As Kenya's Raila Odinga withdraws from the upcoming Oct 26th election repeat, Kenya is now using the slogan "No reforms, no elections". He is basically saying that no new measures have been taken to guarantee a free and fair election. He sees the same situation conducted by the same people repeating itself. However this "No reforms, No elections" slogan is the same one that Ugandan opposition leaders were proclaiming prior to the 2016 general elections. The difference is that Ugandan opposition leaders and civil society then abandoned this important endeavour in broad daylight. An endeavour which was designed to ensure that the real choice of the people is determined. The opposition leaders and civil​ society instead joined an election that they themselves had said was going to be fraudulent. Kenyans on the other hand are doing the complete opposite. I am one of the very few who have been complaining about what the Ugandan opposition did to the country's democracy when they all abandoned what they claimed to be fighting for and rushed to get nominated at Namboole stadium so as to join the 2016 electoral farce. Kenya is teaching us many things these days. First, the integrity of the Supreme Court justices, and now they are probably teaching our opposition parties to withdraw from any election that they know in advance will be fraudulent. Kenyans have thereby refused to legitimise any questionable exercise by knowingly participating in it. I hope our weak Ugandan opposition politicians/ political parties/civil society are observing the lesson. Lets see how this situation unfolds.
By Hussein Lumumba Amin 10/10/2017 Kampala, Uganda
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