During a six minutes’ address to his supporters at Arua primary school grounds on Saturday evening, Tumukunde said the people of Arua and West Nile have suffered and lagged behind for the last 35 years under the NRM regime and should vote for change.
But in her response to the anomaly, Joyce Amaguru the acting NRM chairperson for Arua district and a member of the NRM Women council said she acted in good faith since the animals needed immediate giveaway yet she hadn't been told of any specific beneficiaries.
Darius Muguma, 24 years, a welder in Arua City says he was injured a by teargas fired by police officers dispersing a procession by Presidential Candidate Patrick Amuriat on Sunday.
Adams Lematia Otelul, the Public Relations Officer Arua Hill Sports Club, says the players inked a two year’s deal. He says the club is looking at bolstering the squad to improve their quality and depth on the pitch.
During his campaign in Arua on Sunday evening, Amuriat said that Arua town has remained struggling and the region deliberately kept poor by the current regime.
Victor Cadribo, the Parliamentary candidate for Terego East, Sadad Salim for Arua Central division, Mohamad Ali, the NUP coordinator for West Nile, Bashir Ssekamate and Rashid Abdul were joined charged for organizing a riot, violating COVID-19 prevention guidelines and holding an illegal assembly.
In Arua and other districts of West Nile, leaders have come up to denounce what they call excessive use of force against innocent civilians who are peacefully demonstrating the arrest of Bobi Wine and demanding for his release.
Geoffrey Feta, the Ayivu East division NRM parliamentary blamed the Arua City NRM office for ‘messing’ up the list of the participants and causing discontent among the youths.
While meeting over 300 NRM youth leaders from West Nile in Muni University campus on Sunday, Museveni said the youth leaders should work with other groups like elders instead of campaigning independently.
The State Minister for Internal Affairs Mario Obiga Kania who presented a memo on behalf of the leaders in the region told Museveni that the roads in the region are in a poor state, which has affected development.
Several NRM supporters who had been planning to join Museveni’s convoy from Arua City to Muni University and back to State Lodge at Anyafio were left angry after they were told they would not be allowed at Muni.
Katumba, who arrived in Arua city at 5:30 pm from Pakwach and Nebbi, drove with his bodyguards to Arua Central Police Station to consult where he could address his supporters.
The crowds kept growing and became uncontrollable at Awindiri, about one kilometer from Arua town as more people joined the procession from Oli in Arua central division. The NUP supporters chanted slogans in support of their candidate.
The victims say that they have resolved to mobilize voters against the ruling NRM candidates in protest if their compensation is not paid before the end of the year.
As campaigns take shape, candidates vying for various political positions in Arua City are struggling for free space on walls, poles, trees and other places to put up their posters.
In a meeting held on Thursday in Arua City with State Minister for Veteran Affairs Christopher Kibazanga and officials from Ministry of Defense, the veterans demanded that the promise be fulfilled before the next general elections are held next year.
Over 200 Yellow Brigade members converged at Arua City Mayor’s gardens as early as 8am and spent the whole day making speeches and dancing as they watched the nominations on TV.
It was decreed that only those with negative COVID-19 test certificates would attend the events, and as such, all political leaders were subjected to COVID-19 tests, as a precondition. But when the results were returned, the DHO announced that up to 65 people from the group had tested positive for coronavirus disease.
