Kenya: We-The-People Reject Election (31.10.2017)

 

Opinion: [Mission Impossible] Museveni says he needs more time accomplish his mission, what? 31 years is not enough! Part II

I am a freedom fighter who has fought many wars; I cannot leave things like that. I have to plan” (…) “It is not about the age, it is the service you render to people” (…) “I said it was not the right time, but when Magyezi brought it up again, Nankabirwa (chief whip) sold it to the Cabinet and they bought it. That is how I also came to support it” (Kashaka & Sekanjako, 2017).

The President for Life is saying he has a plan, that is why the Constitution has to be altered to his age. It is never the right time or never had enough time, you need another term, you need another election and you need another Parliament to pass your bills. This sort of excuse has lost value. Mr. President you have had three decades to finish your supposed project.

Why I called a supposed project or plans, is that the Republic has dozens of them. They have the Uganda National Development Plan II (UNDP II) and others, while the former 10 Point Program has been stopped being important long time ago. Also, his real relevancy when coming to building institutions and government structures, that because his party and his regime is all about him.

President Museveni wont deliver a legacy of good governance or liberation, but of dictatorship and looting. He became the same as the ones he overthrew and sadly, he knew what they did to the people and he has no issues doing the same. Because he is in power and has no issues pushing similar agenda. He is always blaming others, while he is the one in charge. The opposition or MPs are not doing enough, but they are just following his protocol and his orders. Therefore, it is ironic that after ruling for 31 years.

That the President who has a militarized politics needs more time, three decades and still counting. The guy who took charge and the reign with a gun. Is most likely either leaving when his heart stops to pump or someone assassinated him. Since, he will not leave in peace. He will take it and rig the Parliament in his way. The abolishing of the Age Limit is the next step in his Life Presidency.

Nothing else, nothing else is on the agenda. The plan of Museveni is to rule for life. Museveni has no initial plan to finish, except for new techniques of looting the state reserves and how to misuse donor funds. President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni doesn’t need more time, he has already spent enough time. Museveni has had a lifetime to make a difference. Still, he says he has plan.

A “Plan”… Museveni has a plan. That he hasn’t achieved it already. It is obvious that it wasn’t the right time, it never where. Like it was either Milton Obote, Yusuf Lule, Idi Amin or Ronald Reagan’s fault. It was never you!

That is why you have plan to end it all and end yourself on the throne. To never let anyone else rule and take the reign. That shows the narrow-minded and deluded self-belief you have, but you have just paid cronies around and with time you have though your the biggest genius on planet. While you are not.

You have no more service to deliver, you have to step up your game. Peace.

Reference:

Kashaka, Umaru & Sekanjako, Henry – ‘I need time to plan for my exit – Museveni’ (30.10.2017) link: https://www.newvision.co.ug/new_vision/news/1464695/support-age-limit-museveni

26th October Election: Surprise, Kenyatta was announced winner!

“99 problems, but a bitch ain’t one

If you’re havin’ girl problems, I feel bad for you, son

I got 99 problems, but a bitch ain’t one – hit me!

99 problems, but a bitch ain’t one

If you’re havin’ girl problems, I feel bad for you, son

I got 99 problems, but a bitch ain’t one” (Jay Z – ‘99 Problems’ of the Black Album, 2003).

Well, the day finally came, the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) needed 4 days to count and rig the numbers to give the President some-sort of legitimacy. Even if the whole charade and the whole process is questionable. Nothing that Chairman Wafula Chebukati has done in October has been trustworthy, neither has any of the updates and counting of the votes. As well, as the turnout saga has been insane. There is nothing but 99 problems, but the turnout was one.

Uhuru Kenyatta, if he ordered it this way, he is a special kind of stupid. If he ordered it to be this way and to get this sort of a result. Than he is one of the 99 problems the IEBC had before and after the polls of 26th October. If you believe or as naive as you think this victory is credible. Then you are blind my friend. Just look at all the statements and official tweets inside the IEBC and you see their issues. The 26th October Election, just like the 8th August Election, should be nullified. The numbers are not trustworthy for the simple matter of the excessive boycott from the public. Therefore, the amount of voters of Kenyatta is insane.

