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The Opposition People's National Party (PNP) held a closed-door meeting in Portmore, St Catherine last to address growing tension between supporters of Deputy Mayor Alrick Campbell and Dr Alfred Dawes in the St Catherine South Eastern...
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.
[New Zimbabwe] SENIOR Zanu PF officials in Mashonaland Central province have vowed to make the region ungovernable for Home Affairs Minister Kazembe Kazembe following his controversial re-election as chairperson last week.
[Cameroon Tribune] The revision of the electoral registers will end this August 31, 2020 in accordance with the provision of the Electoral Code.
The storm began in mid-April when it emerged that Kenya Wildlife Service (KWS), the custodians of the country's national parks and game reserves, planned to fence off the park and build luxury lodges through a new management plan dubbed the Nairobi National Park 2020-2030 management plan.
The fallout between the KWS chair and the agency is said to have begun sometime last year when KWS embarked on developing a 10-year management plan for the Nairobi National Park which many conservationists believed to be undermining conservation efforts.
The task-force, whose membership was derived from Kenya's top conservation experts, developed a national report on Wildlife Corridors and Dispersal Areas to help 'restore connectivity and resilience to the natural environment'.
The report notes that while much of Kenya's wildlife depends on the protection of parks and reserves,' healthy wildlife populations also needed access to resources in the broader landscape outside protected areas.
Reinhard Bonke, a wildlife and environmental campaigner at Friends of Nairobi National Park says that complete fencing of the park will undermine the adjacent communities' efforts to keeping the park's lifeline dispersal area open for wildlife movement and grazing activities.
