Daily Monitor
Monday February 22 2021
Uganda s President-elect Yoweri Kaguta Museveni. He was declared a winner in the hotly contested 2021 election, extending his rule to 4th decade. Photo | File
Summary
Bobi Wine had in his petition claimed that the general deployment of the army created a general atmosphere of fear and terror.
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Gen David Muhoozi, CDF
The Chief of Defence Forces, Gen David Muhoozi, in his affidavit evidence defended the mass deployment of the army throughout the country on polling day. This, he said, was after the police sought their intervention to secure a peaceful voting environment.
“I know that the general deployment of the Uganda People’s Defence Forces in the towns and villages in the country, was to secure a peaceful environment for the conduct of the presidential and general parliamentary and local government elections,” the CDF said.
Uganda opposition leader Bobi Wine calls on court to nullify election result
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Daily Monitor
Wednesday January 27 2021
President Museveni delivers his speech during the 35th anniversary of the National Resistance Army (NRA) Liberation Day at State House in Entebbe on January 26, 2021. PHOTO/PPU
Summary
Mr Museveni, who has been advocating the East African and African Federation, warned that the current generation of leaders on the continent are likely to lead to the collapse of Pan-Africanism, should they not change their ideology.
The NRM government has consistently organised elections under the 1995 Constitution.
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President Museveni has repeated his earlier call for reconciliation with the Opposition saying the National Resistance Movement (NRM) party has in the past incorporated that kind of arrangement.
Daily Monitor
Monday January 25 2021
Bishops waiting to receive the body of deceased Bishop Emeritus John Baptist Kaggwa in Masaka, January, 23 2021. PHOTO/GERTRUDE MUTYABA.
Summary
Mr Jude Muleke, the Kabaka’s chief in Buddu County (Masaka District) ,said they were stunned by the no-show of government officials at the burial.
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A section of Christians in Masaka Diocese have castigated top government officials for shunning the burial of Bishop Emeritus John Baptist Kaggwa.
Bishop Kaggwa ,78, died on Wednesday at Mulago National referral Hospital where he had been admitted after contracting Covid-19.
The prelate was buried on Saturday inside a chapel at Bukalasa Minor Seminary cemetery. However, there was no official government representative that attended the burial.
Daily Monitor
Sunday January 24 2021
Musician Moses Ssali, aka Bebe Cool (centre), gives out NRM t-shirts in November 2020. The ruling party used celebrities to campaign for candidate Yoweri Museveni. PHOTO | KELVIN ATUHAIRE
Summary
As a communications practitioner, I know the power opinion leaders have in shaping public agenda, I also know how brands benefit from endorsements. However, not everyone is an opinion leader, Abiaz Rwamwiri writes.
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The National Resistance Movement (NRM) party under President Museveni has been given yet another five-year mandate to govern Uganda after winning the presidential elections. I will not get involved in accessing the fairness of the exercise in this article, but I would like to dive into how the elections have drawn a new political map across our traditional voting trends.
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