The Independent Uganda: You get the Truth we Pay the Price
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Forum for Democratic Change – FDC presidential candidate Patrick Amuriat Oboi says that the people mistreating opposition politicians in the country are not Ugandans.
While campaigning at Wiggins Secondary School in Kumi municipality on Tuesday, Amuriat claimed that the officers who attacked him on Monday were foreigners. He claims that the ruling party is using Rwandese and Congolese nationals in the forces to intimidate them.
According to Amuriat, after being pepper-sprayed at Buwaya village on his way to Tororo district on Monday, he is still having deep pain in the eyes. He told his supporters that he wears two pairs of glasses to try to protect himself from the substances he is being sprayed with.
Amuriat asked the people of Teso to support him since other regions have also promised to vote for him come the elections on January 14th next year. He said once voted as president, he will make sure there is restocking of cattle in the Teso region. Amuriat also promised to improve the standards of education, health, road network and dealing with the unemployment in the country.
FDC supporters in Kumi who were excited to see Amuriat pledged to give him a block vote from the region. Vincent Orisa and Issa Samanya, residents of Kumi Municipality believe that Amuriat if elected as the next president will improve livelihoods in the region.
Amuriat launched his campaign trail in Soroti before canvassing for votes in Serere, Katakwi, Amuria, Kaberamaido and Kalaki.
On his campaign trail to Teso on Tuesday, the police did not teargas or clash with FDC supporters except in Bukedea where they attempted to deny Amuriat access to town.
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Really? For me POA has failed in his bid for top leadership of this country. For that allegation and utterance is well cultivated and intended to cause xenophobic tendencies in our good Uganda, but they will fail as the bearer thereof.
For GOD And My Country.
“He claims that the ruling party is using Rwandese and Congolese nationals in the forces to intimidate them.”
Amuriat should know that such a claim doesn’t sell anymore. There isn’t one ethnic group more Ugandan than the other to the extent of defining others as foreigners, Rwandese or Congolese. Amuriat should just follow the ministry of health guidelines concerning the protection of citizens from Covid 19 so that the community spread is avoided. When Amuriat provokes the police to teargas him it is a strategy to gain sympathy votes. A candidate has many ways of talking to his supporters without meeting them physically.
Wow. Just when we thought that we could not be more shocked by FDC’s downgrade from KB to POA. How disappointing. FDC please find a better candidate for next elections because we know that you can do better and you know that we deserve better. Proper presidential caliber next time. Please.