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St Lucians will go to the polls on July 26. July 16 is nomination day. Prime Minister Allen Chastanet made the announcement late Monday in an address to the nation in which he appealed for a second consecutive term in office. While describing the...
Critics have called it a stunt to invite sympathy. Yet Amuriat says campaigning without shoes is a protest and that those who do not get its symbolism are missing a point.
Uganda is due to hold a general election on January 14. Amuriat and another opposition candidate, Bobi Wine have had their rallies violently dispersed by security forces or been arrested.
In mid-November, scores of people were killed as security forces attempted to quell protests against the arrest and detention of Bobi Wine.
Police has accused the candidates of addressing huge gatherings in contravention of regulations on COVID-19 prevention.
Swollen feet
In an interview with one of the dailies in Uganda, Amuriat said his feet hurt a lot and has to pour cold water on them in between campaign stops for some relief.
Doctors have cautioned him on the potential danger of contracting tetanus from cuts to his feet.
Yet Amuriat remains adamant. He says by refusing to wear shoes, he’s standing in solidarity with people whose wealth and opportunities have been stolen by the country’s longtime ruler Yoweri Museveni.
JUST IN: FDC presidential candidate Patrick Amuriat has been arrested at the border of Rubirizi and Bushenyi districts. The reason for his arrest is yet to be known📹 @MukhayeD#MonitorUpdates#UGDecides2021 pic.twitter.com/xopK4FMoD0
— Daily Monitor (@DailyMonitor) December 4, 2020
Museveni, in power since 1986 is seeking a new term. In 2017, he changed the constitution to remove age limits that would have stopped him from seeking re-election.
FDC is Uganda’s largest opposition party. In 3 previous elections, the party fronted veteran activist and retired army colonel Kizza Besigye for president.
Crusader Staff Report The start date for Early Voting for the General Election in November has been changed to Thursday, October 1, according to the Chicago Board of Elections. Early voting begins at the Loop Super Site at 191 N. Clark St. in Chicago. There will also be a secured drop box for mail-in ballots, […]
Local Government and Rural Development Minister Desmond McKenzie is to table a motion in the House of Representatives today seeking to make Portmore the country's 15th parish.
The Tampa Bay Black Media Coalition will host its Voter Awareness Campaign Kickoff on multiple media outlets this Saturday at 4 p.m. BY J.A. JONES, Staff Writer TAMPA BAY - This Saturday, Sept. 26, at 4 p.m., the Tampa Bay Black Media Coalition will host its Voter Awareness Campaign Kickoff on multiple media outlets. The […]
After comprehensive victories in the September 3 General Election, the husband and wife team of Daryl and Ann-Marie Vaz have now set their sights on leading their councillors to a clean sweep of all nine divisions in the Portland Municipal Corporation.The two Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) representatives emerged with the most votes in all nine divisions in the general election, capturing two of the divisions now held by the People's National Party (PNP).
BULAWAYO City Council (BCC) insists the quality of its potable water is 94% compliant with the benchmarks set by the Standard Association of Zimbabwe (SAZ) despite the rise in diarrhoea in the city. BY NQOBANI NDLOVU Several suburbs have recorded diarrhoeal cases at a time residents are subjected to water-rationing following the decommissioning of the city’s three supply dams. Recently, residents complained that they were receiving foul-smelling water, but council blamed it on ageing pipes. A recent report by the council’s water supplies and action committee said quality tests conducted by the local authority showed that they were compliant with SAZ standards. “The percentage chemical quality compliance for potable water at Criterion, Ncema and Cowdray Park treatment plants was at 100% on average for all plants according to Standards Association of Zimbabwe (SAZ) prescribed limits for water suitable for human consumption,” the report read. “Overall bacteriological quality of potable water from Cowdray Park, Ncema, Criterion and consumer points was at 94,38% compliance to SAZ standards.” The SAZ is the national standards body for Zimbabwe. Formed in 1957 and incorporated in 1960, the association is a non-profit entity charged with the responsibility of certifying the quality of most non-medical goods. Meanwhile, the same report shows that city's sewage effluent disposal did not meet the Environmental Management Agency (Ema) requirements. “During the month of August 2020, wastewater discharged from municipal sewage treatment plants to the natural environment did not meet the Ema effluent disposal requirements,” the report read. “Constant breakdowns of infrastructure and low inflows at most of the treatment plants continued to compromise the quality of final effluent disposed of in the environment. Removal of organic pollutants and nutrients (phosphate and ammonia) remain a big challenge for the majority of the treatment plants.”
