Teargas, Bullets Engulfed Kayunga Town Amid Closure of Campaigns.
Opposition National Unity Platform candidate in the Kayunga LCV by-election, Harriet Nakweede has been blocked by police from holding her last campaign rally.
According to the harmonized campaign program, Nakweede was supposed to conduct her final campaigns in Kayunga town council. However, by mid-day, the Electoral Commission had stopped her campaigns on grounds that she was planning to host NUP president Robert Kyagulanyi in the same area where President Yoweri Museveni was expected to campaign for the NRM party candidate, Andrew Muwonge.
“The purpose of this letter is, therefore, to inform you that you’re not allowed to carry on with the campaigns in Kayunga town council,” said the EC letter.
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