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Daily Monitor Sunday January 10 2021 Advertisement The week of reckoning is here. In four days, Ugandans go to polls to decide whether they want change or more of the same, as former prime minister Amama Mbabazi would say. For those who need reminders on who the candidates are because they have been dwelling too much on who is flying their family out, we have a cocktail of nine men and one woman trying to remove a seemingly nailed-to-the-seat incumbent Yoweri Museveni. They are Robert Kyagulanyi, aka Bobi Wine, of the National Unity Platform, Patrick Amuriat of the Forum for Democratic Change...

Daily Monitor Saturday January 09 2021 A statement authored and issued by the Uganda Joint Christian Council (UJCC) called on the government to postpone the January 14 elections. They even gave it some detail: Elections should be postponed for a period of three years.  During the three-year interim period, Mr Museveni would remain president. The Constitution should be amended to provide for this. The statement of UJCC has very little to offer and has come very late. The idea of postponing elections less than a month to the polling day is very untenable. I am very confident in my belief that ...

The East African Friday January 08 2021 Summary Bobi Wine's music rival Bebe Cool was one of the first people to share the photos of the children on social media as they travelled out of the country. Advertisement Ugandan Presidential candidate Robert Kyagulanyi, aka Bobi Wine, has defended the decision to ship out his children after his critics questioned the move saying it was a sign of cowardice. Mr Kyagulanyi, who is the National Unity Platform presidential candidate in next week’s presidential election, said he was forced to take his children out of the country after he received credib...

Ahead of Uganda's January 14 election, President Yoweri Museveni's government continues to limit the opposition's voices by blocking campaigning, enabling an environment that cannot facilitate a fair and free vote, according to rights groups. The repression and coronavirus prevention measures have restricted the presidential hopefuls attempts to get their message out with police aiming to physically block them from campaigning. For instance, opposition candidate and popstar-turned-lawmaker Robert Kyagulanyi Ssentamu, who goes by the name Bobi Wine, has been arrested multiple times. “The cam...

Whoever causes trouble will regret why they’re born- IGP Ochola Friday January 08 2021 Summary Candidates have been arrested, rallies banned, and dozens of protesters killed in the chaotic and bloody runup to the January 14 election, which is going ahead despite a surging coronavirus pandemic. Advertisement The Inspector General of Police (IGP) Martin Okoth Ochola Friday warned against electoral violence saying the perpetrators will suffer the consequences, especially during and after the January 14, 2021 polls. "I would like to assure the whole country that whoever causes trouble will regr...