During the lead-up to the 2023 elections, Nyumalin and the ruling Coalition for Democratic Change exchanged heated rhetoric and threats, including the deployment of party militants. In response, Nyumalin announced the recruitment of 1000 youths, to counter any altercations from the Coalition for Democratic Change. Francis Nyumalin’s nomination as Minister of Internal Affairs was not a good decision,” said Abraham Tarnue, responding to Nyumalin’s nomination on his Facebook page. He is not a reconciler.”“We will be having an Internal Affairs Minister that openly declared and supported to be instigators of violence. Francis Nyumalin) on your appointment as the honorable minister of ministry of Internal affairs by the president.
