NASA Position Paper on Irreducible Minimums before the Fresh Elections are held (15.09.2017)

My Letter to Evelyn Anite: If you need the army to amend the constitution, maybe you shouldn’t do it!

Dear Evelyn Anite!

I write to you in haste, seems like you have been forceful and aggressive. You need to calm down and take little soda. Seems like you need to sit under a tree and read a book. Maybe even two, that can open your mind and perspective.

Your the State Minster for Privatisation and Investment, Evelyn Anite, I have to first quote your own words. Since they are so rare and proven your weird solution to get the Constitution amended to fit the life of President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni.

Here is your own statements!

You cannot intimidate a ruling party. For them they are looking for support, but we are not. We are the party in government; we have the support of the magye (military)” (…) “We have 265 members who have supported this bill. We have the numbers; we have the people; this is the battle of the brain” (…) “We heard they are threatening to beat us; we shall not beat them physically but on the floor of the house. But if the worse comes to worst; we are not going to the gym. They should know that we are the ones in charge. If they cannot outsmart us, they should shut up and wait for Ugandans to decide” (…) “You cannot tell me ‘togikwatako,’ when that is my job. So, you are asking me not to do my job? We shall amend that constitution! If we want to do amend it 10 times we shall do it” (Waswa, 2017).

Seems like you Anite wants to misuse the army in favor of a political party and their agenda in Parliament. That you as a State Minister is saying, that the Uganda People’s Defense Force (UPDF) will take brigades and military into parliament. Shut the doors and say, unless you enforce this law, we will keep all of your honorable Members of Parliament (MPs) hostage until the law passes in favor of the President.

It seems like you Anite, who already are an MP, in a republic, which is militarized already. The President wear military fatigue to Parliament when they had the last Budget reading on the 9th June 2017 at the International Conference Centre at Serena Hotel. So, it’s not like NRM are far away from the military. In the middle of the campaigning, President Museveni took a break and went on the shooting field. Showing his force in and power to the public. Clearly, this isn’t enough for you. That the President uses his army as favors for his fellow Commander-In-Chief in the likes of South Sudan and even Equatorial Guinea.

Hon. Anite, I understand that you have no valid reasoning for lifting the Article 102 (b), when you have to use the army to fight your battles in the Parliament. That your struggling with finding proper solutions and also arguments to continue the Presidency. You are doing the President his handy work and trying to show loyalty. With talking like him, that he will kill and get rid of the opposition.

But if you think this is the way of enforcing rule of law and enact amendments, you need some serious counseling. You need some people around Anite, that can guide you and make you understand how a Parliament supposed to work. Unless you want to act like military leader, instead of being a part of the National Assembly, where you make the laws and regulations for all Ugandans.

Seriously, you should ask for a paycheck and envelope from President Museveni. Since, you are doing his work and for his continued Presidency. That you are clearly misguided and misunderstands the role of the army and the Parliament. Clearly, you want a law to be voted through the Parliament, you need something else than the army. Maybe a consensus and public support for the possible bill. Not spread fear of guns and ammunition. Unless, you want a coup d’etat!

Hon. Anite, is that what you wanted, take hostage of the Parliament and enforce the law. Instead of an ordinary vote of the possible motion and amendment. Have possible Parliamentary work, as they have readings of the laws, and the Parliament has to PASS them; so they can enforce the laws all in the republic afterwards. So if the Honorable Anite wants something passed, it should follow protocol and procedure so that the bill could be enacted.

Evenlyn Anite, you should know this and should work so the Amendment could be passed if you believed it. Anite don’t need the army to get a law passed, in Uganda you just need President Museveni’s approval. This law is fitting his paradigm and vision. So, it should be no problem, since the NRM MPs are already trying to find new ways of being loyal to Museveni.

Anite, you should never need the Army to pass a law and if you do, then the MPs and Parliament is front. Is that what you saying? That your ruling party and ruling regime should not need to use the army in this sort of activity. The majority of the parliament should easily get it done, but still you have to spread fear and wishes of misuse of the army. Clearly, that is your way now.

So please Anite, learn your craft. Learn it well, act with sense and duty for your republic. Instead, your misunderstanding your role. That you are saying this is proving a vital point. Anite, that you don’t have good reasons, other than cronyism for wishing this bill to pass. Passing an Amendment that gives life Presidency to Museveni. Seems like that is the outcome by any means.

And your strongly in favor of it Anite. So, it is time for you to stop your betrayal of the National Assembly and the Army. Time to ask yourself why are an MP and what your role in the Parliament. Since you should know better, but apparently you don’t!

Best Regards

Write of Minbane!

Reference:

Waswa, Sam – ‘We Have the Support of the Army – MP Anite Warns Age Limit Bill Opponents’ (14.09.2017) link: https://www.chimpreports.com/we-have-the-support-of-the-army-mp-anite-warns-age-limit-bill-opponents/

Gen. Mugisha Muntu: Official Statement on the Ongoing Attempt to Subvert the Constitution (14.09.2017)

Opinion: The Jubilee Party are hypocrites for their ‘Loose Face Campaign’ against CJ Maraga!

The Jubilee Party are clearing changing their tune from 2016, when they was bravely saying the CORD or now National Super Alliance (NASA) was unlawful with their disregard of the law with their demonstration. So, that the Jubilee are now targeting Court Justice David Maraga, proves the ruling regime is cunning and not caring about their legacy.

