Business came to a standstill in Mbale town as Former Premier John Patrick Amama Mbabazi began his first consultative Meeting in the Elgon Region today. Mbabazi, who arrived in Mbale at about Midday, was welcomed amidst cheers and ululation. There was a brief standoff between Police and crowds before they were allowed access to the Rally grounds The consultive meetings will take Mbabazi to Kapchorwa tomorrow, Soroti on Wednesday and Jinja on Thursday.
Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni has dismissed A-mama Mbabazi’s 2016 Presidential bid. In a recorded video message, President Museveni termed the former Prime Minister’s endeavors a waste of time, just days after Mbabazi launched his presidential campaign. Here’s CCTV’s Isabel Nakirya with more
Uganda’s President Yoweri Museveni will run for the 2016 Presidential elections. Museveni who has started his presidential nomination process seeks to be re-elected for a fifth term. CCTV’S Isabel Nakirya reports.
Former Prime Minister John Patrick Amama Mbabazi has expressed his disappointment at the manner in which he was arrested by the police yesterday morning. Mbabazi who spoke to the press after his release from custody at Kiira Road said the incident indicate how the NRM government has regressed from its earlier ideals. However, police quotes section 24 of the Police Act for arresting Mbabazi.
The Court of Appeal has reduced a 12 billion shillings award given as costs to a private lawyer Severino Twinobusingye to 20 million shilling. Twinobusingye was granted the award in 2013 for defending former cabinet ministers including former Prime Minister Patrick Amama Mbabazi, Foreign Affairs Minister Sam Kuteesa and then internal affairs Minister Hillary Onek from vacating their offices on allegations of bribery.
Police say they have finalized their strategy to bar former premier Amama Mbabazi from accessing Mbale town to hold his first consultation meeting. The commander of operations Andrew Felix Kaweesi who has pitched camp in Mbale has said that they would only allow Mbabazi to enter the town with the right credentials spelt in the Law of Uganda and the NRM Party.
Amama Mbabazi defends his intentions to stand for NRM flag-bearer and, by extension, presidential candidate in the 2016 general elections. The panel puts him to task to explain what he has to offer the country and also ask him to answer some issues pertaining to the many years in which he held ministerial positions, including ~Prime Minister.