
“Ale leleko” – translated to “We don’t Want Yellow!”.
Kassiano Wadri, the detained politician are now the winner in the Arua By-Election, the one which was campaigning with Gen. Mugisha Muntu and others. His strong team and joint opposition campaign was winning the polls today the 15th August 2018. Just as the authorities are detaining and has harassed, even tortured several of his fellow MPs. This is clearly sending the message. That militarism is still active and if people are not following the program of the President. He will answer with violence and state using force to arrest them.
Wadri clearly been an answer that Arua was tired of the Yellow. They we’re singing this on the 10th June 2018, as they buried their former Member of Parliament Ibrahim Abiriga. Now, that has come with the ballots, as the Electoral Commission has announced the victory to Wadri. This is really damaging the NRM again. As an independent, a former Democratic Party MP for Terego County, has won the Arua Municipality.
So, Wadri has won this one, while being under military detention on an unknown location. This shows the militarism of the NRM. This is not stopping.
While this is looking a lot like the General Election, when Kahinda Otafiire lost to Capt. Mugabe Dononzio Kahonda in the district of Ruhinda Constituency. Who was in jail while the polls was going and again returning for 9 months in 2017. This is clearly, that the authorities and the government are mad that they picked someone else than their preferred person.
Now, Arua has done the same, as we don’t know where the Arua Municipality MP are at. He might be going to the Gulu Military Court together with the other MPs answering similar charges as Bobi Wine. Wadri might continue to be their MP from Prison. There are others who has been like that,
The opposition won this race, another By-Election victory, even when the President put everything into it. Used intimidation, used usual tactics, but they didn’t eat it. They didn’t carry it and accept it.
Wadri has won, he was not my favorite MP, but everything is better than the NRM and the militarism they are promoting.
Now we all can sing ‘Ale Leleko’, Arua didn’t want Yellow.
The proof is there. The NRM need to reconfigure itself, but that is impossible with the militarism and the President ruling with an iron fist and with live-bullets. Killing isn’t making him popular, they are seeing the evil and don’t want to be associated with it. Peace.











