{UAH} LET'S LOOK AT THE 2001 AND 2006 ELECTION PETITIONS BY PRESIDENT KIZZA BESIGYE.

By Nasasira Barnabas Kifefe

LET'S LOOK AT THE 2001 AND 2006 ELECTION  PETITIONS  BY PRESIDENT KIZZA BESIGYE.

Uganda  has had  Eight  Elections  in our 59 years of scripted  independence,  save for the  1962 independence  Election  that was organised by the  departing colonial Government , the rest have been of the  same story full  of malpractice.

On 12th  March, uganda held it's second  sham Election  under  the  1995 constitution , with avoterturn out of 70.3%, all the candidates  were independents since political parties were banned at a time.

The sham  Election had  ,presidential candidates   president kizza Besigye of Reform Agenda, Gen. Museveni, Indomitable and consistent  chaapa karuhanga, Mr. Kibiringe  mayanja, Mr. Aggery  Awori.

The most ever violent  Election  was cheated  by Gen. Museveni  , and this  didn't go  well with president kizza Besigye  the first runner up per the Ec  publications.

On  23rd.  March.  2001, president kizza Besigye  the petitioner  filed the petition that commenced  on 27th March 2001 and ended on 13th. April . 2001,  At the supreme court  at kampala  which  ended  in athree to two decision  as it  swung in to Gen. Museveni,s  favour .

By chief justice  Benjamin odoki, Joseph  Mulenga and justice  Alfred  karokore  who ruled  to uphold the Election.

while justice  Arthur oder and justice  Wilson  TSekooko  ruled to annual the Election.  The petition was dismissed with an order for  each  party  to bear it's costs.

Among the irregularities tabled by president kizza Besigye,included.

Numbers of polling stations  increased  on the eve  without  sufficient  notice to candidates, Ec failed to  prevent  ballot stuffing.

Agents arrested, Gen. Museveni  was personally  accused of  statements that  president kizza Besigye  was suffering from AIDS, offered  Gifts  etc.

Gen. Museveni  was accused  of Organising  Groups  under  the presidential protection  unit  and kakoza  mutale  with his notorious  kalagala Action  plan. That was accused of  using violence against our supporters and  our president.

 More than twenty  irregularities were submitted by president kizza Besigye.

On 23rd Feb. 2006  uganda held  its first Election  under  multiparty politics, presidentkizza Besigye  who had come back from exile, accused of  rape and treason  participated  in the sham Election  under the  Forum for Democratic Change

  party.

Our victory was overturned  in a broad day light , forcing  us to   enroute to the courts .

In 2006 it was different, president kizza Besigye  hired statistician  Dr. Jonathan .O.  who was to deduce  from the  widence  available  and the votes  president kizza Besigye  could have  lost  to Gen. Museveni  as result of the irregularities.

In 2006 majority  of the Fdc  leaders  had advised  president kizza Besigye  from going to the kangaroo courts,  depending on the 2001 judgement , were the  ruling wasn't in their favour  amidst  tabling  affidavits .

President kizza Besigye  says, they  decided to  lodge  the petition  to expose and  resolve  the  inconsistencies in the judiciary and  constitution.

 President kizza Besigye  led  to court  to provide  supreme court judges with  the opportunity  to show that they had  reflected  in 2001 Elections  and should be  annulled.

In the 2006 petition  the three  judges  were joined by  Bart  katureebe  to uphold the Election, professor  George  kanyehamba, Mr.  Sekooko and the late Order  ruled  to cancel the Election.

In 2010 , professor George kanyehamba  said the two judges  that were against the  petition  have so far changed their minds, and agree that the Election was cheated,  thou they  will never say it in public for the  fear of their lives.

It's on record , Gen. David  sejusa  has continuously said, president kizza Besigye  won  the  2006 Election  with 70%  but it was the military that  changed  the results  to award Gen.  Museveni  with  58% and president kizza Besigye  37 %. As it was published by the kigundu Ec.

The  rulings in  both  cases  were virtualy  carbon  copies of each other,  all the supreme court justices  after agreeing  that the Election  was riddled with various  irregularities  but which  weren't  sufficient to cancel the victory.

In 2006 after the  ruling  , president kizza Besigye  complained about the  law Governing  presidential petitions which he said were the great burden .

In the 2006 petition  some districts like kiruhura, pallisa  manafwa  exceeded the  number of  voters. 

The polling  Agent at pallisa  school confessed about the irregularities  that were practised  when it rained and people were told to take shelter  in the classrooms, the military  appeared  and practised  all the dirty work to favour Gen.m7.  Alot  that was submitted in the petition.

After the 2006  petition ruling, president kizza Besigye  vowed  never to  petition to the kangaroo courts ordained by Gen Museveni.

In 2011 after the sham Election , the president came up with  walk to work which  almost toppled the regime, it's  alleged that  Gen. Museveni was on the run with  his personal jet.

some of his family members had left the country.  Walk to work was put on halt on 28th.  April. 2011 when the notorious Gilbert Bwana broke the windscreens of the president and sprayed him with dangerous chemical substances.( I had to shed tears  on that bad  day as I watched the scenes  on Ntv)

The president was airlifted to Kenya for treatment. On his return on 22nd  May  he found when most of the Fdc youth were compromised by the regime with scholarships, Goats and  millions  from kale kayihura.

In 2016, the president  had to swear an oath of allegiance  thus  forming  the peoples Government.

Just like his successor  in the  2021 sham elections  , Eng.  Patrick Amuriat oboi  didn't go to the kangaroo courts ordained by Gen Museveni. 

Thou as the fdc institution, we  helped  the sister party  Nup with Declaration forms in their petition,   since they never had  agents in some areas.

PoA  says ,  we  are going to the  public courts  as we champion  plan B, were we are fighting to subdue the Gun rule to people rule.

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"When a man is stung by a bee, he doesn't set off to destroy all beehives"

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