A tough police and military crackdown is stifling attempts to reproduce the success of the Walk to Work street protests led by Kizza Besigye the then leader of the Forum for Democratic Change (FDC) in early 2011 (AC Vol 52 No 9 Opposition works the walk)...
Kadaga came top of an opinion poll asking respondents who they would vote for if Museveni and his historic main challenger Colonel (Warren) Kizza Besigye were not running...
) Kizza Besigye leading more Walk to Work protests...
Vol 53 No 2 |
- AFRICA
- TELECOMS
Kizza Besigye’s ‘Walk to Work’ protests that April showed that technology cuts both ways...
The demonstrations stopped after the authorities tightened restrictions on Kizza Besigye’s movements and are unlikely to resume soon...
While fanfares sounded and banners flew at Kololo airstrip with heads of state Robert Mugabe Goodluck Jonathan Mwai Kibaki and Joseph Kabila in attendance a massive welcoming party was under way on the other side of town for Kizza Besigye...
Opposition leaders are under restrictions: Kizza Besigye the Forum for Democratic Change (FDC) President who lost heavily in February’s presidential election was arrested for the fourth time in a fortnight on 21 April (AC Vol 52 No 5)...
For the third time running his main rival was Kizza Besigye of the Forum for Democratic Change (FDC) who had hoped to take Museveni to a second round (AC Vol 52 No 4)...
Presidential challenger Kizza Besigye will never have a better chance of forcing a second-round run-off by bringing President Yoweri Museveni’s share of the vote below 50%...
In the presidential election on 18 February he is increasingly likely to take more than 50% in the first round avoiding a run-off against Colonel Kizza Besigye of the Forum for Democratic Change (FDC)...