So when Kenyatta proclaims this today:

“Fellow Kenyans, Here is the truth as recorded in our books. On August 8th, 15million Kenyans came out to vote. Of these 8.4 million Kenyans voted for me. On October 26th, 90% of the same voters came out to support my Bid. This was a Re-Validation of their General Will. A Statement of their National Intent in support of Jubilee as their government of choice. And all of this was done within the confines of the Rule of Law, and our Constitutional imperatives. For those who voted for Jubilee by way of Re-validating our August 8th victory, I thank you. Now we can begin the process of re-imagining our nationhood. But as we do so I must remind you of my commitment to the constitutional path and the Rule of Law. Put differently, my victory today is likely to be subjected to a constitutional test through the courts. And as I have demonstrated repeatedly, I will submit to this constitutional path no matter its outcomes” (Uhuru Kenyatta at Bomas after the Announcement, 30.10.2017).

You know something is wrong. The 99 problems will come to haunt this administration and continue to pursuit of justice after this abysmal affair. The election was a day for the history books, because the public showed their disregard of the IEBC and of Kenyatta. They showed their courage and will of intent of indifference. To not validate the Jubilee and Kenyatta with this Fresh Presidential Election.

The miracles is the numbers of the IEBC and how they have put them together. As they haven’t been put together in a grand way. That President Kenyatta and the IEBC are deluded is proven. That they are proclaiming that he got 98,26 % and 7,483,895 votes. All of that is a giant basket case to believe, when the KIEMS only registered 3,5 million voters. Therefore, that the President are getting over 7 million votes is like Jesus walking on water. How come a brother get double the total amounts of registered voters in their electronic system?

Let’s be clear, Kenyatta hasn’t won anything other than fictional election. He might be announced by the so-called official electoral body IEBC, but the public didn’t vote him in. The public didn’t offer him credit or give him their vote so he could represent them. The ones that is representing him is fictional numbers and pre-ticket ballot, ghosts and bots who was put on the Declaration Forms. Kenyatta should thread the waters carefully, since he is illegitimate and isn’t leading the republic in a sound way.

Kenyatta should think very well about how he wishes to end. Because this 26th October elections are not over. The aftermath is just beginning. If you thought the days in between the polls and today was hectic. The coming days will be too, as the petitions and the court cases will come in. As well as the Police and Army has to answer for their killings in NASA Strongholds. There aren’t justice to just silence that. The Jubilee Party cannot run away from how they have segregated the republic.

This is not a victory for Kenyatta, but what awaits the President is 99 problems, but let’s hope the bitch ain’t one! Peace.

Kenyatta, Uhuru – ‘ACCEPTANCE SPEECH BY HIS EXCELLENCY HON. UHURU KENYATTA, C.G.H., PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF KENYA AND COMMANDER IN CHIEF OF THE DEFENCE FORCES DURING THE ANNOUNCEMENT OF THE OCTOBER 26 FRESH PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION RESULTS ON 30TH OCTOBER 2017’ link: http://www.president.go.ke/2017/10/30/acceptance-speech-by-his-excellency-hon-uhuru-kenyatta-c-g-h-president-of-the-republic-of-kenya-and-commander-in-chief-of-the-defence-forces-during-the-announcement-of-the-october-26-fresh-preside/

 

Kura Yangu Sauti Yangu (KYSY) Statement Number 4: Turnout in the October 2017 Election (30.10.2017)

26th October Elections: First Election Petition Served in the Supreme Court (30.10.2017)

UPF to Question the Editor of Saturday Vision (New Vision) because of the article “Kayihura Security Beefed up” (30.10.2017)

26th October Elections: IEBC are throwing out Lotto-Numbers with this Voter Turnout Saga!

Well, since Thursday there has been steady work at Bomas and with the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC), Chairman Wafula Chebukati have been out in public coming with all sorts of numbers and verified results.

On the 26th October on Twitter Chebukati claimed: “The 48% was a BEST estimate turnout from the team. Latest actual figures from 267 constituencies show 6,553,858 Kenyans turned out to vote” (Wafula Chebukati, 26.10.2017).

On Friday the estimates was about 48% of the registered voters, but also about 6,5 millions voters. Even if the Benji Ndolo Jubilee Source said it 3,5 million registered in the KIEMS on Friday 27th October..

While the first verified result on Sunday on the 29th October 2017, it were 7,447,014 voters, which they claim are 43,04%. The second verified result on Sunday was 7,573,903 and estimated voter turnout being 42,8 %.

Just by these simple numbers you know the whole process is bogus, most of them is taken directly from their own press statements signed by the Chairman himself. These being thrown out like hot chips and hoping people will dip them in sauce. It is just amazing.

So this weekend have showed the technique of altering results and you should just check all of it all together. Because none of the numbers doesn’t make the sense. There is many constituencies with more voters, than it previously registered.

Kenyans for Peace, Truth and Justice (KPTJ) tweeted that on June 2017, it was registered 19,611,423. While on August 2017 it became 19,637,061 and before October 2017 it was 19,278,124. All of this was without voter registration drive and also any changes since the gazetted Fresh Presidential Election on 1st September 2017.

