What Marafa Hamidou Yaya has done
in his letters, has shaken the foundations of the Biya regime. According to
intelligence information, having served at the presidency, then as Minister of
State in charge of Territorial Administration and Decentralization and a CPDM
politbureau member, Marafa was very influential. With his letters, Chronicle
gathered that the presidency has been alert to pinpoint all those who rose to
prominence, thanks to Marafa’s influence. After the overhaul of regional
governors the next to be spotted out are Senior Divisional Officers., SDOs. But
before then, Chronicle has been hinted that a cabinet reshuffle is expected
within a fortnight.
Who are those Marafa’s men, whom
President Biya may want to shove aside? This has been the question. Following
Chronicle’s investigations, there are many ministers who rose to grace thanks
to Marafa’s influence. The few names cited include Ama Tutu Muna, Minister of
Culture (daughter of North West); Hamadou Moustapha of the National alliance of
Democratic and Progress, ANDP, Joseph Dion Ngute and even Ngole Philip Ngwese.
Yet, the case of Issa Tchiroma has become a concern (read separate stories
elsewhere)
There has been a present move to
quieten Marafa, following his recent pontifications in his letters. The CPDM
Communication scribe, Prof Jacque Fame Ndongo came out with a riposte; there
was the staging of CPDM seminars nationwide, culminating in last week’s press
conferenceby Issa Tchiroma, Minister of Communication and government spokesman.
Yet, in all these (those abeiting Marafa) have not been brought out.
In the case of Amah Tutu,
Chronicle gathered it was thanks to Marafa that Amah Tutu came into government.
It is even alleged how she boasts how her roots have been planted deep and
would never quit government as her detractors want. According to a source,
Adrien Kouambo, one time North West Governor had to present Amah Muna’s case to
Marafa, who carried it President Biya. Implicitly, Amah had since remained an
apostle to Marafa.
Another member of government whom
Chronicle gathered lents his entry to Marafa is Hamadou Moustapha, chairman of
ANDP. Accordingly, it was thanks to Marafa’s recommendations in 2002 that
Moustapha and IsaTchiroma were brought into government in 1992 against the wish
of the UNDP chairman, Bello Bouba Maigari.
The impending cabinet shake-up,
Chronicle has been told would maintain Philemon Yang as Prime Minister and Head
of Government. But those likely to be flushed out include Amah Muna, Hamadou
Moustapha, Dion Ngute, Ngole Philip Ngwese and a few others.
Our sources averred that though a
minor cabinet shake-up, those to be brought in would be able to thwart the
Marafa steam. It is therefore unpredictably as to those actually to be
streamlined as ‘Marafa’s men’, though several ministers had since fallen pray
to the Epervier net. Even Prof Gervais Mendo Ze, the former CRTV GM, may also
be hooked in the next arrest. (affair a suivre…)
President Biya is the Best President Cameroon has ever had. The problem is there are people that want to betray the trust he has given them and they need to be punished severely.
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