{UAH} THE POPE'S VIST HELPED TO POSTPONE ONLAUGHT ON KAMPALA MAYOR LUKWAGO
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THE POPE'S VIST HELPED TO POSTPONE ONLAUGHT ON KAMPALA MAYOR LUKWAGO
Uganda's military dictator, Museveni has just backed off a move to block the nominatio of Elias Lukwago for the Kampala City mayorship. Let no one be deceived that the move was by the Minister; its Museveni who attempted to block the nomination and its only him who gave orders for the nomination. Its the brutal arrest of Lukwago and the subsequent bloody scuffle between Lukwago's supporters and the regime Police compelled Museveni to make a tactical withdraw by allowing the nomination of Lukwago. He feared that the masses in Kampala could escalate the agitation inSUPPORT
of Lukwago yet the city is poised to host the Pope in two weeks time.
Eriasi Lukwago won the Kampala Mayorship after a repeat of the elections following the daylight rigging by the regime. Museven vowed never to allow Lukwago to access the Mayoral office and indeed security forces mounted a permanent seal off of the Mayor's office. He created and filled the position of Executive Director for Kampala City Authority who assumed the powers of the Lord Mayor. He created a Ministry and appointed a Minister for Kampala City who together with the ED coordinated Museveni's scheme to deny the elected Lord Mayor access to his office.
Now that his term of office is coming to an end without ever accessing his office, Lukwago's popularity has doubled. To avoid another defiant election victory by Lukwago, Museveni had thought to amend the law so that the Mayor of Kampala is not directly elected by residents of Kampala through adult suffrage but by an electoral college of a few City Council Councilors who are easy to manipulate, blackmail, intimidate and bribe. The regime's Electoral Commission issued an unfortunate statement cancelling the nomination of the Kampla City Mayoral positionp pending directives of the Minister In-charge of Kampala. Unfortunately, the scheme had been hastily plotted when aspirant Lukwago had already returned his nomination papers to the Electoral Commission and had been afforded a nomination appointment that was scheduled for 16th Nov, 2015. He vowed to defiantly ignore the irregular cancellation to proceed to the Electoral Commission offices for nomination as earlier scheduled. He went ahead to invite his supporters to turn up in big numbers for the occasion.
Musevrni who considers Erias Lukwago to be the Kampala Zonal Commander of Team Defiance whose overall Commander is the opposition leader Dr. Besigye, as usual issued a hoax terror alert as a smoke screen to for security forces to block him and his supporters from proceeding to the Electoral Commission offices as planned. They feared that such a procession if allowed could escalate and trigger off the much anticipated civil disobedience at a time the city is preparing to host the Pope. Lukwago and his supporters were not deterred by the empty threats thus the brutal arrest and confrontation with the regime Police that left several injured. It is reported that later on the regime rescinded its earlier decision and allowed Eriasi Lukwago to be nominated.
Lukwago's last hour nomination is a loss of a battle and not the war on Museveni's part. It was a mere tactical withdraw and once the Pope's visit is over, Museveni will attack again and deal a decicive blow on Lukwago unless the later remains in the trenches while maintaining a high level of combat readiness (standby class one). The illegalities don't matter because under Museveni, the rule of law is non existent. On the other hand, Lukwago's insistence and the backing down by the regime is a test of the campaign of defiance as advocated for by Dr. Besigye and group.
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of Lukwago yet the city is poised to host the Pope in two weeks time.Eriasi Lukwago won the Kampala Mayorship after a repeat of the elections following the daylight rigging by the regime. Museven vowed never to allow Lukwago to access the Mayoral office and indeed security forces mounted a permanent seal off of the Mayor's office. He created and filled the position of Executive Director for Kampala City Authority who assumed the powers of the Lord Mayor. He created a Ministry and appointed a Minister for Kampala City who together with the ED coordinated Museveni's scheme to deny the elected Lord Mayor access to his office.
Now that his term of office is coming to an end without ever accessing his office, Lukwago's popularity has doubled. To avoid another defiant election victory by Lukwago, Museveni had thought to amend the law so that the Mayor of Kampala is not directly elected by residents of Kampala through adult suffrage but by an electoral college of a few City Council Councilors who are easy to manipulate, blackmail, intimidate and bribe. The regime's Electoral Commission issued an unfortunate statement cancelling the nomination of the Kampla City Mayoral positionp pending directives of the Minister In-charge of Kampala. Unfortunately, the scheme had been hastily plotted when aspirant Lukwago had already returned his nomination papers to the Electoral Commission and had been afforded a nomination appointment that was scheduled for 16th Nov, 2015. He vowed to defiantly ignore the irregular cancellation to proceed to the Electoral Commission offices for nomination as earlier scheduled. He went ahead to invite his supporters to turn up in big numbers for the occasion.
Musevrni who considers Erias Lukwago to be the Kampala Zonal Commander of Team Defiance whose overall Commander is the opposition leader Dr. Besigye, as usual issued a hoax terror alert as a smoke screen to for security forces to block him and his supporters from proceeding to the Electoral Commission offices as planned. They feared that such a procession if allowed could escalate and trigger off the much anticipated civil disobedience at a time the city is preparing to host the Pope. Lukwago and his supporters were not deterred by the empty threats thus the brutal arrest and confrontation with the regime Police that left several injured. It is reported that later on the regime rescinded its earlier decision and allowed Eriasi Lukwago to be nominated.
Lukwago's last hour nomination is a loss of a battle and not the war on Museveni's part. It was a mere tactical withdraw and once the Pope's visit is over, Museveni will attack again and deal a decicive blow on Lukwago unless the later remains in the trenches while maintaining a high level of combat readiness (standby class one). The illegalities don't matter because under Museveni, the rule of law is non existent. On the other hand, Lukwago's insistence and the backing down by the regime is a test of the campaign of defiance as advocated for by Dr. Besigye and group.
INFORMATION IS POWER
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