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About 18 million voters who will participate in this vote are expected to choose their new president among two candidates, most notably Yoweri Museveni, who is 76 years old, who has been in power in the country since 1986, and his main rival and most prominent opposition candidate, the 38-year-old singer Bobby Wayne who has support Broad by Ugandans.
For its part, the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights criticized the Ugandan authorities ’treatment of presidential election candidates, and said that the electoral rallies of the candidates in the country were not equal, as they always prohibited opposition meetings under the pretext of fighting the emerging Corona virus, while the same does not apply to supporters and supporters President Museveni.
“We have noticed the strict application of the precautionary measures imposed in the country due to the Coronavirus to the election campaign of the opposition to reduce its activity and in a manner tainted with discrimination,” said Ravina Shamdasani, spokeswoman for the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights.
It is noteworthy that the Ugandan authorities announced at the end of last December the suspension of propaganda for the presidential elections in the capital, Kampala, and other regions and cities that the Ministry of Health had classified there as witnessing a significant spread of the Corona virus.
