Uganda: one dead on the sidelines of a Bobi Wine meeting in Massaka, on the sidelines of clashes
Bobi Wine accuses the police of preventing him from campaigning, several clashes having broken out on the sidelines of his meetings.
Here, police disperse a rally welcoming the opponent in Kayunga on December 1, 2020 (illustration).
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New violence took place on the sidelines of the campaign of the opponent Bobi Wine for the presidential election scheduled for January 14 in Uganda, when he will face the outgoing president Yoweri Museveni.
Traveling near Masaka (South), three journalists were injured in clashes with police on Sunday, December 27, and a member of the opponent's security died, according to his campaign team.
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Lucie Mouillaud
Bobi Wine was heading to Lwengo district, near the town of Masaka, when the
clashes with the police
started.
According to law enforcement spokesman Fred Enanga, "
tear gas was used and journalists were unfortunately caught in the process of dispersing the group
."
An investigation into the circumstances of the event has been opened.
In total, three journalists were injured.
One of them, Ashraf Kasirye, cameraman for Ghetto TV, was hit in the face in particular.
According to Mathias Mpuuga, one of the vice-presidents of Bobi Wine's party, a member of the candidate's security died during the journalist's transfer to a hospital in Kampala: according to him he
was
"
hit by a truck. the military police
”.
I regret to announce the murder of my security team member Francis Senteza Kalibala aka Frank.
He was deliberately ran over by military-police truck, No. H4DF 2382 which blocked us in Busega on our way to Rubaga to get Kasirye Ashraf emergency medical attention.
What a day!
pic.twitter.com/SmdTcUjC6g
- BOBI WINE (@HEBobiwine) December 27, 2020
Statement denied by the spokesperson for the Ugandan army, General Flavia Byekwaso: she assures that Francis Senteza Kalibala was not run over, but fell from a car that was moving at high speed, according to her.
After these events,
Bobi Wine's campaign
is for the moment suspended and no resumption date has yet been announced by his party.
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See also: Covid-19: in Uganda, the electoral campaign disrupted by the pandemic
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