Do you find this information helpful? A small donation would help us keep this accessible to all. Forego a bottle of soda and donate its cost to us for the information you just learned, and feel good about helping to make it available to everyone! Momodu, S. Yoweri Kaguta Museveni Previous Previous post: Calestous Juma Next Next post: Mohamed Siad Barre Voter turnout was at Wine said on Friday he had video proof of voting fraud and would share the videos when internet connections are restored.
Museveni is one of the world's longest-serving leaders and has been in the top job since seizing control in when he helped to end years of tyranny under Idi Amin and Milton Obote. But the former rebel leader has crushed any opposition and tweaked the constitution to allow himself to run again.
The US, EU, UN and global rights and democracy groups have raised concerns about the integrity and transparency of the election. The United States, a major aid donor to Uganda, cancelled a diplomatic observer mission after too many of its staff were denied permission to monitor the election.
Besides an African Union mission and East African Community there was no major international group watching over the vote. But poll monitors have criticised the government closure of internet access and social media and messaging apps. About polling day, the mission is concerned that its electronic means of transmission of election day observation was hampered by the shutdown of the internet on election day.
The poll followed one of the most violent campaigns in years, with harassment and arrests of the opposition, attacks on the media and scores of deaths. The President said that any state interference in Bobi Wine's attempts to campaign was because he has been violating health measures during the pandemic, saying that the virus "has killed very many people in Europe and in the United States.
In an interview with CNN's Christiane Amanpour on Tuesday, he said that Wine ran into "conflicts with the law," because he defied bans on public gatherings. However, Museveni himself has held campaign events and there have been calls from opposition candidates for Uganda's Electoral Commission to sanction all parties who flout Covid campaign guidelines, including the President's. The President added in the interview that he would "accept the results" if he lost.
An iron grip on power. Museveni has maintained an iron grip on power in Uganda for nearly 35 years with help from Western allies and many say that the US is complicit in the anti-democratic tendencies of their staunch military ally. While other countries like Kenya and Nigeria received more in the same time period for various reasons, the aid to Uganda from the US has still offered legitimacy to an undemocratic regime, commentators say.
Bobi Wine addresses the media after his car was shot by police in Jinja during his campaign trail on December 1, It has also received hundreds of millions of dollars worth of hardware from the US, said Opalo. Museveni has proved useful, particularly in the fight against terror, added Opalo. Since he seized power following a guerrilla struggle against the government, Uganda has been a source of regional stability, committing troops and working closely with successive US administrations.
Bobi Wine calls on US to hold Uganda accountable on human rights, says he was nearly killed twice. Human rights groups and opposition candidates often accuse the security forces of abuse and blurring the line between military and police enforcement. Arbitrary arrests, detentions, and beatings are common in Uganda. At least 45 were killed in protests in November sparked by the arrest of Wine and another opposition candidate, Patrick Oboi Amuriat, for breaking coronavirus regulations.
Since then, Wine has said he has been blocked from holding campaign activities several times. He has also accused security forces of shooting at and teargassing him. Human rights lawyer Nicholas Opiyo was arrested on December 22 by a "security and financial intelligence" team for "money laundering and related malicious acts.
The US Senate Foreign Relations Committee criticized Opiyo's arrest and said it reflected "the dangerous environment" created to "marginalize and repress civil society.
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