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The content originally appeared on: Le Nouvelliste Le d?funt pr?sident Jovenel Mo?se avait trouv? une formule pour mettre en place un Conseil ?lectoral provisoire. Ce CEP cr?? sans le moindre consensus a ?t? renvoy? par le Premier ministre Ariel Henry, ? la suite de l'assassinat de Jovenel Mo?se apr?s plus d'un an de fonctionnement. Il n'est pas un secret pour personne que le CEP du 22 septembre 2020 avait co?t? cher au Tr?sor public. Quel en est le bilan ? […]
Critics have called it a stunt to invite sympathy. Yet Amuriat says campaigning without shoes is a protest and that those who do not get its symbolism are missing a point.
Uganda is due to hold a general election on January 14. Amuriat and another opposition candidate, Bobi Wine have had their rallies violently dispersed by security forces or been arrested.
In mid-November, scores of people were killed as security forces attempted to quell protests against the arrest and detention of Bobi Wine.
Police has accused the candidates of addressing huge gatherings in contravention of regulations on COVID-19 prevention.
Swollen feet
In an interview with one of the dailies in Uganda, Amuriat said his feet hurt a lot and has to pour cold water on them in between campaign stops for some relief.
Doctors have cautioned him on the potential danger of contracting tetanus from cuts to his feet.
Yet Amuriat remains adamant. He says by refusing to wear shoes, he’s standing in solidarity with people whose wealth and opportunities have been stolen by the country’s longtime ruler Yoweri Museveni.
JUST IN: FDC presidential candidate Patrick Amuriat has been arrested at the border of Rubirizi and Bushenyi districts. The reason for his arrest is yet to be known📹 @MukhayeD#MonitorUpdates#UGDecides2021 pic.twitter.com/xopK4FMoD0
— Daily Monitor (@DailyMonitor) December 4, 2020
Museveni, in power since 1986 is seeking a new term. In 2017, he changed the constitution to remove age limits that would have stopped him from seeking re-election.
FDC is Uganda’s largest opposition party. In 3 previous elections, the party fronted veteran activist and retired army colonel Kizza Besigye for president.
FORMER Prime Minister Bruce Golding says there is need for a review of the provisions regarding the appointment of senators and suggested a return to the pre-Independence arrangement which allowed for appointments to the then Legislative Council to be revoked by the same process by which they were made.
guest column:Nelson Chamisa Fellow Zimbabweans, When we began this journey 22 years ago, I was a young college student alongside my contemporaries. I was part of a generation of college students that joined veteran trade unionists, powerful women in the women’s movement, war veterans, civic and church leaders, among others, who believed that the way Zimbabwe was being governed needed serious transformation. We believed that the system over which Zanu PF presided was only serving a minority of elites who occupied vantage positions within and around the State, while most Zimbabweans were condemned to suffering. It was plain that the future was bleak unless progressive Zimbabweans intervened to change the course. That is why we championed the message of change. Looking back those days seem like a long time ago. A new generation has emerged since that time. Babies born in 1999 are now adults. They have lived their formative years in very difficult circumstances. Times were different back in 1999, but I remember the energy and passion of every cadre as if it were yesterday. The idea that was sown in our hearts and minds has no expiry date. To be sure, the journey has been gruelling. But I was never under any illusion that it would be easy. We have lost thousands of cadres along the way, including our founding father, Morgan Tsvangirai, who departed in February 2018. I was privileged to have a special relationship with him and from him, I learned a lot under his leadership and guidance. The most painful losses have been those suffered at the hands of the State, through violence. We cannot betray the memory of these dearly departed cadres. We must honour their dreams and aspirations for a better Zimbabwe, otherwise, they would have died in vain. This is why I have never veered from the course that was set in 1999. I look back and realise that I have spent more than half of my life chasing the vision that was designed and shaped by those courageous men and women who gathered in 1999 to form the Movement for Democratic Change. The greatness of the idea has not diminished with time, no. It has been strengthened. Those men and women understood that the fundamental weaknesses at the heart of government needed not only new leaders but also a fresh set of ideas and ways of doing things. We remain committed to that vision. One of the things that please me a lot is seeing a younger generation coming up and carrying the torch in politics. This is how strong institutions grow and I want to pay special tribute to the young people of Zimbabwe whose political consciousness is growing. The journey has had seminal moments, some positive, and others negative. Both types have been important learning experiences. Some of these challenges have been read as representing existential threats to the organisation, but we overcame them. We survived the loss of our founding father by going on to amass the largest electoral votes in the history of the opposition and had we not been cheated; we would have prevailed. It is a testament to the strength of
