The delivery of two Bombardier CRJ900 jets is the first move in relaunching the national carrier that collapsed in 2001

Crimson Tazvinzwa, AIWA! NO!||For Ugandans, both metropolis and rural; actually East Africans in general – uh, EVERYONE, there was never a ‘funeral’ for the old Uganda Airlines.

People murmur.

The infamous and financially notorious airline, whose name was actually nicked by some speculators (people are saying) simply fizzled out of the theorem.

Rumours abound; at one time panicky ministers registered the sorry carrier under a different name to skip creditors – the government spokesman spilt the dry beans today. Finally!

But hey! It is a good thing that there is now a brand new fleet for the realigned AIRWAYS – numbers sure to appreciate. And it is all positive.

Alles gut!

Oh! Wait!

Almost missed it. Next Uganda elections are penned for 2021, and there is this young and popular opposing number whom they are haranguing from one cell to the next for being a nasty political itch:

‘Police in Uganda arrested the popular opposition legislator and musician, Robert Kyagulanyi, more commonly known as Bobi Wine Tuesday//23 April 2019.’

Uganda’s Bobi Wine arrested

The executive committee of Uganda’s ruling party has endorsed President Yoweri Museveni as its candidate in the next presidential election due in 2021, potentially extending the 74-year-old’s tenure to 40 years.

The National Resistance Movement (NRM) called for Museveni to “continue leading the movement and the state in 2021 and beyond to eliminate bottlenecks to transformation.”
The resolution was adopted at a retreat for top party officials chaired by Museveni – FRANCE24

There you go. Just as I thought.

The new aeroplanes are both good business and political manna – will surely fly Yoweri kAGUTA Museveni back into office for the 6th time come 2021.

Ugandan ruling party backs Museveni re-election bid –

Elias Biryabarema, REUTERS

KAMPALA (Reuters)(AIWA! NO!) – The executive committee of Uganda’s ruling National Resistance Movement has endorsed President Yoweri Museveni as its candidate in the next presidential election due in 2021, potentially extending his tenure to 40 years.

Museveni, 74, has held office since 1986 when he took power after a five-year guerrilla war, making him one of Africa’s longest-ruling leaders. “Museveni will be our presidential candidate. He is very popular,” NRM spokesman Rogers Mulindwa said at the end of a five-day committee meeting on Monday night.

The decision now goes to the party membership for formal confirmation.

The opposition and rights groups say Museveni has maintained his grip on power through a mix of electoral fraud, violent clamp down on the opposition, suppression of dissent and deft co-opting of some of the opponents.

Police has summoned Kyadondo East member of parliament Robert Kyagulanyi, also known as Bobi Wine to answer tentative charges of assault, illegal assembly and theft of police handcuffs.

His backers deny that and say he has remained popular because of vigorous economic expansion, political stability and infrastructure construction under his rule.

In 2017 parliament, which is controlled by the ruling party, voted to remove a 75-year age cap on the presidency that would have barred him from standing again. It was the second time parliament changed laws to clear the way for him to extending his.

In 2005 a two-term limit clause that stopped him from seeking re-election was also deleted from the constitution.

NRM executive committee’s endorsement typically results in Museveni being hand-picked by the party delegates’ conference as a sole candidate, sparing him competition in a primary party poll. The conference is scheduled for November.

He has not stated whether he intends to stand in the next election, but is widely expected to.

One of his opponents in the next polls could be singer and lawmaker Bobi Wine, whose real name is Robert Kyagulanyi, who has rattled officials with his fast-growing support base.

Kyagulanyi’s following has ballooned since he joined parliament nearly two years ago, drawn by his criticism of Museveni’s long rule and government excesses through his lyrics.

Kyagulanyi told CNN television this month he was mulling running for president in 2021.

Reporting by Elias Biryabarema; Editing by George Obulutsa and Angus MacSwan

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Uganda gets two first planes in revival bid and a ‘jail’ for the popular opposition legislator and musician, Robert Kyagulanyi aka Bobi Wine

The delivery of two Bombardier CRJ900 jets is the first move in relaunching the national carrier that collapsed in 2001

Crimson Tazvinzwa, AIWA! NO!||For Ugandans, both metropolis and rural; actually East Africans in general – uh, EVERYONE, there was never a ‘funeral’ for the old Uganda Airlines.

Uganda President Yoweri Museveni seeks 2021 re-election bid, extends tenure to 40 years

Ugandan ruling party backs Museveni re-election bid –

The delivery of two Bombardier CRJ900 jets is the first move in relaunching the national carrier that collapsed in 2001

Crimson Tazvinzwa, AIWA! NO!||For Ugandans, both metropolis and rural; actually East Africans in general – uh, EVERYONE, there was never a ‘funeral’ for the old Uganda Airlines.

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