Uganda: Bugiri Poll Pits Bobi Wine Against Besigye, Splits NRM

By press time senior members of the opposition Forum for Democratic Change (FDC) party were roaming the typically small and dusty, newly created Bugiri municipality located in middle-eastern Uganda. They are here to canvass votes for their parliamentary candidate, Eunice Namatende.

At the same time, the popular Kyadondo East MP, Robert Kyagulanyi (Bobi Wine), alongside the Democratic Party leadership, is campaigning for Justice Forum (Jeema) president, Asuman Basalirwa. SULAIMAN KAKAIRE writes about how the Bugiri election is developing into another contest between FDC and the 'Kyagulanyi effect'.

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