I had never seen it before. For the elections I had lived to see, the 2016 elections were another league. It was as if the end of Uganda on the world map and everything had lost control.
From the words of the deadly boda boda men you could easily tell and feel the heat and fear that was covering Uganda. People started stocking food in their houses claiming to be preparing for war just incase.
Heavy police and army deployment was over every corner of Kampala the capital. All roads leading to the capital had road blocks tight checking of cars I think was the first order on the list.
The police kept on promising the scared Ugandans that nothing was going to destabilise the peace and they were ready to deal with anyone who trys to go beyond the law.
Many Ugandans started to get back to villages running out of the city and the school programmes were extended to enable every parent be with his or her child during that time of fear.
During this time I got a chance to see different types of security uniforms and they used to patrol during day and night to ensure that peace mantains number one position.
16th of February increased more heat and fear as the main opposition candidate Besigye was detained by the police for campaigning beyond orders. Teargas was used to disperse the angry supporters of Besigye who were demanding for his release.
17th I decided to run to the village because pressure was tooo high in the city and the business environment had also become hard making it difficult to associate .
There is no single day that passed without any religious leader telling people to be calm anf peaceful. Many organisations sensitised people about the unending negative results of a non--peaceful environment.
Things are funny, when I reached the village I was relieved from the pressure. People in that village seemed not to be knowing what was happening. They were so peaceful and ready to vote but in Kampala heat and fear.
18th voting was conducted but the security was too tight my friend. I saw heavy guns and tough guys. Most of them were black and seemed to be coming from the North. They were only following orders from high command.
Social media was shutdown for over 4 days and the responsible organs said it was posing security threats. The winner was announced , heat and fear went down slowly and peace prevailed in the pearl of Africa.
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| Army patrolling to mantain peace |
The police kept on promising the scared Ugandans that nothing was going to destabilise the peace and they were ready to deal with anyone who trys to go beyond the law.
Many Ugandans started to get back to villages running out of the city and the school programmes were extended to enable every parent be with his or her child during that time of fear.
During this time I got a chance to see different types of security uniforms and they used to patrol during day and night to ensure that peace mantains number one position.
16th of February increased more heat and fear as the main opposition candidate Besigye was detained by the police for campaigning beyond orders. Teargas was used to disperse the angry supporters of Besigye who were demanding for his release.
17th I decided to run to the village because pressure was tooo high in the city and the business environment had also become hard making it difficult to associate .
There is no single day that passed without any religious leader telling people to be calm anf peaceful. Many organisations sensitised people about the unending negative results of a non--peaceful environment.
Things are funny, when I reached the village I was relieved from the pressure. People in that village seemed not to be knowing what was happening. They were so peaceful and ready to vote but in Kampala heat and fear.
18th voting was conducted but the security was too tight my friend. I saw heavy guns and tough guys. Most of them were black and seemed to be coming from the North. They were only following orders from high command.
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| The tough guys responsible for security |
Social media was shutdown for over 4 days and the responsible organs said it was posing security threats. The winner was announced , heat and fear went down slowly and peace prevailed in the pearl of Africa.
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