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Widespread Violence, Human Rights Abuses Mar Uganda’s Elections, Group Says Widespread Violence, Human Rights Abuses Mar Uganda’s Elections, Group Says Weeks leading to the recently concluded elections in Uganda were characterised by widespread violence and human rights abuses, a global rights group, Human Rights Watch says. The alleged abuses included killings by security forces, arrests and beatings of opposition supporters and journalists, disruption of opposition rallies, and a shutdown of the internet. ‘’The authorities should ensure thorough investigation and prosecution of t...

Daily Monitor Saturday January 23 2021 Advertisement The recent shutdown of Internet by the government for five days during the presidential and parliament election greatly affected the voter digital campaigns and mobilization, the Citizens Coalition for Electoral Democracy in Uganda (CCEDU) has said. Ms Charity Ahimbisibwe, the executive director of CCEDU, said most youth who are more than 65 per cent of Uganda’s population engage mostly on social media using different social media platforms, including Facebook, WhatsApp, Twitter and Instagram. “It is unfortunate that most youth who main...

Uganda: Elections Marred by Violence Format Investigate Security Force Conduct; End Repression; Ensure Justice (Nairobi) – The weeks leading up to Uganda’s recently concluded elections were characterized by widespread violence and human rights abuses, Human Rights Watch said today. The abuses included killings by security forces, arrests and beatings of opposition supporters and journalists, disruption of opposition rallies, and a shutdown of the internet. The authorities should ensure thorough investigation and prosecution of those responsible for abuses. Since election campaigns began i...

President Museveni and singer-turned-politician Robert Kyagulanyi, aka Bobi Wine are facing off in a tense poll. The East African Community (EAC) will be on alert for the outcome in the Presidential elections in Uganda as the East African country went to polls on Thursday. By press time, voting had closed at 4pm, EST.  The incumbent President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni is facing off with singer-turned-politician Robert Kyagulanyi, also known as Bobi Wine, in a tense election characterised by pre-election violence and crackdown on the opposition.  Museveni cast his vote in his home district of K...

Daily Monitor Tuesday December 15 2020 Water and Environment minister Sam Cheptoris (right) inspects products made by a savings group in Agago District on May 22, 2018. PHOTO/TOBBIAS JOLLY OWINY. Summary In its 2020 Economic Outlook, OECD projected a 6 per cent drop in global GDP, and a 7.6 per cent fall in case of a second pandemic wave by the end 2020. Advertisement The government has embarked on a move to digitise small-and-medium enterprises (SMEs) and village savings and loan associations (VSLAs) across the country to enable them survive the Covid-19 shocks. Through Microfinance Support ...