Why US declared travel ban on Ugandan officials
Sunday April 18 2021
The affected Ugandan government officials, US says, are those that have records of being pivotal in undermining the democratic processes of landlocked Uganda. PHOTO/FILE/PPU
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Government spokesperson Ofwono Opondo says the world power has resorted to blackmail and sulking because the people they supported in the elections lost.
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The US Department of State on Friday announced a blanket travel ban on Ugandan government officials who they say were involved in gross human rights violations and undermining democracy during and after the January 14 general election.
The US Department of State also said the presidential polls in which incumbent President Museveni was declared winner with 58 per cent while former National Unity Platform (NUP) party flag bearer Robert Kyagulanyi, alias Bobi Wine, polled 35 per cent of the votes, were “neither free nor fair.”
Kampala Metropolitan Police deputy spokesman Luke Owoyesigyire said a special security team was already in the area to track down the thugs who gang-raped a woman and robbed money from others at.
The United States has said it is imposing visa restrictions on “those believed to be responsible for, or complicit in, undermining the democratic process in Uganda”, including during an election in January and the campaign period.
President Yoweri Museveni, in power since 1986, secured a sixth term in the January 14 poll garnering 58.6 percent of the votes. His closest challenger Bobi Wine, who secured 34.8 percent of the votes, disputed the tally and alleged fraud.
“Opposition candidates were routinely harassed, arrested, and held illegally without charge. Ugandan security forces were responsible for the deaths and injuries of dozens of innocent bystanders and opposition supporters,” US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said in a statement on Friday, adding that the election process was “neither free nor fair”.
Daily Monitor
Monday April 12 2021
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The Amnesty International Reports says Opposition politicians, journalists and others were arrested, detained while exercising their various rights.
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The Ugandan authorities have continued to restrict the rights to freedom of expression, peaceful assembly and association, with security forces using excessive and unnecessary lethal force to kill Ugandans, a new report released by the Amnesty International states.
The State of world’s Human Rights 2020/2021 report states that at least 66 people were killed by security forces from March 2020 up to the end of the year.
“Security forces, including police, military and members of the armed civilian defence force – the Local Defence Unit (LDU) – used excessive, unnecessary, and in some cases lethal force while enforcing physical distancing and other measures introduced to contain the spread of Covid-19,” the report says.
Why country is suspicious Archbishop Lwanga “did not simply die”
April 6, 2021 President lays a wreath on Archbishop Lwanga s casket
Yes, death is natural. We don’t question it when it strikes. Indeed, as Muslims, to cite what I know best, Allah tells us, “Every soul will taste death. Then to Us will you be returned.” We believe this to be true and final.
But scripture goes further and tasks the living to take stock and offer accountability over the cause of death of the departed. Lest it happens again and take more lives. Wasn’t this the entire point of the Covid-19 lockdowns and monies: to make sure no life was lost without accountability?