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The Ugandan authorities must immediately end police and military siege on opposition leader Robert Kyagulanyi’s home and free him and his wife Barbara Itungo Kyagulanyi. This is an arbitrary detention, declared Amnesty International at a time when the siege entered the seventh (7th) day after Gen Museveni controversially declared the winner by his hand-picked Electoral Commission. Robert Kyagulanyi Sentamu and his wife, Barbara Kyagulanyi, are being held under house arrest without being presented before a judge and for a non-cognizable offence, said Deprose Muchena, the Director for East and Southern Africa. In a controversial announcement, without specifying the name of the district where the results come from; Kyagulanyi a. k. a Bobi Wine, was declared runner-up by the Electoral Commission in last week’s presidential election, with 34.8% of the vote, behind President Yoweri Museveni, who it said got 58.6%. Bobi Wine and his National Uni
The Ugandan authorities must immediately lift the police and military siege of opposition leader Robert Kyagulanyi’s home and release him and his wife Barbara Itungo Kyagulanyi. This is an arbitrary detention, said Amnesty International as the post-election blockade entered its 7th day. Robert Kyagulanyi, also known as Bobi Wine, was declared runner-up by the Electoral
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Thursday January 14 2021
Bishop Anthony Zziwa, Uganda Episcopal Conference chairperson, during an event in Kampala in 2017. PHOTO | MICHAEL KAKUMIRIZI
Summary
Since the beginning of the electoral cycle in 2018, there have been some positive and negative events that have characterised the conduct of various stakeholders.
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Political violence, also known as electoral violence, has unfortunately already played and is anticipated to play a major role in determining the feel and outcome of the upcoming 2021 general elections.
Whereas competitive elections are by their very nature conflictual processes intended to mobilise divergent views and stimulate political competition between political actors in any given country, a red flag should be raised if this process stimulates more political violence instead.
It should be very concerning to all Ugandans of good will that our electoral process has raised a red flag already by delivering violence and death which appears to eclipse that of the 2006, 2011 and 2016 general elections combined.