differnt, but that is not the reality. We still need to challenge men like this, who uses their position and their weapons to this savage way of sinister acts against innocent woman. Peace.

Reference:

United Nations Security Council (UNSC) – ‘Letter dated 18 December 2018 from the Group of Experts on the Democratic Republic of the Congo addressed to the President of the Security Council’ (31.12.2018)

UN Experts Report expose illegal Gold Export to Uganda!

Again and again, the UN Experts are getting validated sources of mineral exports, which are ending up in the hands of the Gold Refinery in Entebbe, Uganda and ending in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. These stories continues, as the National Resistance Movement (NRM) and President Museveni are taking advantage of the lack of authorities and control of the borders. That is why the Ugandan can get the illicit gold and earn fortunes of the trade.

They are forging documents and doing so by tricking customs and ways. To ensure, the gold goes from Bukavu to Entebbe into the hands of the AGR. The company, which happens to run by Gen. Salim Selah, the brother of the President. The State House of Uganda is earning fortunes on the illicit trade of gold and forging the gold sources even.

Take a look:

In addition, the Group found that Ugandan authorities lacked a coherent policy to combat smuggling. The Group also found that Kampala-based gold exporters did not have an efficient system to avoid the contamination of their supply chains with illegally traded gold from the Democratic Republic of the Congo” (…) “In fact, documents concerning a supplier for AGR obtained by the Group show the risk of contamination of the supply chain with gold illegally sourced or traded from the Democratic Republic of the Congo. The supplier, a Congolese national based in Bukavu who provided AGR, in October 2018, with gold worth more than $3 million, travelled with an official document, delivered five months earlier, identifying his occupation as that of an electrician. The supplier declared to AGR that the gold was sourced from the United Republic of Tanzania. Initial investigations conducted by the Group suggested that the individual was used as a broker by many Bukavu-based gold smugglers” (UNSC, 2018).

We have seen these stories before, its still vital and important to show, yet more evidence of the illegal export and illicit trading of the Congolese gold through Ugandan exporters, which happens to be in connection with the President and his brother Gen. Selah. This is common knowledge, but has to be addressed. As the ownership of the AGR is known and also, how that implicates the State House.

This is just a few statements of what they do, but still enough to prove how they do it. As this is very fresh reports and just out from the UNSC and their experts. Peace.

Reference:

United Nations Security Council (UNSC) – ‘Letter dated 18 December 2018 from the Group of Experts on the Democratic Republic of the Congo addressed to the President of the Security Council’ (31.12.2018)

RDC: CENCO – Communique No. 001 de la CENCO sur sa Mission d’Observation Electorale (29.12.2018)