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Rais wa Uganda Yoweri Museveni na mpinzani wake mkuu Robert Kyagulanyi maarufu Bobi Wine wameingia katika vita vya maneno, kila mmoja akimtuhumu mwenzake kupanga njama za kusababisha vurugu kuelekea uchaguzi mkuu unaotarajiwa kufanyika Januari 15, huku hali ya kisiasa ikizidi kuwa tete zikiwa zimesalia siku 13 pekee kabla ya wananchi kupiga kura.
Katika hotuba yake ya Mwaka Mpya kwa taifa, Rais Museveni, ambaye amekuwa madarakani kwa takribani miaka 40, alidai kuwa Bobi Wine na wafuasi wake wamepanga kuanzisha ghasia baada ya uchaguzi, akidai njama hizo zinaungwa mkono na wafadhili wa kigeni wasiolitakia taifa hilo mema. Museveni alimwelezea mpinzani wake kama kiongozi ambaye hajakomaa kisiasa, akisema kauli zake hazizingatii athari zake kwa usalama na utulivu wa nchi.
Aidha, Museveni alikosoa mataifa ya nje yanayodaiwa kufadhili kampeni za Bobi Wine, akisisitiza kuwa baadhi yao yana ajenda fiche dhidi ya Uganda na hayapaswi kuingilia mchakato wa kidemokrasia wa nchi hiyo.
Kwa upande wake, Bobi Wine amekanusha vikali madai hayo na badala yake kuutuhumu utawala wa Museveni kwa kujiandaa kuvuruga uchaguzi. Amesema kanuni na maelekezo mapya yanayotolewa, ikiwemo kuwakataza wapiga kura kubaki kwenye vituo vya kupigia kura kufuatilia zoezi la kuhesabu kura, ni dalili za wazi za maandalizi ya kughushi matokeo. Kwa mujibu wa Bobi Wine, hatua hizo zinawalenga kuwatisha wananchi na kuwakatisha tamaa kushiriki kikamilifu katika uchaguzi.
Katika kipindi cha kampeni, kumekuwepo na malalamiko mengi kuhusu matumizi ya nguvu kupita kiasi, ambapo majeshi na polisi wameshuhudiwa wakivunja mikutano na misafara ya upinzani, hususan wa chama cha National Unity Platform (NUP). Rais Museveni amewahimiza vyombo vya usalama kujizuia kutumia nguvu kupita kiasi, akisisitiza matumizi ya mabomu ya kutoa machozi kwa tahadhari badala ya nguvu kali, kauli ambayo hata hivyo imeendelea kuzua hofu miongoni mwa wananchi.
=====Uganda's long-serving President Museveni banned the caning of lawbreakers and accused the opposition of staging crowds using hundreds of vehicles in remarks that come amid growing condemnation of security force brutality ahead of the January 15 General Election.
In a televised New Year address broadcast on December 31, Museveni, 81, who has ruled Uganda since 1986, defended the conduct of security agencies while announcing what he called a rejection of corporal punishment, even as more than one opposition supporters have been shot dead or killed during rallies by the National Unity Platform (NUP).
“I reject the practice of caning lawbreakers. Some police forces in the world do it using batons. I reject it and it must stop,” Museveni said, adding that caning by teachers and parents during his youth was “a wrong method”.
Source: Monitor
Katika hotuba yake ya Mwaka Mpya kwa taifa, Rais Museveni, ambaye amekuwa madarakani kwa takribani miaka 40, alidai kuwa Bobi Wine na wafuasi wake wamepanga kuanzisha ghasia baada ya uchaguzi, akidai njama hizo zinaungwa mkono na wafadhili wa kigeni wasiolitakia taifa hilo mema. Museveni alimwelezea mpinzani wake kama kiongozi ambaye hajakomaa kisiasa, akisema kauli zake hazizingatii athari zake kwa usalama na utulivu wa nchi.
Aidha, Museveni alikosoa mataifa ya nje yanayodaiwa kufadhili kampeni za Bobi Wine, akisisitiza kuwa baadhi yao yana ajenda fiche dhidi ya Uganda na hayapaswi kuingilia mchakato wa kidemokrasia wa nchi hiyo.
Kwa upande wake, Bobi Wine amekanusha vikali madai hayo na badala yake kuutuhumu utawala wa Museveni kwa kujiandaa kuvuruga uchaguzi. Amesema kanuni na maelekezo mapya yanayotolewa, ikiwemo kuwakataza wapiga kura kubaki kwenye vituo vya kupigia kura kufuatilia zoezi la kuhesabu kura, ni dalili za wazi za maandalizi ya kughushi matokeo. Kwa mujibu wa Bobi Wine, hatua hizo zinawalenga kuwatisha wananchi na kuwakatisha tamaa kushiriki kikamilifu katika uchaguzi.
Katika kipindi cha kampeni, kumekuwepo na malalamiko mengi kuhusu matumizi ya nguvu kupita kiasi, ambapo majeshi na polisi wameshuhudiwa wakivunja mikutano na misafara ya upinzani, hususan wa chama cha National Unity Platform (NUP). Rais Museveni amewahimiza vyombo vya usalama kujizuia kutumia nguvu kupita kiasi, akisisitiza matumizi ya mabomu ya kutoa machozi kwa tahadhari badala ya nguvu kali, kauli ambayo hata hivyo imeendelea kuzua hofu miongoni mwa wananchi.
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In a televised New Year address broadcast on December 31, Museveni, 81, who has ruled Uganda since 1986, defended the conduct of security agencies while announcing what he called a rejection of corporal punishment, even as more than one opposition supporters have been shot dead or killed during rallies by the National Unity Platform (NUP).
“I reject the practice of caning lawbreakers. Some police forces in the world do it using batons. I reject it and it must stop,” Museveni said, adding that caning by teachers and parents during his youth was “a wrong method”.
Source: Monitor
