SV: {UAH} Otunnu Attacked in Office By Akena Supporters /// ~ Ugandans At Heart (UAH)

UAH folks,

Here are the things that took place and being discussed by

members in the UPCnet forum. Assulting OLARA Otunnu had been

the game of Akena OBOTE and cahoots every other times!

I do not know if this is the main VISION of Akena to lead Uganda and,

or the UPC party without Acoli - sub region!

Ocaya pOcure

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[Upcnet] Official Results by district:

Dear Hon Yoga,

Unfortunately the election was a disaster from my own personal observations. One candidate had MASSIVE amount of cash that was splashed around during the elections period and distorted the voting process, the details of what went wrong have been submitted in petitions to the party electoral commission from different parts of the country.

Brother Olal, I participated in the elections and most of the people I have talked across the country do not think that the elections were 'free and fair' and FYI the people you are referring to were led by 3 UPC MPs and it is all over the media; https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gOHbP3K0PoY.

Dear Netters, it is difficult for the future of the party to uphold these results. As a delegate I would like to request the EC to investigate the source of cash that one particular candidate had (and address the issues raised in various petitions) - if the source of the cash is not established, then the results should be cancelled.

I also appeal for the Party Leadership to provide guidance ASAP to the party at this critical time to avoid the members that are poised to break away from the party.

Yours truly,

Fred Jackson Oculi

Delegate, Kapelebyong Constituency

Amuria District, 0773 259 201.

Den fredag, 5 juni 2015 17:08 skrev WB <kyijomanyi@hotmail.com>:

Mr. Nsubuga:

Old habits die hard. Why could not UPC delegates let the electoral process work its way to its logical conclusion> Why force the EC to declare a winner? And why attack Mr. Otunnu? I thought delegates were elected to go to the national delegates conference to pick leaders? Or did UPC make it clear that whoever got the majority of delegates would be declared president immediately?

I have said it over and over that political parties cannot give Uganda democracy if the parties themselves do not practice democracy. I mean if the stakes can be that high over really nothing significant politically, what if the stakes were about something higher for Uganda?

WBK

Date: Fri, 5 Jun 2015 15:01:58 +0000
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Subject: {UAH} Otunnu Attacked in Office By Akena Supporters ///

Otunnu Attacked in Office By Akena Supporters

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Otunnu [in black] tries to hide from angry Akena's supporters at Uganda House [Photo by Nixon Segawa]

By: Nixon Segawa

Jun 5,2015
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Chaos broke out this Friday afternoon at the opposition Uganda People's Congress Headquarters in Kampala, where the outgoing party President Dr Olara Otunnu was accosted by supporters of the in-coming Hon Jimmy Akena.

Akena was last week voted UPC President by party delegates across the country amidst contestation of reported irregularities.

His supporters gathered at the party headquarters on Monday evening and forced the party electoral commission to declare him the winner.

The commissioners' pleas to wait for the full confirmed results from all districts across the country fell on the supporters' deaf ear.

Some UPC members including outgoing president Olara Otunnu were agitated by these irregularities that marred the whole process, and called for action.

Otunnu reportedly called for establishment of a review board to assess and possibly overturn the Monday election results.

This however did not go down well with Mr Akena's supporters and the currently boiling turmoil was born.

Today Friday afternoon, this group mobilized and invaded Uganda House and together with some administrators thereat, tried to assault Dr Otunnu in his office.

Amidst wild chants, they locked him inside his office and dared him to step out. Our reporter tells us, Dr Otunnu was minutes later helped by thy sympathizers to escape though the side of the toilets.

Otunnu declared last month that he did not intend to stand again as UPC president, and that he would serve until the end of his term.

However with the growing tension, some of Mr Akena's supporters want him to resign now and hand over to the new president elect, who is also son to the party's founding father Dr Milton Obote, something that is against the party constitution.

J.N Munyoganda

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