14 Mar 2020 · Now, speaking about Tumukunde’s arrest, the Budadiri West Member of Parliament, Nathan Nandala Mafabi accuses President Museveni of using state machinery to suppress his opponents.
Now, speaking about Tumukunde’s arrest, the Budadiri West Member of Parliament, Nathan Nandala Mafabi accuses President Museveni of using state machinery to suppress his opponents.
He was arrested on Thursday evening from his office on Impala Avenue in Kololo by a combined team of Special Forces Command -SFC soldiers and Counter-Terrorism Unit.
Addressing a press conference on Tuesday, the Electoral Commission Chairperson, Justice Simon Byabakama noted that five other aspirants have written to the commission.
However this morning, the Electoral Commission Chairperson, Justice Simon Byabakama noted that 5 other aspirants have since emerged.
Babalanda says some of the coordinators within in the existing mainstream leadership and mobilization structures betrayed the party in the previous general elections of 2016, thereby preferring to have a semi-independent taskforce that is directly coordinated from the office of the President who is also National Party Chairperson.
In a press briefing today in Arua town, Mao who is visiting Arua and the West Nile region told journalists that since peoples election apathy has gone up over the years, this time round they will use popular uprising to force the government of Yoweri Kaguta Museveni to relinquish power if his party attempts to rig elections for him.
Gulu Resident District Commissioner Maj. Santos Okot Lapolo said the group did not meet the requirements as directed by Inspector-General of Police, under the Public Order Management Act-POMA.
