Daily Monitor
Sunday January 31 2021
President Museveni (with hat) hands over jet washers to Mulago car washers in Kampala after the 2016 general election. PHOTOS | FILE
Summary
Though Section 167 of the Penal Code Act, which criminalises wandering persons, has never been repealed either by a court of law or by Parliament, Mr Museveni thought such decrees of his would please the urban youth and vote for him.
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President Museveni had just secured his victory in 2016, but as usual, he never wasted time as he immediately started strategising on how he woud win the 2021 elections. He visited Kawempe, one of the five divisions that constitute Uganda’s capital Kampala, to launch a scheme aimed at increasing jobs for market vendors, a demographic that he believed was behind his woes in the capital.
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.