Since on the 1st June 2016, the then President Kenyatta said this:

It is particularly saddening that those who were at the front in supporting the enactment of the Constitution are now turning against the same laws” (…) “We must be a nation that respects and follows the rule of law” (Kenyatta – ‘Be wary of selfish leaders, President Kenyatta cautions Kenyans’ 01.06.2016).

So why does the CORD/NASA has to follow the rule of law, but when the laws apply to Jubilee, they have to get rid of the Court Justices? They are now this September having campaigns to make damage of the reputation of Maraga. The man behind the team that nullified the Presidential Election of August 2017. This has clearly hurt the Jubilee Alliance Party, therefore, they are attacking the ones who did it.

Jubilee are hypocrites, who in power tells the opposition to follow the law. But the moment it hit the fan, they are attacking it harder and wider than what the Opposition did. The opposition went to the streets to change the IEBC and the leadership after Chicken Gate. It’s like the corrupt leadership of IEBC wasn’t an issue and is still not an issue. If the Jubilee cared about governance and transparency, they wouldn’t attack the courts and judges who did their job. But they would challenge and reform IEBC, not save it and try to do the same as they did in August.

That is what the Jubilee are doing, they are saving the leadership and trying to spin-it in favor of them. As the days to October get’s closer. Instead of actually making a difference. They are attacking the CJ Maraga, because they don’t know better. They doesn’t care about rule of law, only about their own power and control. The Jubilee Party wants to control it all and take the power by all means. So the Jubilee are not respecting the Courts and their mandate. As they are going to war against Maraga.

It is sad to see the levels of disrespect, the levels of unbound judgment of the judges. They should respect the Courts. But they don’t when they want to Maraga to lose face in their campaign. It is insane and sad. The Madness should stop, the crazy train should leave Mombasa and not come back after a party on the beach. It is time to eat a chapati and chill. This sort of act is not presidential, this is not what to expect of a party of incumbent. The attack on Maraga is childish and not respecting the Courts, the laws or understanding the Constitution. The petition should be dismissed as the nonsense it is. It is a witch-hunt, without a witch! Peace.

NASA Letter to IEBC: “Re: Fresh Presidential Elections” (14.09.2017)

NASA Statement on IEBC Preparedness for Fresh Presidential Election (14.09.2017)

Jubilee letter: “Ref: Chief Justice David Maraga Removal” (14.09.2017)

Robert Kyagulanyi Ssentamu MP: A Very Important Message to Uganda (14.09.2017)

Jubilee Confidential: “Defending IEBC C.E.O Ezra Chiloba & Server” (10.09.2017)

Ezra Chiloba Sidebar interview on 8th August Election: It was just pure ignorance and arrogance from the CEO!

Ezra Chiloba wasn’t professing to knowledge of deep wisdom, there we’re no Socrates or Achilles, there we’re no PLO Lumumba dictionary, it was just a straight forward interview on Sidebar. Today, CEO of the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission Ezra Chiloba had his first interview since the bottled election on the 8th August 2017. That was nullified by Supreme Court on the 1st September 2017, as the next election is happening on the 17th October 2017. Clearly, he want’s to clean his hand, but this interview didn’t help the cause.

Larry: Do you believe the election was free and fair?

Ezra Chiloba: From where we stand yes, the election was free and fair” (NTV Kenya, 13.09.2017).

Larry: Did you conduct the election with the right law and under the constitution?

Ezra Chiloba: Of course” (NTV Kenya, 13.09.2017).

Ezra Chiloba: The minor irregularities were not adequate to invalidate the election, but that is water under the bridge” (NTV Kenya, 13.09.2017).

So these are key quotes that proves the arrogance of the CEO of the IEBC. That he cannot understand how people feel after being tried with a ruse, a trick to usher in Kenyatta for a second term. This without doing the proper job or following the Electoral Codes, the law that the IEBC are supposed to abide to. If they had did it, the SCOK would have had no reason to nullify the election. But it did because of all the breaches.

These elections wasn’t free and fair, they we’re peaceful and was done good. The public could do their civic duty and walk home in peace. But their votes and ballots was not respected or counted properly, neither verified or announced within reason. That is why he should beg for forgiveness, as he has no issues to give Kenyatta a second term. If he has no issues with, doesn’t that prove his partiality and not independence from a party? Since if the elections, as the Election Observers Missions was proclaiming, than the election was righteous. Even if it weeks after was proven otherwise in courts. Now, even the CEO of the operation trying to justify the actions done. It smells like raw-fish laying on the market for days upon end. It smells like crap and bullshit, an it is!

Chiloba is trying to save face, but I have to say is bad at it. He is acting ignorant and arrogant. Like he owns the place, when he doesn’t. He is there to serve the Kenyan population, not serve Jubilee or any other client for that matter. He is supposed to be impartial, but if he believes the previous election was free and fair, he needs to proper schooling and education. Should resign and also get a lesson or two in proper procedure of verifying ballots. Since that is an art-form he cannot manage or have under his wings.

He could have asked forgiveness and said they would make amends and change their acts. Instead he went in with damage control and spin-control. Seriously, underestimating the knowledge of his crowd and the people. As NASA and other unleashed the problems as they could to the public, even if the mainstream media didn’t want to publish or verify it. Peace.