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Inside the scramble for votes in Acholi sub-region
Sunday December 20 2020
Left to right: DP’s Nobert Mao, FDC’s Patrick Oboi Amuriat, NRM’s Yoweri Museveni and NUP’s Robert Kyagulanyi. PHOTOS/FILE
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On November 24, while campaigning in Amuru District, Democratic Party (DP) presidential candidate Nobert Mao told supporters that he was neither pledging nor promising anything for Ugandans once elected because the 2021 general election is purely about change.
“The biggest battle we have to achieve is to get rid of President Museveni and his NRM government who have overstayed in power,” he said.
“The problem in the north here and Uganda generally is not the so-called roads and infrastructure, but the bigger problem of a constitutional crisis. Museveni has outlived his usefulness, he has left Ugandans with thorns in their feet but offered them new shoes, which is meaningless,” he noted.
Daily Monitor
Saturday December 19 2020
Summary
Justice Byabakama’s appointment as Badru Kiggundu replacement , according to sources, affected the power dynamics at the EC since he was feared for being close to Mr Museveni.
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Four years after Justice Simon Byabakama took over the reins of the forever embattled Electoral Commission (EC), he is going to be in charge of his first presidential election in which the jury is already out: Can his Commission deliver a free and faire election?.
All presidential candidates – including President Museveni, who appoints the EC chairperson, his deputy and five other commissioners – aren’t happy with the job Justice Byabakama has been doing.
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Uganda Communications Commission (UCC) has requested the US-based Google to shut down at least 14 channels for allegedly mobilising riots.
In a written letter, the UCC claimed the channels were used to fuel riots in the capial city Kampala that resulted to massive loss of lives and property.
The riots in took place in November after the arrest of the opposition presidential candidate, Robert Kyagulanyi, who goes by the alias Bobi Wine.
The police said 50 people died and several injured during the incident.
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