We fight but we make up ❤️ - Guard of Honor. Historical Speeches. Cringy old man jokes. It’s safe to say that all is forgotten (for now anyway) when it comes to any bad blood between neighbors Uganda and Kenya. President Ruto hosted President Museveni at State House Nairobi, talking removal of non-tariff barriers, security, and renewing cross border agreements.

Uganda-Kenya SGR is back on track 🚂- With Rwanda, Burundi, DRC and South Sudan joining Uganda and Kenya for a joint bid, lenders are back at the table to fund the SGR line to extend from Naivasha to Kampala and further into the region. $6 Billion is the number that each partner will be looking for; with China, the Africa Development Bank and Kenya’s Railway Development Fund among the lenders on board. Tanzania already has their Dar es Salaam — Mwanza line under construction, expected to be completed in 2025. Construction on the Malaba — Kampala line is expected to begin this September.

Ugandans could now have free access to Ethiopia, Djibouti, Eritrea 🎫 - Uganda has signed IGAD free movement protocol, that allows for the right of entry and exit, right to reside, right to work, and right to establish business and enterprise in any of the member states of IGAD for any of the 300 million citizens of the IGAD region. IMPLEMENTATION, of course, remains to be seen.

Is Rachel Ruto’s Claim That Ugandans Do Not Use Fertilizer True?🤔- “In Kenya, we have to plant with fertiliser, but in Uganda they don't plant with Fertiliser. The reason why Uganda is very fertile and it’s raining is because of the East Africa revival that swept Uganda and some parts of East Africa” - Rachel Ruto. Africa Uncensored’s Thomas Muhwana explains why this is FALSE.

Uri🕵🏾;

Uri🕵🏾;

This state visit is all people have been talking about here in Nairobi the last couple of weeks, eh! It’s impossible to avoid.

Malcolm👨🏽‍⚖️;

Even here in Kampala it’s been making waves.🙌🏾

Malcolm👨🏽‍⚖️;

You can’t deny it, those images are pretty powerful. Especially when you’ve grown up being breastfed by Hollywood. The white house, the oval office, the press room. You can’t help but admire it.

Uri🕵🏾 

The celebrity factor too! Meeting Steve Harvey, visiting Tyler Perry Studios, being dwarfed by Shaquille O'neal😂

Malcolm👨🏽‍⚖️

Saw that on twitter😂

Uri🕵🏾

It has really got me thinking and researching on what it all means. Like, why go all out like that?

Malcolm👨🏽‍⚖️

To answer that, we’ll have to discuss one of the most contentious issues from the visit; Kenya’s involvement in Haiti.

Malcolm👨🏽‍⚖️

A concise summary would be that the US is sponsoring an armed intervention in Haiti by what the UN has called a Multinational Security Support (MSS). This intervention is supposed to help “stabilize” the country, supposedly dealing with a big gang issue. Kenya has volunteered to be the leader of this intervention, agreeing to send 1000 police officers into Haiti to assist the local police there to restore law and order to these gang controlled areas.

Malcolm👨🏽‍⚖️

Now you might think that this is pretty straight forward stuff. Noble even. Pan African if you are Ruto. But when you peer deep, things are a little more sinister.

Uri🕵🏾

Haha, I was reading somewhere that when leaders talk about Pan Africanism, take it with a grain of salt. It is often used to distract you from a certain alternative agenda. Anyway, continue…

Malcolm👨🏽‍⚖️

Very True.

Malcolm👨🏽‍⚖️

So as I was saying, The same US that is swooping in as Haiti’s savior is the same US that is responsible for its instability in the first place. Haiti has suffered severely from foreign intervention in its affairs. The US has played an extended role in this intervention, first occupying Haiti for 19 years from 1915-1934, and facilitating a Brazil led intervention in the country in 2004. According to Haitans, these “peacekeepers” were responsible for rapes, extrajudicial killings, and bringing Cholera to the island that killed thousands. It also doesn’t help that the bulk of the guns that these armed groups are using are coming from US manufacturers. 

Malcolm👨🏽‍⚖️

As a result, Now more than ever though, people in the US are tired of their country throwing itself into endless wars. Biden is super conscious of that of course, being an election year, so his administration cannot be seen to be involved in yet another war. It would be bad for the polls. So instead, find a willing “partner” to be the front man. The face in the news.

Malcolm👨🏽‍⚖️

But make no mistake, with $300 million already sunk in, and soldiers already in Haiti setting up base, and not to mention the US’s influence at the UN to make this happen, this is very much a US operation.

Uri🕵🏾

And Kenya is being played into being the face of it.🤦

Malcolm👨🏽‍⚖️

No, “played” is not a word I would use to describe Kenya’s moves though. Or more specifically, Ruto for that matter. There is REAL money and power in the bag for Kenya in this. The seal of approval from Biden means that millions of dollars begin to flow from investors in the US and all of the world. There’s more than $250 million that has already been pledged, just coming off of this state visit. That’s COLD HARD CASH. We can have a whole other conversation about WHO that money actually benefits though. Increased influence. More global attention (Google trend of people googling Kenya since Ruto took power).

Malcolm👨🏽‍⚖️

Being designated as a “Non - Nato US Ally” means that Kenya gets to buy all the latest and greatest weapons that the US has to offer. The one with the biggest guns calls the shots, as you know, and that means much greater influence for Kenya in East Africa and beyond.

Uri🕵🏾

Aaah I see. I’m beginning to think that, with Ruto, maybe that’s the point. Playing “all sides” to your advantage. Time will tell.

Malcolm👨🏽‍⚖️

There’s definitely a massive push back from home on this. Members of the opposition legal and civil society are saying that the move is unconstitutional. And also seems like misplaced priorities. The security landscape at home isn’t exactly squeaky clean, and there’s a general fear that police officers are being shipped off to their graves.

Uri🕵🏾

I’ve found, however, that even the use of the “Kenyan police” is meant to be misleading. Like, some of the troops being sent to Haiti from Kenya are literally CIA trained commandos. Like, extraction team, black Ops vibes man.

Uri🕵🏾

What’s going to happen in Haiti is a bloodbath. And the people in Haiti know it. I wonder if anything can stop the drums of war. From Kenya to Haiti with Love, I guess.