Therefore, no matter what they do at Bomas, they are throwing out Lottery number, Lotto-Numbers and hoping they get JACKPOT. They are wishing they are in Las Vegas playing at the Crabs-Table and getting the right numbers. So that they get the score and win the huge pot of money from MGM. Because nothing of the IEBC makes sense, all expect the they are doing this to legitimize the President and his second term.

The IEBC are trying to make Kenyatta and Ruto legitimate, but their trying and the boycott is hurting their pride. The egos and the problematic Fresh Presidential Elections are clearly showing the issue of the IEBC. They are clearly trying hard to please Jubilee and while doing so, making themselves fools.

Just this about Voter-Turnout is foolish, but than also with the knowledge of the boycott, the IEBC should know they couldn’t pull this off. When there we’re so low participation in such a vast amount of counties and polling stations. They cannot fool anyone, except their own naive crowd at Bomas. Or the ones peddling the magics counting of IEBC.

We can just wait for the final announcement of Kenyatta, as been anticipated since before the polls. When the journey from 1st September was on and the IEBC was not reformed. This was tailor-made for him and it is obvious. Peace.

IEBC: Update On Results Verification – Breakdown of the Results (29.10.2017)

IEBC: “Update on Verification Process” (29.10.2017)

A look into how the removal of term limits: How it opened the door for Life Presidency for President Museveni!

A frequent claim by African leaders seeking to abolish term limits is that their campaigns reflect popular demand (Baker, 2002). The fact that all incumbents who have removed presidential term limits have gone on to win subsequent elections is presented as post-facto evidence of citizens’ preference for the stability that comes with leadership continuity rather than rotation (Blunt & Jones, 1997). Yet rarely are ordinary African citizens allowed formal space to make their voices heard in these debates. Instead, term-limit advocates fight for space, often in the streets and sometimes at great risk to their lives. Therefore we understand that the majority of cases – 20 of the 36 instances in which presidents faced term limits – are ones in which incumbent presidents simply stepped down in accordance with the constitution” (Eze, 2016).

Today I will look into the deep change of the 1995 Constitution of Uganda. The time before the General Election of 2006, when the Parliament changed the rules for the President. From changing it from having two terms limits for a President and making sure President Museveni could continue to rule the Republic. President Museveni really tried to control the Constitutional Committee who was writing the draft and making the articles for the 1995 Constitution. Clearly, all of the advice he didMovement System n’t follow. Therefore, they even added three pieces of legislation that has affected his presidency. This being Multi-Party Democracy, instead of the Movement System, Two Presidential Terms and 75 years age limit. The latest is the one that is causing havoc and trouble in the Republic.

Back in the day, the Constitution that was started on 4 years into the National Resistance Movement reign, about 1990s and was finished in 1994, before the 7th Parliament voted on it. Since there was no need for a referendum, people had already decided and been apart of process. The referendum that has been was on the Multi-Party Democracy and voted on twice. There was none when they took away the Term Limits in the Parliament in 2005, a year before the General Election in 2006. Therefore, it is important to look at the Constitutional process and arguments for the Presidential Terms, because it shows the hypocrisy of the NRM today and that is not about Museveni. All changes to the Constitution is about Museveni and his cronies. That will be showed with the old and newer articles collected here!

“… the .body to officially debate the draft constitution should be as fully representative of the people as possible . . we recommended . . a new body, the Constituent Assembly, composed mainly of directly elected delegates plus representatives of some interest groups to carry out those roles on behalf of the people.” This recommendation was accepted by government and Legal Notice No 1 of 1986 was accordingly amended to provide for this. A statute providing for the establishment of, and elections to, the Constituent Assembly as well as the powers and functions or that Assembly was also enacted” (Wapakhabulo, 2001).

He you saw how they started the draft Constitution on behalf of the people, where they also closed the doors for Multi-Party Democracy and open the door for Movement System. This was brutal for the parties of Democratic Party, Uganda People’s Congress and the Conservative Party. They we’re all thrown to the dogs, so the voices of the Movement was the key and their needs was important in this Constitution compared to the Obote’s 1966 and Idi Amin’s 1971 Constitution. They we’re with this taken away and the legal framework was made to fit the NRM. As it continues!

