Daily Monitor
Monday February 15 2021
Mr Kyagulanyi in a police mobile jail after he was arrested in Luuka District during campaigns last year. PHOTO / FILE.
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When the Supreme Court reconvened on Thursday morning for a pre-trial session of a petition in which former presidential candidate Robert Kyagulanyi, alias Bobi Wine, is challenging President Museveni’s recent electoral victory, Mr Kyagulanyi’s lawyers had a quick, honest confession: They weren’t ready.
“Some of our witnesses who would have sworn in affidavits have been arrested,” Mr Medard Lubega Sseggona, Mr Kyagulanyi’s lead lawyer of the day, explained to the penal of nine Justices led by Chief Justice Alfonse Owiny-Dollo.
Mr Kyagulanyi’s legal team is seen as generally lightweight, the petitioner appears short on resources and the effort to assemble a formidable petition seems to have been significantly hampered.
Daily Monitor
Thursday February 04 2021
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Uncertainty yesterday loomed large over the future of civil society organisations in the country after President Museveni ordered that operations of Democratic Governance Facility (DGF), their principal funder, be “immediately suspended”.
President Museveni ordered the Inspector General of Government (IGG), police and State House Anti-Corruption Unit to investigate how the Ministry of Finance authorised the DGF to operate in Uganda and allegedly bankroll NGOs and government agencies to undermine him.
The DGF is financed by governments of Denmark, Ireland, Austria, UK, Sweden, Norway and the European Union, with an aim of ensuring equitable growth, poverty eradication, rule of law and long term stability in Uganda.
Daily Monitor
Wednesday February 03 2021
MPs in race: From left to right- Jacob Oboth-Oboth, Robinah Rwakoojo, David Bahati and Muhammad Nsereko are all vying for the Deputy speaker s slot. PHOTO/MONTAGE/DAVID VOSH AJUNA.
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All the six MPs are incumbents and have started courting members through text messages and phone calls.
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At least six legislators, including a minister, are quietly pushing to replace Mr Jacob Oulanyah as the Deputy Speaker in 11th Parliament.
Mr Oulanyah has publicly stated that he will contest for the Speaker position. His boss Rebecca Kadaga, who was expected to give way for Mr Oulanyah, has also expressed interest in retaining the job.
Dennis Kabatto: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 24 January 2021:
Eron Kiiza, Ugandan human rights attorney and lead counsel of Uganda’s media association, has referred to recent presidential election which took place on Thursday, January 14, 2021 as invalid.
He made this statement last Wednesday from his home in Kampala, during a phone interview for Afrobeatradio show, which airs over Pacifica Network Station, WBAI 99.5 FM in New York, www.wbai.org
Attorney Kiiza joins a growing number of election observers, including top United States diplomat to Africa, Tibor Nagy who described Uganda’s 2021 electoral process as “fundamentally flawed.”
(Photo: Eron Kiiza).
The United States State Department also in a statement describes the election as “marred by the harassment of opposition leaders, supporters, suppression of the media and civil society activities, nationwide internet shutdown and the house arrest of National Unity Party opposition leader Bobi Wine as unlawful actions an