Daily Monitor
Monday January 18 2021
President Museveni (seated) with NRM party leaders while launching his campaigns at Kawumu in Luwero District on November 9, 2020. PHOTO/FILE.
Summary
The Opposition politicians took advantage and promised that since the NRM government had made it a habit to openly promise ‘air’, it was time to taste the ability of a new government.
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While a section of the public including analysts are quick to attribute the poor performance of the ruling National Resistance Movement (NRM) party in Luweero, an area greatly cherished by NRM historical members, to a wave by the youthful population craving for leadership change, the failure by the party leadership to address some concerns partly explains the election result.
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“We have been beating journalists to restrain them from going where there’s danger,” he explained.
“Police beat journalists to help them… for their own safety. When a police officer tells you to stop, you must stop for your own safety. I won’t apologize for police actions.”
Ochola sounded the warning six days before the country heads of the polls to elect its next president
Journalists have been injured, some of them seriously, while others have been hospitalized following recent attacks by police while on the campaign trail.
This led to a move by a section of journalists to walk out of a media briefing by the army last week.
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