This is a country where independent activism falls outside of legitimatized spaces of power—which creates the anomalous situation where people completely lacking in political interests or public recognition can sit, for five years, in the supreme branch of government. 
Hii ni nchi ambayo wanaharakati waliopigania uhuru huwekwa pembeni ya nafasi halali serikalini—ambayo hujenga hali ya ajabu kwa watu hukosa kabisa hamu ya kisiasa au uelewa wa umma unaweza kukaa kwa miaka mitano katika mhimili mkuu wa serikali.