Daily Monitor
Friday January 15 2021
Journalists flee from teargas as they covered campaigns in Kampala on October 23. On several occasions, journalists were targeted as security clashed with presidential candidates and their supporters. PHOTO / ABUBAKER LUBOWA
Summary
From being jailed to getting teargassed,
Daily Monitor reporters saw it all as they covered presidential candidates who have traversed the country for votes over the last two months.
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My arrest was the turning point“My arrest on December 30 in Kalangala District proved to me the saying that a dead journalist cannot tell a story. It was sad seeing my story being told by someone else even after I had followed up the details for more than 11 hours. That was my worst experience on the campaign trail with National Unity Platform (NUP) presidential candidate Robert Kyagulanyi, alias Bobi Wine.
Daily Monitor
Friday January 15 2021
Summary
Museveni who has been in power since 1986 pledged to concede defeat if the poll is free and fair.
Mr Robert Kyagulanyi alias Bobi Wine said it was a momentous opportunity to see himself able to cast his vote.
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Police Thursday raided Hotel Africana in Kampala where a group of civil society activists and election observers had gathered to collect data from other election observers at different polling stations across the country.
Police spokesperson, Mr Fred Enanga said they got intelligence that some civil society activists had established a parallel tally centre at the hotel as the east African nation Thursday held presidential and parliamentary elections.
Daily Monitor
Saturday December 12 2020
Summary
Despite the fact that Covid-19 had negative effects on Uganda, women continued to break records in various fields to rise above the ordinary. From presidential candidate, nurse of the year, outstanding sportswoman to activism, some women stood out and stirred dialogue on matters of national importance. Talk of climate change and its impact on life that breathes life in Uganda, women reminded us of their efforts in making this world a better place, writes Eronie Kamukama.
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Nancy Kalembe
On November 3, Kalembe checked all the boxes for the required credentials for the presidency. She was successfully nominated and has since caught the attention of the public as the only woman competing for the country’s biggest office in the 2020/2021 general elections. She may not be the first but that doesn’t make it less remarkable. We had Maureen Kyalya in 2016, Beti Kamya in 2011 and Miria Obote in 2006. Kalembe’s determina