BY TATENDA CHITAGU A MASVINGO magistrate has acquitted Amalgamated Rural Teachers Union of Zimbabwe (ARTUZ) president Obert Masaraure of violence charges but convicted the union’s provincial gender and welfare secretary Sheilla Chirisamhuru of a similar crime. The two were arrested in June for participating in a demonstration demanding salaries in United States dollars at the Masvingo district education offices. They were facing charges of “participating in a gathering with the intent to cause public violence, breaches of peace or bigotry.” Chisirimhuru was arrested at the launch of the nationwide salary protests on June 22 this year while Masaraure handed himself over at Harare Central Police Station and was whisked to Masvingo by detectives on June 26, where he spent the night in cells. They denied the charges and were out on $500 bail. Magistrate Mbonisi Ndlovu acquitted Masaraure saying due to lack of incriminating evidence. The magistrate said it could not be proved that Masaraure was in Masvingo on the day in question. In convicting Chirisamhuru, Ndlovu said the ARTUZ Masvingo provincial gender secretary was seen at the vicinity of the demonstration and more so she was a teacher and the protests were for teachers. Chirisamhuru will be sentenced on Monday. The duo’s lawyer, Martin Mureri said he was going to appeal against both conviction and sentence. “We are waiting for the sentence, so at the moment i cannot say much. All I can say is we are going to appeal against both sentence and conviction. Even if she was seen at the venue of the protest, section 59 of the constitution allows peaceful demos. That was a peaceful demonstration where people were just holding placards,” Mureri said. Janet Muvavi prosecuted.
(Jamaica Gleaner) Tears streamed down the face of Delcita Anderson as she stomped and yelled inside her Kingston home, cursing the misfortune that had left her daughter, Kerry Ann Collins, clinging to life with third-degree burns after a freak explosion in her kitchen.
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AMERICA, AMERICA NATION TIME: For more than a week, African Americans and their leaders at the NAACP, the National Urban League, the National Action Network, listened in disbelief to president-elect Joe Biden’s cabinet nominees. Hey, something was amiss. The original, coveted cabinet posts State, Treasury, Justice, and Defense seemed elusive for African Americans. Secretaries of State and the Treasury were […]
[Tunis Afrique Presse] Tunis/Tunisia -- With difficulties of access to bank financing and lack of liquidity at the level of banks, economic operators are increasingly seeking alternative or complementary financing to traditional funding, this is what revealed a webinar on \"Financing and assistance tools in favour of SMEs seeking development,\" organised on Friday by the Confederation of Tunisian Citizen Enterprises (CONECT), in parntership with the USAID-Tunisia JOBS and the Agency for the Promotion of Industry and Innovation (APII).
President Ramaphosa says Ace Magashule will appear on 12 December, then after, the ANC top six would process the outcomes and determination.
Hay que portarse bien para merecer los regalos que se piden en cartas. Esta tradición que se atesora año tras año es el Día de Reyes. Aquí, los niños se ven recompensados por estos personajes [...]
Jamaican immigration advocates and attorneys in the diaspora have welcomed a federal court’s decision overturning a ban in H-1B visas set to be implemented by the Donald Trump administration on December 7. The immigration advocates described the...
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[DW] Political newcomers have it tough in a country where long-established families dominate the polls. The top presidential candidates in the December 7 election are all offspring of Ghana's independence-era \"Big Six.\"
Speaking on Friday on the sidelines of the launch of the Canada Guyana Chamber of Commerce, President Irfaan Ali made the announcement that he had invited all former presidents to a meeting with him on December 15 to discuss national development.
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[East African] Last Monday, following weeks of deadly encounters between its supporters and Ugandan security agencies, Robert Kyagulanyi Ssentamu's National Unity Platform tweeted: \"This is war, not presidential campaigns.\"
REVIVALISM, a religious practice in J amaica, has been submitted to the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) for inscription on its Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity.The announcement was made on the weekend by Culture Minister Olivia Grange.
As citizens in Ghana picked the country's next president this week, Rep. Maxine Waters (D-Calif.), chair of the House Financial Services Committee, recalled the impact of former President Jerry Rawlings, who died on Nov. 12 at the age of 73.
