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Daily Monitor Sunday January 31 2021 President Museveni (with hat) hands over jet washers to Mulago car washers in Kampala after the 2016 general election. PHOTOS | FILE Summary Though Section 167 of the Penal Code Act, which criminalises wandering persons, has never been repealed either by a court of law or by Parliament, Mr Museveni thought such decrees of his would please the urban youth and vote for him.   Advertisement President Museveni had just secured his victory in 2016, but as usual, he never wasted time as he immediately started strategising on how he woud win the 2021 elections. ...

Daily Monitor Tuesday January 26 2021 To the end of the 2021 Presidential Election, we have come and so too, to the beginning of a very contentious issue. A sensation was caused by a first time presidential candidate, who has been in elective politics from only 2017. National Unity Platform (NUP’s) Robert Kyagulanyi, whose entertainment industry name is Bobi Wine, came in second, leading a six -month old political party.  The Electoral Commission said he scored 34 per cent of the vote. Incumbent Yoweri Museveni got 58 per cent, which in numbers is 5.8 million votes, down from the 5.9 milli...

Daily Monitor Monday January 25 2021 Buganda and Catholics have no case to answer, and are not to blame for the recent electoral storm by National Unity Plat form (NUP) in central region, parts of Busoga and other former strongholds of President Museveni and NRM. These include the Jerusalem of Front for National Salivation (Fronasa) Bugisu in the 60s and 70s, which were also causalities. “A lie gets half way round the world before the truth has a chance to get its pants on,”Sir Winston Churchill once  said. I believe that the legion of mistakes, uncoordinated campaign strategy  of “Pr...

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. Advertisement The National Resistance Movement (NRM) party under President Museveni has been given yet another five-year mandate to govern Uganda after...

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