Daily Monitor
Saturday December 19 2020
An old man reacts after tear gas was fired by Police in Jinja city during campaigns of FDC presidential candidate Patrick Amuriat, December 18, 2020. PHOTO/RACHEL MABALA.
Summary
Amuriat’s campaign team will trail through districts of Mukono and Kayunga on Saturday- before heading to Mityana and other districts.
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Jinja city was Friday evening turned white-thick as police battled Forum for Democratic Change party presidential candidate Patrick Amuriat and his supporters during his day two , campaigning in Busoga sub-region.
At Lugazi municipality, police battled Amuriat and his defiant supporters for more than an hour. Several rounds of teargas canisters were unleashed at huge crowds that kept on surging. Police engaged the supporters in running battles for close to an hour until Amuriat exited the area.