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Daily Monitor Sunday January 17 2021 Summary FDC candidate Patrick Amuriat did not wear suits during campaigns but he also did not wear shoes. Barefoot revolution, went the slogan, Jacobs Odongo Seaman writes Elvis Mbonye arrived at the grand stage called the 2021 presidential election with the solemnity of a soul. The invite for the men of God to go and pray for peace, safety and victory for candidate Yoweri Museveni obviously indicated that a mask was a must. Masks are very effective for concealing identity of “suspicious persons,” and the self-appointed prophet could have taken consol...

Daily Monitor Saturday January 16 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 Total number of registered voters 18,103,603. Total number of votes cast 10, 359, 479. Total number of valid votes cast for candidates; 9,978, 093. Total number of invalid votes, 381,386. Advertisement The Uganda Electoral Commission on Saturday declared Yoweri Tibuhaburwa Kaguta Museveni as the new president of the country, for the sixth successive elective term. Mr Museveni, according to ...

Daily Monitor Saturday January 16 2021 National Unity Platform party presidential candidate Robert Kyagulanyi, alias Bobi Wine (left atop car), and wife Barbara wave to the people of Kisoro during campaigns in the district on December 16,2020.Inset is Gen Muhoozi Kainerugaba. PHOTO/DAVID LUBOWA Advertisement After being in power for 35 years, President Museveni – at least officially – doesn’t show any sign that he is about to stop. Mr Museveni, who has tweaked his name to add Tibuhaburwa during campaigns, laid out what he claimed was a vision he has for not only East Africa but Africa a...

Daily Monitor Friday January 15 2021 Journalists flee from teargas as they covered campaigns in Kampala on October 23. On several occasions, journalists were targeted as security clashed with presidential candidates and their supporters. PHOTO / ABUBAKER LUBOWA Summary From being jailed to getting teargassed, Daily Monitor reporters saw it all as they covered presidential candidates who have traversed the country for votes over the last two months. Advertisement My arrest was the turning point“My arrest on December 30 in Kalangala District proved to me the saying that a dead journalist can...

The race remains tight and too early to call with about 34, 354 polling stations left but Bobi Wine Thursday hinted on possibility of rejecting results