Daily Monitor
Tuesday February 23 2021
Former presidential candidate Robert Kyagulanyi addresses a press conference at the NUP party offices in Kamwokya, Kampala, yesterday. Inset is Chief Justice Alphonse Owiny-Dollo. PHOTO/MICHAEL KAKUMIRIZI.
Summary
The unique decision taken by the leader of the National Unity Platform party is the first of its kind in Uganda’s post-independence era.
The petition had lasted 22 days in court of the stipulated 45.
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He announced he was withdrawing his presidential petition challenging the re-election of President Museveni.
He said instead he would seek redress in the “court of public opinion”, claiming Chief Justice Alfonse Owiny-Dollo has since become “chief injustice.”
Perils of being a journalist on violent campaign trail
January 1, 2021 Police officers attempt to arrest Ashraf Kasirye
As campaigning for the forthcoming presidential elections enter a critical phase, several journalists are counting the cost of the campaign trail.
If one has not been intimidated or arrested, they have consumed of teargas while others have endured the wrath brutality from security operative to the point of near death. BAKER BATTE LULE chronicles the stern tests journalists have been through right from nomination of presidential candidates.
Ugandan journalism is undergoing a stern test in this election campaign period. weeks since the nomination of candidates on November 3, the journalism fraternity has been attacked severally, mostly by security agents.