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The general secretary of the Democratic Labour Party, Steve Blackett, has been suspended, party officials confirmed late on Thursday. The party’s top brass is to conduct an investigation, Barbados TODAY…
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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.
The Zimbabwe Human Rights NGO Forum (the Forum) is a coalition of 20 human rights organisations operating in the country to advance the cause of human rights.
On 22 May 2020, the Forum delivered a petition to the Minister of Home Affairs and Cultural Heritage and the Commissioner-General of Police calling for investigations and decisive action on, among other violations, the abduction and torture of the Honourable Member of Parliament (MP) for Harare West constituency Joanna Mamombe, and two Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) Alliance youth leaders Cecilia Chimbiri and Netsai Marova.
The Forum notes with dismay, shock and repugnance the mention of three of our members by Minister Kazembe Kazembe, in his press statement on 4 June 2020.
We note earlier statements by senior government and ruling party officials, that pre-emptively characterised the abductions as fake, and as having all the hallmarks of “other fake abductions”.
We note, for instance, that the Minister’s statement fails to address the critical question of the conflicting statements issued by the police in the first two days of the abductions, including the confirmation by Police Spokesperson Assistant Commissioner Paul Nyathi of the arrest of the trio.
As Government officials work behind the scenes to avert a hike in animal feed prices, farmers have declared that another increase in the cost of the product could drive them out of business.Saying that they simply cannot afford to pay more at this time, they warned of layoffs and even bankruptcy with a possible hike by Pinnacle Feeds looming.Minister of Business Kerrie Symmonds told Barbados TODAY that an analysis is being conducted to determine the extent of the challenges the company said had contributed to its decision to increase prices by as much as 11 per cent and inform recommendations on the way forward.The manufacturer of poultry and livestock feed informed the Barbados Agricultural Society (BAS) last week that it could no longer hold off increasing prices until January 2023, given increasing input costs. However, it subsequently announced that it would delay the planned increase.
BY RICHARD MUPONDE/JAIROS SAUNYAMA UNDER-FIRE Zanu PF yesterday made a dramatic U-turn and ordered a stop to the demolition of all illegal
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The content originally appeared on: Trinidad and Tobago Newsday News Commuters board a deluxe PTSC bus servicing the San Fernando to Port of Spain route at the PTSC King's Wharf terminal. FILE PHOTO - THE size of the PTSC bus fleet will be doubled, vowed Minister of Works and Transport Rohan Sinanan as he answered MPs' questions during the examination of budget 2023 documents at the Standing Finance Committee of the House of Representatives on Monday. Couva North MP Ravi […]
The content originally appeared on: Trinidad and Tobago Newsday News Opposition Leader Kamla Persad-Bissessar. Photo courtesy Office of Parliament OPPOSITION Leader Kamla Persad-Bissessar said the UNC stands firm in its position that the government was “a clear and present danger to the rule of law and democracy,” alleging malicious political harassment of her party and its supporters. In a statement on Monday, the party welcomed the discontinuance of the corruption kickback charges against former attorney general Anand Ramlogan and ex-UNC […]
Two people were hospitalized and a third lucky to be alive after a Sunday evening shooting led to a high-speed police chase on Melvin H. Evans Highway.
The content originally appeared on: Trinidad and Tobago Newsday News Photo by Ayanna Kinsale The relatives of murder victim Kyle Millar say a public warning system through a mobile app could save lives, as it would raise awareness of the dangers in various communities. Millar, 30, from Laventille, was shot dead while waiting to pick up a relative from work in Belle Eau Road, Belmont, last Friday night. Speaking with Newsday at the Forensic Science Centre, St James, on Monday, […]
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A campaign to get Virgin Islanders interested in growing their own food awarded a group of home farmers enrolled in the 2022 Plant-A-Seed Challenge. Prizes and certificates were handed out at a Saturday morning get-together held at St. Thomas’ Tillett Garden.
Secretary General for the little-known Democratic People’s Congress (DePeCo), Nelson Nyirenda, has dumped the party and joined an equally minority party the Alliance for Democracy (AFORD), saying the former is not far from becoming extinct. DePeCo is one of the over 40 registered political parties in Malawi founded by Chris Daza, who also served as […]
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Yet another qualifications row has hit the DA - but with grievances against some leaders lacking susbtance, things may not be so 'cut and dry'...
