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Bobi Wine amends election petition
February 8, 2021 Robert Kyagulanyi
National Unity Platform (NUP) presidential candidate Robert Kyagulanyi Ssentamu aka Bobi Wine has amended the election petition challenging the outcome of the just-concluded presidential race.
According to results released by the Electoral Commission, Yoweri Kaguta Tibuhaburwa Museveni, the incumbent and candidate of the National Resistance Movement (NRM) party, a 58 per cent majority, against Kyagulanyi s score of 35 per cent in a race that attracted 11 candidates. But in the amended petition filed in the Supreme court, Kyagulanyi contends that as an incumbent, Museveni was ineligible to take part in the January 14, presidential election. Kyagulanyi states Museveni was not qualified for election as president while in the office of the Head of State, Head of Government, Commander in Chief and chairperson of the National Security Council.
Daily Monitor
Monday December 28 2020
Hundreds of people cheer NUP presidential candidate Robert Kyaglanyi, aka Bobi Wine, after prayers at Our Lady of Sorrows Cathedral, Kitovu in Masaka City yesterday. PHOTO | DAVID LUBOWA
Summary
Mr Paul Bukenya, the EC spokesperson, said campaign meetings in the said districts, which are considered to be registering high spread of the virus, had been suspended indefinitely starting December 26.
National campaigns end on January 12. Polling day is January 14.
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The Electoral Commission’s cancellation of campaigns in Kampala and Eleven other districts and cities at the weekend has provoked rage among voters and candidates in the respective areas.