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The general secretary of the Democratic Labour Party, Steve Blackett, has been suspended, party officials confirmed late on Thursday. The party’s top brass is to conduct an investigation, Barbados TODAY…
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Critics have called it a stunt to invite sympathy. Yet Amuriat says campaigning without shoes is a protest and that those who do not get its symbolism are missing a point.
Uganda is due to hold a general election on January 14. Amuriat and another opposition candidate, Bobi Wine have had their rallies violently dispersed by security forces or been arrested.
In mid-November, scores of people were killed as security forces attempted to quell protests against the arrest and detention of Bobi Wine.
Police has accused the candidates of addressing huge gatherings in contravention of regulations on COVID-19 prevention.
Swollen feet
In an interview with one of the dailies in Uganda, Amuriat said his feet hurt a lot and has to pour cold water on them in between campaign stops for some relief.
Doctors have cautioned him on the potential danger of contracting tetanus from cuts to his feet.
Yet Amuriat remains adamant. He says by refusing to wear shoes, he’s standing in solidarity with people whose wealth and opportunities have been stolen by the country’s longtime ruler Yoweri Museveni.
JUST IN: FDC presidential candidate Patrick Amuriat has been arrested at the border of Rubirizi and Bushenyi districts. The reason for his arrest is yet to be known📹 @MukhayeD#MonitorUpdates#UGDecides2021 pic.twitter.com/xopK4FMoD0
— Daily Monitor (@DailyMonitor) December 4, 2020
Museveni, in power since 1986 is seeking a new term. In 2017, he changed the constitution to remove age limits that would have stopped him from seeking re-election.
FDC is Uganda’s largest opposition party. In 3 previous elections, the party fronted veteran activist and retired army colonel Kizza Besigye for president.
A 43-year-old man has been remanded to Dodds until next month pending sentencing for wounding his partner.Cedric McCartney Lynch of Passage Garden, Passage Road, St Michael appeared before Acting Magistrate Jared Richards on Monday and admitted to unlawfully and maliciously wounding Jakia Blunt on October 7.“Yes, she get bruises and I plead guilty for that . . . ,” he told the court.Relaying what happened that led to Lynch being charged, prosecuting Sergeant Verdon Forde told the District ‘A’ Magistrates’ Court the two had been in a relationship for the past eight years.On the mentioned day, Lynch came home to their rented room, closed the door and refused to allow the woman to leave.An argument ensued and an angry Lynch hit Blunt in her face and head. She shouted for him to stop but, according to the prosecutor, he continued and then placed his hands around her neck and squeezed before releasing her, pushing her onto the bed.
THOKOZANI Khupe will remain in charge of the MDC-T as acting president until September 5 when the party will hold its extraordinary congress at a yet to be announced venue.
Party deputy spokesperson Khaliphani Phugeni said the extraordinary congress would be held from September 4 to 6 where a substantive president to replace the late leader Morgan Tsvangirai would be elected.
“You will be happy to know that we have come up with a date for our extraordinary congress . . . the date is from the 4th to the 6th of September,” Phugeni said.
“There are a few things I want you to note about this is that, the extraordinary congress is falling within the period given by the Supreme Court.
The judgment issued on March 30, compelled Khupe to call an extraordinary congress within three months, failure for any reason, party interim chairman Morgen Komichi would be required to call the extraordinary congress within four months of the judgment.
MDC Alliance vice presidents Tendai Biti and Lynnette Karenyi-Kore and several other party leaders have been arrested for trying to gain access into the party headquarters.
The arrest came minutes after the party youth had tried to get into Harvest House hours after a midnight “takeover” by the Thokozani Khupe led MDC-T, with the aid of the army and police.
But not before an angry Chinoputsa took time to accuse the police of pursuing President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s agenda of destroying the MDC Alliance by working with Khupe and the MDC-T secretary general Douglas Mwonzora.
In an earlier interview, Biti told journalists that the real fight was between the MDC Alliance and Mnangagwa, describing Mwonzora and Khupe as mere “enablers”.
Armed soldiers and police last night assisted the Thokozani Khupe led MDC-T in taking over the party headquarters, Morgan Tsvangirai house, as the battle for the control of the opposition party rages.
The content originally appeared on: Trinidad and Tobago Newsday News The 118-year-old St Francis RC Church in Belmont - Photo by Sureash Cholai The St Francis of Assisi Building Committee hopes to raise more than $6 million for phase two of its restoration work on the St Francis of Assisi RC Church, Belmont Circular Road. The church is 120 years old. The committee is hoping to raise part of the funds through its Belmont Heritage Art Exhibition and auction from […]
Former President and Leader of the People’s National Congress (PNC) David Granger recently paid a thank-you visit to the Mocha-Arcadia neighbourhood, his first following the declaration of the results of the March 2nd General and Regional Elections, a release from the PNC said yesterday.
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