Whoever causes trouble will regret why they’re born- IGP Ochola
Friday January 08 2021
Summary
Candidates have been arrested, rallies banned, and dozens of protesters killed in the chaotic and bloody runup to the January 14 election, which is going ahead despite a surging coronavirus pandemic.
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The Inspector General of Police (IGP) Martin Okoth Ochola Friday warned against electoral violence saying the perpetrators will suffer the consequences, especially during and after the January 14, 2021 polls. I would like to assure the whole country that whoever causes trouble will regret why his or her mother gave birth to him or her, Mr Ochola said during a joint security briefing at Naguru police headquarters ahead of the polls.
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Friday January 08 2021
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Opposition parties have protested the new election guidelines issued by the Electoral Commission (EC) ahead of the Thursday poll.
The EC chairperson, Justice Simon Byabakama, on Wednesday communicated new guidelines that would apply to the January 14, General Election.
Contentious among these is the directive that voters will not be allowed to remain at polling stations after voting to witness the vote counting, the ban of cameras and selfies at the polling station and the mandatory Covid-19 testing for all persons accessing the national tally centre at Kyambogo University grounds in Kampala.
Opposition political parties have, however, questioning the legality of the directives which they say may discredit the election.
January 7, 2021 Electoral Commission (EC) dispatching polling materials
After casting their ballots, voters will not be allowed to witness the vote counting at polling stations, the Electoral Commission has announced. Uganda goes to polls next week on January 14 to elect the president (11 candidates) and members of parliament.
According to the Electoral Commission chairperson Simon Byabakama, only a few people like agents of candidates, EC officials and security personnel will be allowed at the polling stations during the vote counting process so as to observe the coronavirus Covid-19 standard operating procedures (SOPs). Byabakama made the remarks at a ceremony to dispatch polling materials.
Why the fear for the unknown is important
December 30, 2020 Written by JACOB K. MWINE-KYARIMPA
Responding to Andrew Mwenda’s provocative defences of the present regime, Marvin Saasi recently wrote a brief reflection on social media.
Saasi argued that Mwenda is a crude moneymaker, ‘scavenging off Museveni’s government’, and who fears for the unknown in case the government changes hands. Saasi put to text what many people think. Yet, Mwenda is not alone. There are others like Duncan Abigaba whose provocations are not an inch as sophisticated as Mwenda’s.
In fact, in his rejoinder to one of Abigaba’s bigoted tweets, the noble presidential candidate Gen Mugisha Muntu has lately had to quote from Fyodo
December 14, 2020 Written by URN Gen Mugisha Muntu said there s no need to invoke Plan B to oust Museveni out of power
There will be no need to invoke former presidential candidate Rtd Col. Kizza Besigye’s Plan B to oust President Yoweri Museveni from power, Gen. Mugisha Muntu, the Alliance for National Transformation (ANT) presidential candidate has said.
This comes a day after the Forum for Democratic Change (FDC) presidential candidate Patrick Oboi Amuriat vowed to invoke Besigye’s Plan B should Museveni temper with the general elections scheduled for January 14, 2020.
Muntu, who is currently campaigning in Bugisu region, says Ugandans don’t need Plan B to oust Museveni from power but leaders need to change the mindset of Uganda