After yesterdays events, I imagine more repression to come in the following months with the scheduled consultative meetings, campaigns and actual voting still to come.
It is clear that Thursdays police siege in Mbale and the police's unnecessary ill treatment of political opponents, already influenced election day 2016. Ugandans are now INTIMIDATED. 1 - Police Operational procedure: Whatever is for their Sole candidate, can happen. The rest must be quashed. 2 - Police's Strategy: Bend the rules in any way, to support the above. That is called ELECTION RIGGING ALREADY. All citizens (including religious leaders) need to stand up together against this behaviour. It isn't about this candidate or that candidate. It is about PEACE & STABILITY for our country. Aren't electoral processes the measure of political maturity? According to our Constitution, "it shall be the duty of every citizen to promote democracy and the rule of law." Article 1 (3) also says: "All power and authority of government is derived from the constitution which in turn derives its authority from the people." The people as an entity are therefore first in authority, then the Constitution, and lastly Government. If the people decided to trash the constitution, it is their divine and legal right. What the people decide, will be. Start relentlessly promoting democracy and the rule of law to this backward governance, particularly to the Uganda Police Force. Are you now an intimidated people? Hussein J. L. Amin
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