Renowned NRM leaning blogger Olaxess Isma who was recently anointed the ‘president’ of bloggers is in the spotlight after clips of him making reckless statements glorifying the murder of civilians in the deadly November 2020 clashes have emerged on social media. The video resurges at a time when the NRM government claims to be holding opposition blogger Kajjubi Fred Lumbuye who they claim has been using online platforms to attack government officials and members of the first family.
Olaxess a blogger who returned to Uganda from Sweden to settle for a contract with the NRM government is well known for his insensitivity and lack of intellect in his analyses on Facebook and government owned media stations like Urban TV. In the aftermath of last year’s free Bobi protests, Olaxess excitedly commended the soldiers who clamped down on protesters during the November protests triggered by the arrest of then presidential hopeful Kyagulanyi Ssentamu Robert aka Bobi Wine.
The clashes ended with the murder of over 54 people. In Olaxess Isma’s view the number was even less and that more Ugandans had to ‘die’ for the government to remain in power. He spoke with impunity and appreciated the army for meting out terror on citizens he claimed were against the regime.
“We shall spill blood blood. We are going to resist even if it means spilling blood we shall spill it. Bobi Wine can’t scare us. We have the guns we shall kill his supporters till they abandon their plan to topple the government,” Olaxess ranted in the video. “You an agent of imperialism. We are the National Resistance Movement and we shall not be scared of you. We shall thump you Bobi and you return to your home blind,” he warned.
He added that Bobi should be maimed and the NRM sees what the international community shall do. “Let him be taken to Nalufenya and we see what BBC will do. We want you to be released when you are handicapped so that your family can learn some lessons,” he added in the leaked video.
The same blogger is reportedly an agent of Kampala central MP Muhammad Nsereko who deploys him to attack the person of Bobi Wine.
