After Besigye was released, his supporters and police faced off in Kampala, as supporters waited for him to make an appearance at Makerere University.
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Many were riding motorbikes, waving tree branches and blowing whistles and horns, and wearing shirts with Besigye’s face emblazoned on the front. We will just tow his vehicle and drive him home, ” Enanga said of Besigye. “The following morning, the same Museveni promised Uganda and the world that he would step down if he lost elections” Koigi posted.
Museveni is widely predicted to win a fifth term in power in Thursday’s polls.
The incumbent President Uhuru Kenyatta of the Jubilee coalition, Former Prime Minister and the opposition CORD coalition leader Raila Odinga, and Musalia Mudavadi of the Amani National Congress (ANC) have already declared their interest in the presidential seat in Kenya’s August 2017 general election. We know this is what he wants.
Ugandan presidential contender Kizza Besigye urged the East African country’s election body to allow the opposition to monitor vote-counting for this week’s elections and accused authorities of a crackdown on opposition campaigners. “Even if they do to other person, even if to do to another person, it’s still not good”, he said.
It was the worst violence since the campaign opened three months ago and heightened tensions before the February 18 vote. Some supporters threw stones and police fired tear gas canisters to disperse the crowds.
Police also said that Besigye’s supporters had been on a “rampage”, looting and damaging property.
FDC spokesman Semujju Nganda said “several” supporters were injured during scuffles with police. However, apart from Monday’s violence, campaigning has been relatively peaceful.
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Museveni has been in power since a 1986 coup and won landslide victories in 2006 and 2011 in elections that observers said were marred by irregularities and intimidation of opposition parties.