The Chairperson of the CBR General Meeting, Dr. Joe Oloka-Onyango, observed that constitutionalism has to be a living, dynamic feature of life. He further argued that because the 1995 Constitution had launched a new phase of constitutionalism in Uganda, this CBR Workshop was about to discuss a relevant contemporary experience. In this regard, he cited the censure motion as it related to the Brigadier Jim Muhweezi case. Here Oloka-Onyango argued, that while this was a good constitutional provision, it had a fundamental weakness of over-empowering the President, who was the one responsible to ensure that the objectives of the provision were successfully realised” (Opolot & Kintu Nyago, P: 2, 1996).

The issues of the executive and the presidency were also subjected to statistical analysis. A large majority of views were in favour of all or some ministers being Members of Parliament. On the issue of whether the President should be elected, the majority preferred direct election. Those who preferred that the President be elected indirectly suggested that Parliament should conduct the election. On what should be the term of office of a President, a large majority favoured five years. As regards the maximum number of terms a President should serve, a large majority preferred two terms” (Odoki, P: 198, 2005).

The Constitutional Committee all preferred a secret ballot and elections every five years, they also was sure about 2 terms president. This would put boundaries to the rule and secure succession, also change of leaders so it could see progress and test of governance with time. Therefore, I will after this show Prof. Kanyeihamba explanation of the value of this article and provision in the Constitution, before the value of removing it from Okuku. Who both has reasonable ways of explaining it!

When the idea of term limits removal was first floated, most Ugandans thought that it was a joke in bad test. The Constituent Assembly delegates recalled that the debate about and subsequent adoption of the term limits provisions were not contentious and their acceptance as part of the permanent features of the supreme law of the country were nationally and universally accepted as absolute and binding. No one reckoned the intentions or methods that were to be employed to ridicule President Museveni’s undertaking. First, Cabinet ministers had to be coerced into supporting the amendment removing term limits. Those who refused or expressed doubt on the measure were booted out of Cabinet. Next, was to persuade Members of Parliament to fall in line. When it was realised that many of them were reluctant to do so, they were each bribed with Shs5 million, at that time a great deal of money” (Kanyeihamba, 2017).

The removal of term limits to allow for indefinite rule by the president implies a rejection of constitutionalism and democratic governance. The nature of proposed amendments relating to the presidency, parliament and the judiciary prove this point. In addition, the Amendment Bill intends to have the legislative and the judicial arms of government subordinated to the presidency. The quest for life presidency has prompted proponents of a third-term to amend the constitution through omnibus legislation combining diverse subjects that are not logically related to each other, making this unconstitutional. These manoeuvres have led various social and political forces to embark on the struggle to stem the imposition of indefinite rule by the NRM and Museveni” (Okuku, 2005).

This is all true, the quest of removing the term limits was to extend not only Museveni to a third term, but opening the gate for life presidency. This is now evident as the Magyezi bill is tabled to the Parliamentary Committee, before the secret ballot and voting over the Constitutional Amendment. That would make it official and only life presidency of Museveni, that is the goal of the Parliament for this term. Nothing else matters, only the personal wealth and lifestyle of Museveni.

The rule for life was started in 2005, it was even starting in 1980s when he fought out the rest with bullets and bush-war. It started in 1986, when he certified his role and his place. Something he don’t want to offer to someone else. That is why the Constitution he was enacting, has to be changed for the third time. So he can become life president. Stay in the State House in Entebbe for life. Because no-one else is capable in his mind. While that is wrong, because he is ignorant and power-hungry. Peace.

Reference:

Eze, Kevin – ‘Discussion Paper – THE EFFICACY OF PRESIDENTIAL TERM LIMITS’ (3-4. August 2016) link: http://minds-africa.org/Downloads/2016%202/2b.%20MINDS%202016%20Youth%20Dialogue%20Discussion%20Paper_Term%20Limits_Kevin%20Eze.pdf

Kanyeihamba, George – ‘1995 Constitution architect Justice Kanyeihamba speaks out on removing age limits’ (04.10.2017) link: http://watchdoguganda.com/1995-constitution-architect-justice-kanyeihamba-speaks-removing-age-limits/

Odoki, Benjamin – ‘The Search for a National Consensus – The Making of the 1995 Uganda Constitution’ (2005)

Okuku, Juma Anthony – ‘BEYOND ‘THIRD-TERM’ POLITICS Constitutional amendments and Museveni’s quest for life presidency in Uganda’ (May 2005) – Institute for Global Dialogue, South Africa

Opolot, Samson & Kintu Nyago, Crispin – ‘Lessons of Constitution-Making in Uganda’ – Workshop Report No.10/1996

J.F. Wapakhabulo – ‘Uganda’s Experience in Constitution Making’ (15.09.2001) link: http://www.commonlii.org/ke/other/KECKRC/2001/33.html