The People’s Front for Freedom (PFF) former official contestant for Mwenge Central member of parliament, Doreen Nyanjura, has called on Non-Governmental Organizations (NGO) to formalize inclusive leadership sessions for all participatory politicians after elections.
According to Nyanjura, many election losers suffer from wounds of defeat, including debts, social stigma, and other stress-related conditions, which require close attention for mental well-being.
“NGOs that organize leadership sessions for those who emerge victorious after elections need to start putting more emphasis on training sessions for those who don’t emerge victorious,” Nyanjura said.
In Nyanjura’s social media post that attracted numerous responses from the public, she revealed that people only love walking and moving alongside winners, yet very few people care about losers who are largely nursing wounds of defeat, and whose future seems unwelcoming.
Nyanjura’s concern has come at a time when her party is experiencing a power struggle storm after a sizable number of its leaders failed to secure their political positions in the just concluded national elections, including Erias Lukwago, the party president, and Ibrahim Ssemuju Nganda, the party spokesperson, who lost the Kampala Lord Mayor and Kiira Municipality seats, respectively.
According to Nyanjura, her inbox is nearly empty because of the election loss in Mwenge Central and the Deputy Lord Mayor position from which she is expected to exit in May this year.
“I hardly receive emails these days, even the phone calls have reduced, and the invitations have dimmed. The emails were not being sent to Nyanjura, the phone calls were not being made to Nyanjura, and the invitations were not for Nyanjura. They were emails, phone calls, and invitations to the position that I am exiting in May,” Nyanjura said.
Nyanjura alleged that some defeated members of the opposition are crossing to the ruling National Resistance Movement (NRM) to look for consolation, something that can be addressed in leadership sessions organized by the NGOs.
Meanwhile, the post-election situation in Uganda has left many election losers engaged in a legal process to challenge the victory of those accused of rigging elections during the voting period.