The Movement for Social Justice (MSJ) is questioning the motive behind the visit of United States Secretary of State Michael Pompeo to the Caribbean and is urging regional countries “to stand their ground on the well-established principles of international relations and to let the Government of Guyana know that it must not allow itself to be used as a pawn in the US agenda of regime change in Venezuela”.
BARBADOS HAS announced plans to remove Britain’s Queen Elizabeth as the head of state, moving...
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Vincentian opposition decides against election court challenge KINGSTOWN (CMC): The main opposition New Democratic Party (NDP) in St Vincent and the Grenadines says it will not pursue legal action in relation to the outcome of the November 5...
Kentucky Attorney General Daniel Cameron may not be known to many outside of the Breonna Taylor case, but a look into Cameron’s past shows significant GOP ties. Cameron, a Black…
Follow MadameNoire as we look deeply at the impact of the Black women's vote in America.
A United Nations team was shot at and later detained by the Ethiopian National Defense Force on Sunday after the team reportedly ignored instructions issued by the army, Ethiopia's government has confirmed. The team were in an area they were not supposed to be, according to government spokesman Redwan Hussein. But the UN is yet...
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Analysis - On 26 November President Félix Tshisekedi concluded a three-week presidential consultation with political, economic, trade union, corporate and religious stakeholders. His goal was to create a 'sacred union' to stabilise governance in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC).
MEMBER of Parliament (MP) for St Andrew Southern Mark Golding is rejecting claims that he was opposed to outgoing president of the People's National Party (PNP) Dr Peter Phillips being named Opposition leader on Tuesday, following the party's massive defeat in the September 3 General Election.
By: Congresswoman Eddie Bernice Johnson (TX-30) Chairwoman, House Science, Space and Technology Committee On November 3, 2020, the American people turned out in record numbers across the country to participate in the democratic process. Texas was among the several states that shattered its previous turnout records. It is estimated that 66% of Texas’ 17 million […]
Nearly 2,000 Burke County citizens have opted to vote early for the Nov. 3 general election. As of 2 p.m. yesterday (Tuesday), a total of 1,965 ballots had been cast, according to Laverne Sello, executive director for the Burke County Board of Elections and Registration. On the first day of early voting last Monday, Sello confirmed a record high 307, […]
The Andrew Holness administration says it cannot comment substantively until it gets the official written judgment of a Supreme Court ruling that has shaken a national- security establishment now dependent on states of emergency (SOEs) to help...
POLITICAL Ombudsman Donna Parchment Brown does not share the view of some Jamaicans that her office is a toothless tiger.In fact, five years into the job, and after having to mediate numerous complaints about breaches of the political code of conduct, including 60 filed during campaigning for the September 3, 2020 General Election, Parchment Brown is convinced that the office - a commission of Parliament - has a role to play in Jamaica.
[Cameroon Tribune] Cameroon's artists and promoters of culture since Friday, November 27, 2020 know that through their works they remain very dear to the nation and especially to the Head of State, President of the Republic, Paul Biya.
The election is 50 days out and both candidates-- President Donald Trump and former Vice President Joe Biden-- are spending time in Florida.
THE Opposition People's National Party (PNP) can claw its way out of the apparent financial hole in which it has found itself, aspiring president Lisa Hanna believes.But, that will only happen if members of the embattled party can unite, she cautioned, following a series of leadership challenges brought on by constant infighting.
TENS OF thousands of adults will be able to benefit from almost 400 free courses...
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(Trinidad Express) The “vast majority” of stranded nationals have been cleared by the Ministry of National Security to return home, giving way for a new category of returning nationals to enter the country.
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