Hopefully relations and talks with UG can improve with the toxic rhetoric gone. Maybe you can't more bees with honey. Being antagonistic hasn't worked. Any future de facto FM has to know the cultures and language of the region. We left our most important relations to an intern

any minister for regional affairs has to know the region, no time to learn on the job. You must speak Swahili, Luganda, and such local languages, you must know local customs, food, contacts, channels, players and such. You must always calm the situation, use understated tones,,,

one must a a longer term strategy, not just reacting to headlines. One cannot allow themselves to be swayed by militant elements, you must not be trying to prove yourself worthy by taking a hard stance. I really think it was a wrong appointment all along

His appointment was part of the complex calculations it takes to staff a cabinet. PSD needed to be given a big ministry, So FM was chosen with RS leaving a huge vacuum at FM. As no.2 in PSD it had to go VB as figure head, with ON as the "real FM". This was bad for command

Any FM must have authorization to negotiate for their country. When you don't then you are just a messenger boy. People knew FM had no insider knowledge so ignored him. This made crisis worse, lack of clear authority, clear command/Mgt structure. This left troll bots in charge