Tag: Museveni
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Museveni then and Now – By Chidi Amuta
Within the diverse pantheon of African rulership, something curious is emerging. In many ways, President Yoweri Museveni of Uganda is fast emerging as a model of the transformation of democracy into authoritarianism in Africa. While Museveni
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Uganda’s Museveni sworn in for sixth term
Uganda’s incumbent President Yoweri Museveni was sworn in on Wednesday to serve for the sixth five-year term in office. Chief Justice, Alfonse Chigamoy Owiny-Dollo swore in Museveni as the president of the East African country at Kololo Independence Grounds in the capital Kampala. “I Yoweri Tibuhaburwa Kaguta Museveni swear in the name of the Almighty…
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Museveni sworn in for sixth term as Ugandan president
Uganda’s Yoweri Museveni was sworn in Wednesday for his sixth term as president, as police surrounded the home of his main opposition rival who decried the inauguration as a “sham”. Museveni, who won re-election in January despite widespread reports of irregularities, took the oath of office at a ceremony in Kampala broadcast on national television…
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Osinbajo arrives Uganda for Museveni’s sixth presidential inauguration
Vice President Yemi Osinbajo has arrived in Kampala, Uganda, to represent Nigeria at the inauguration of re-elected Ugandan President, Yoweri Museveni. The event, which comes up on Wednesday at the Independence Grounds in Kampala, will be Museveni’s sixth inauguration as a democratically-elected leader. Museveni was declared winner of the January 14, 2021, election after defeating…
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Uganda: Bobi Wine withdraws suit challenging Museveni’s sixth term election victory
Ugandan opposition leader Robert Kyagulanyi, better known as Bobi Wine, said on Monday he was withdrawing his case over election fraud from the country’s highest court, media reported. The singer-turned-politician ran as against longtime incumbent President Yoweri Museveni in the January election. The country’s electoral commission declared Museveni won a sixth term with over 58…
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Uganda poll: Falana intervenes, drags Museveni to UN over Bobi Wine’s detention
Popular human rights lawyer, Mr. Femi Falana (SAN), has filed a complaint at the United Nations against Ugandan President, Yoweri Museveni, for illegally detaining his main opponent in the recently concluded Presidential election, Robert Kyagulanyi aka Bobi Wine. Falana said in a statement on Tuesday that Bobi Wine had been denied access to his lawyers…
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UNWatch to Museveni: Congratulations on winning re-election after murdering, silencing opponents, committing widespread voter fraud
The United Nations Watch, a human rights organisation, has accused Uganda President Yoweri Museveni of silencing his opponents to be re-elected in office. The organisation alleged that Museveni committed “widespread voter fraud” to win the just-concluded presidential election. UN Watch is a Geneva-based non-governmental organisation (NGO) “dedicated to holding the United Nations accountable to its…
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Uganda’s president Museveni partially restores internet after winning presidential poll
Authorities in Uganda Monday permitted restoration of internet connection, five days after a total shutdown that blocked communication and digital services amongst over 17.5 million people. “Of course, we were unable to know several events as they unfolded during elections. Our businesses have been hit hard and the country lost trillions of shillings. Citizen journalism…
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Uganda’s electoral body declares President Museveni winner of presidential poll
Uganda’s President Yoweri Museveni has won a sixth term in office, fighting off a challenge by former singer Bobi Wine — who was just a child when Museveni came into power back in 1986. Wine’s run drew many young Ugandans to pay attention to politics. The nation’s electoral commission announced on Saturday that Museveni received…
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Uganda’s Museveni orders internet shutdown nationwide hours before presidential election
The Ugandan government, through its communications agency, on Wednesday ordered service providers to halt internet access just hours before voting was to begin. The move effectively means that Ugandans will cast their ballots on Thursday amidst an internet blackout. On Tuesday evening, President Yoweri Museveni confirmed the shutdown of all social media platforms ahead of…