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The campaign for this month’s general elections began calmly enough, according to Kristof Titeca, an expert on governance in Uganda at the Institute of Development Policy at the University of Antwerp. “But as soon as Bobi Wine and his political party, the NUP, really started campaigning, the repression escalated,” he told RFI.
Bobi Wine, presidential candidate of Uganda’s National Unity Platform, delivering New Year Address at NUP headquarters in Makerere-Kavule.
Veteran opposition politician Dr. Kizza Besigye and his aide, Obeid Lutale, have been denied bail for the fourth time after the court ruled that criminal proceedings should not be stayed before plea-taking.
Justice Emmanuel Baguma said granting bail at this stage would be improper since the accused have not yet taken a plea, citing repeated delays caused by defence applications since September. The ruling sparked