FOR GOD AND MY COUNTRY
This weekend Ugandans go to the polls again, for a country
were poverty /disease and unemployment are on a rampage, the exercise is worth
it, compared to the 2006 elections there has been a lot of growth and now
people have started looking at issues instead of sentiments.
Meet the Candidates
Robert Mao DP
Representing
the Democratic party DP , He is considered the Obama of Uganda by Ugandans
Under 40
Kizza Besigye (FDC)
Founder of the Forum for Democratic change (FDC)
Main Challenger, former ally and personal
Doctor of Incumbent Yoweri Museveni ,
Besigye is giving his third shot at the
presidency
Yoweri Kaguta Museveni (NRM)
National Resistance Movement (NRM)
and Incumbent General Yoweri Museveni led a rag tag guerrilla army of 27 Men who toppled the then military junta of
Tito Okello (RIP) in 1986 has been in power since, and elected president for
three 5 year terms now running for his fourth term.
Betty Namissango Kamya (FAP)
Current MP and founder of Federal
Alliance Party, fell out with former boss and running mate Kizza Besigye to form
the now federal advocacy party ie federal alliance mainly to woo Baganda
loyalists
Sam Lubega
Little known comedian Samuel Lubega
standing as independent.
Olara Otunu (UPC)
Uganda Peoples congress Olara Otunnu
been at the UN from the early 1980s and standing on the UPC ticket ,one of the
oldest parties whose found the Late Milton Obote was president at indepence in Oct 1962
Jabeli Bidandi Ssali (PPP)
Former ally and Minister of Local
Government in the Museveni government later fell out and formed the People’s
progressive Party (PPP)
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