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Robert Kyagulanyi, the presidential candidate for the National Unity Platform (NUP), has accused the police, military, and prisons authorities of deliberately sabotaging his campaign in northern Uganda, describing their actions as illegal, partisan, and a direct attack on Uganda’s electoral process.
The latest confrontation unfolded in Gulu over the weekend, where Kyagulanyi and his supporters were violently blocked from holding a campaign rally.
Reports indicate that security personnel, alongside hired civilian youths commonly known as Aguu, dispersed crowds using force, beating up both supporters and journalists who were covering the event.
Several victims sustained serious injuries and were admitted to hospital.
The Gulu incident followed a string of similar disruptions earlier in the week in the districts of Nwoya and Amuru, where Kyagulanyi was stopped from addressing rallies.
Speaking to reporters on Monday before heading to Nakawa for his Kampala campaigns, Kyagulanyi said that the growing pattern of obstruction exposes the political bias of Uganda’s security agencies in favor of the ruling National Resistance Movement (NRM).
He directly challenged the Electoral Commission chairperson, Simon Byabakama, to stop remaining silent while institutions mandated to protect the electoral process are, in his view, openly undermining it.