THE MDC-T leadership was yesterday forced to cancel a scheduled Press briefing at the party headquarters after the Nelson Chamisa-led MDC Alliance challenged a court order granting interim secretary-general Douglas Mwonzora repossession of Morgan Richard Tsvangirai (MRT) House. BY BLESSED MHLANGA/MOSES MATENGA/DESMOND CHINGARANDE MDC-T youths on Sunday took possession of the building demanding dialogue from the warring factions to iron out their differences, which are threatening the country’s main opposition party. The building has since June been under the control of MDC-T interim leader Thokozani Khupe, who was reinstated as party interim leader by a Supreme Court ruling in March in the party’s succession wars. Her faction took over the building with the assistance of heavily armed police and the army. But there have been allegations in the Khupe camp that Mwonzora had personalised the processes, shutting out senior members in his faction. Mwonzora on Monday said the MDC-T would repossess the building that same day from the youths led by Paul Gorekore, the MDC-T chief security officer and Harare provincial youth chairperson. He secured a spoliation order to have the youths evicted, citing MDC Alliance, Chamisa, Gorekore, Happymore Chidziva, Denford Ngadziore and Police Officer Commanding Harare province as respondents in his application. Mwonzora was yesterday supposed to address a Press conference at the MRT House in the company of acting party national chairman Morgen Komichi and interim spokesperson Khalipani Phugeni. But after Chamisa challenged the spoliation order, only Phugeni showed up and was advised against getting inside the building by his aides and called Mwonzora, who advised him against entry as he felt that would invalidate his claim to the court that he had been evicted from the building. It also emerged that Khupe was one of the leaders who were supposed to attend the Press conference, but was in no show. Phugeni decided against getting inside the MRT House despite being granted access and assured of his safety by Gorekore and the party organising secretary, Abedinigo Bhebhe. “I was ready to go into Harvest House, I had been assured of my safety and had spoken to Bhebhe and Gorekore, but the secretary-general told me he would address the Press and my security also said I should not get in,” he said. Insiders said had Phugeni addressed the Press conference from inside Harvest House, then the court application by Mwonzora would have fallen flat on its face. “We had prepared everything for our leaders to come in and they refused. Not that we were up to something or we were rude or anything,” Gorekore said. “We have our genuine issues as youths because we are seeing our leaders are now enjoying power and money over the people’s interests. He added: “We are not rude, but we have a clear position that our leaders should sit down. We don’t want people to suffer anymore. We are faced with by-elections and we can’t allow divisions that benefit Zanu PF. As Harare province, we suffered many recalls and now
Then on the 13th June, Lowenfield submitted what amounted to three declarations – one a tabulation of the valid votes giving the PPP/C a clear victory; a second, a narrative report in which he stated that the results of the elections could not be ascertained because of anomalies and impersonation; and yet another where he adjusted the tabulation by deducting 275,092 votes or close to 60% of the votes cast thereby giving the APNU+AFC a huge victory.
This is the background against which the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) will be hearing arguments in an appeal brought by Bharrat Jagdeo and Irfaan Ali against a decision of the Court of Appeal in yet another matter brought by Eslyn David, a supporter of the PNCR/APNU with the sole purpose of delaying the results of the March 2, 2020 elections.
The substantive matter is an action brought before the Court of Appeal in which the APNU+AFC succeeded on a 2:1 vote, as it did in the GECOM Chair James Patterson and the No Confidence/majority of 65 case.
In each of these cases the decision of the Court of Appeal was overturned but once again Attorney General Basil Williams exudes tremendous confidence, telling the CCJ that it has no jurisdiction in the matter!
In this case, the CCJ has to consider essentially two matters: whether the Court of Appeal had jurisdiction to hear the case and second whether the court’s insertion of the word “valid” in Article 177 of the Constitution of Guyana in the context of “more votes are cast” really adds anything as Williams, Lowenfield and the APNU seem to think.
OWNERS of Harvest House, a Harare CBD building which was being used by the Nelson Chamisa led MDC Alliance, have given the beleaguered opposition authority to continue using the property as the ownership wrangle takes centre stage.
\"Harvest House (Pvt) Ltd owns a certain piece of land situated in the district of Salisbury called Stand 854 Salisbury Lands measuring 892 square meters, together with all buildings and improvements there on known as Harvest House, 44 Nelson Mandela Avenue, Harare (the property).
The MDC Alliance, since formation, Makone said, has been has enjoyed uninterrupted occupation of the disputed property with the permission and blessing of the company.
He added, \"The MDC Alliance does not own the property, it is in occupation with the permission and blessing of the company.
Another co-director of the building, Timothy James Neil also supported the claim saying \"I confirm that, as the rightful authority of Harvest House also known as Morgan Tsvangirai House the rightful occupants are the MDC Alliance.
