Daily Monitor
Thursday January 14 2021
Summary
Pop star-turned-politician said he was confident that he had done enough despite a harrowing experience during electoral campaigns.
Opposition candidate also denounced the conduct of the country’s security forces in the run up to election day.
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National Unity Platform (NUP) party presidential candidate Robert Kyagulanyi aka Bobi Wine has said he will reject Thursday s election results should the party deem the poll irregular.
“The party I lead owes respect to the outcome if elections are conducted independently, freely, fairly and tallied with nothing but absolute transparency,” he told NTV Uganda in an exclusive interview on Wednesday.
The East African
Monday January 11 2021
Uganda President Yoweri Museveni deployed the army to oversee security during the elections but the opposition say the military deployments are an attempt to intimidate voters and opposition supporters in order to suppress voter turnout and enable vote-rigging. PHOTO | MORGAN MBABAZI
Summary
The country goes to the polls on Thursday to elect a president and members of parliament following a campaign marred by unprecedented violence.
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Uganda’s security agencies on Friday warned of firm action against any dissent ahead of and during this week’s election after the military took over law enforcement operations.