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.”
The East African
Monday March 08 2021
Uganda Military Police caught on camera assaulting journalists and supporters of opposition presidential candidate Robert Kyagulanyi. PHOTO | FILE | NMG
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But State Minister for International Relations Okello Oryem says the government ‘will respond to the senators appropriately once the letter is addressed to us officially.’
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US Senators on the Committee on Foreign Relations have given the Secretary of State, Anthony Blinken, up to March 31 to present a detailed analysis of the US-Uganda relationship “informed by an inter-agency review of whether continued partnership” with the regime in Kampala poses risks to Washington’s interests in the region.
Daily Monitor
Wednesday December 23 2020
United States senator Bob Menendez at a Senate hearing on December 16.He has tabled a resolution aimed at compelling the Ugandan government to improve the election environment. PHOTO/ AFP
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A United States Democratic Party senator Bob Menendez has tabled a resolution to compel the Ugandan government “to improve the election environment and create conditions for credible elections” in the run-up to the 2021 General Election.
The resolution introduced to Senate last week details that national elections in Uganda since 1996 “have not met internationally accepted standards for free and fair polls, as the ruling party has leveraged access to, and influence over state resources and institutions to tilt the electoral balance in its favour.”
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Daily Monitor
Thursday December 17 2020
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As the Commander-in-Chief, the President has the power, sometimes with the advice of the army leadership, to appoint or designate any military officer.
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President Museveni yesterday re-appointed his son Muhoozi Kainerugaba, a Lieutenant General, to command the Special Forces and tapped Maj Gen Paul Lokech as the new deputy Inspector General of Police.
Maj Gen Lokech, a battle-hardened Uganda People’s Defence Forces (UPDF) commander, replaces Maj Gen Muzeyi Sabiiti, who until his deployment as deputy IGP 33 months ago, deputised Lt Gen Muhoozi as the commander of the Special Forces Command (SFC).
Maj Gen Sabiiti was recalled to the army general headquarters, pending deployment, in the mini-reshuffle that the Defence and Military spokesperson, Brig Flavia Byekwaso, last evening referred to as “normal changes”.