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The Opposition People's National Party (PNP) held a closed-door meeting in Portmore, St Catherine last to address growing tension between supporters of Deputy Mayor Alrick Campbell and Dr Alfred Dawes in the St Catherine South Eastern...
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.
Brothers Phillip and Fidel Williams were yesterday afternoon acquitted of the 2016 murder of Brazilian gold miner, Naldinho De Costa Souza.
The article Brothers acquitted of murdering Brazilian miner appeared first on Stabroek News.
WELL-known attorney-at-law Oswest Senior-Smith will be looking to change the political tide in St Catherine North Eastern for the Opposition People's National Party (PNP) and reverse his fortunes in representational politics when Prime Minister Andrew Holness sends Jamaicans to the polls not long from now.
That's because the party's leaders, in particular its President Dr Peter Phillips, have remained stagnant and uninspiring…unveiling the same criticisms of the Government that people have become tired of.
Why the PNP is still not the preferred party
There are some in the People's National Party who believe that a president should have a God-given right to do as he likes…even if it means loafing while things are happening around him that need his attention.
But there are so many who are still in their time capsule, who think that even if the majority of the people in the country say they do not want Dr Phillips as prime minister, then to hell with them…their opinions do not matter.
The reality is that he is now seen by a huge block of people as the worst president of the PNP; and this is fuelled by the opinion that he has the worst general secretary to have represented any party in Jamaica; his party chairman is weak, his vice-presidents are weak, his kitchen Cabinet is also weak, and to compound those problems, the party is flat broke.
In the same way that we have used herbs and bush medicines in this country to contain the common cold, or influenza – for which modern medicine has no cure – I'm sure that the same herbs can tame the coronavirus, as irresponsible as some people would want to suggest that I am in my thinking.
TOVA Hamilton, the 37-year-old attorney-at-law from Trelawny, was sworn in yesterday as the newest member of the Jamaica Senate.Hamilton has filled the vacuum created by the movement of former Jamaica Labour Party cabinet minister, Pearnel Charles Jr, from the Senate to the House of Representatives, after winning the Clarendon South Eastern seat in a by-election to replace Rudyard Spencer on March 2.
The strategy involves dividing the country into six clusters which will be visited in phases.
by VENERANDA LANGA CALLS for the unconditional release of journalist Hopewell Chin’ono continue to grow louder with Parliamentary Portfolio Committee on Information, Media and Broadcasting Services chairperson Prince Dubeko Sibanda yesterday saying the scribe was being persecuted for exposing high-profile corruption. Speaking during a virtual discussion organised by media lobby groups focusing on journalists under siege, Sibanda said it was ironic that Chin’ono was being denied bail when former Health minister Obadiah Moyo, who allegedly corruptly authorised a US$60 million tender which led to his expulsion, was freed on bail. “We need a law to protect journalists because currently there is no law that protects them and as a result, they are victims of us politicians,” Sibanda said. Speaking at the same event, Media Alliance of Zimbabwe chairperson Patience Zirima said 28 journalists have been arrested this year. “When journalists are not protected, it becomes difficult to perform their work. The role of the police in promoting press freedom is very critical. “People have a strong belief that arrests of journalists create fear in terms of freedom of information for people to express themselves. If we see a big name like Chin’ono arrested, then people question whether journalists are able to report without getting arrested,” Zirima said. Former journalist Pedzisai Ruhanya bemoaned the selective application of the law, whereby ruling party officials were not being censured for inciting violence while jounalists and opposition activists were always targeted. But national police spokesperson assistant commissioner Paul Nyathi denied allegations of selective application of the law. Nyathi said journalists were free to do their work as long as they observed the law, but warned that they should identify themselves to the police in order to distinguish them from citizen journalists that have also been posting false information on social media. “I want to assure journalists that their freedom is guaranteed. We need up-and-coming journalists to be conscientised about the need to be responsible when performing their duties,” Nyathi said, adding that in future, media training would be part of the police curriculum.
[Monitor] Former State minister for Information, Communication and Technology, Ms Ida Nantaba, has refused to heed calls by the National Resistance Movement (NRM) party officials to stop supporting an Independent candidate in the Kayunga District LC5 by-election.
BY NUNURAI JENA ZANU PF politburo member Christopher Mutsvangwa has said Justice minister Ziyambi Ziyambi was behind the chaos in the opposition MDC, telling party officials that he was using the courts to ensure that “MDC goes back to running by its constitution”. Speaking at a Zanu PF Mashonaland West provincial co-ordinating committee meeting at Chinhoyi High School yesterday, Mutsvangwa, a former adviser to President Emmerson Mnangagwa, said the resultant infighting in the opposition ranks would ensure that Nelson Chamisa and his MDC-Alliance were “history”. “We are happy with the efforts by the MDC to go back to running by the constitution, that’s what Zimbabwe wants, a party which respects institutions. I hope they continue on that path and I want to thank our Minister of Justice (Ziyambi), who has been helping them moving in that direction by making sure the courts do their job,” he said. In March, the Supreme Court ruled that the late MDC founder and leader Morgan Tsvangirai had in 2016 unconstitutionally appointed Chamisa as vice-president alongside Elias Mudzuri, leading to his eventual elevation to lead the party in 2018. It declared Thokozani Khupe, who leads a smaller faction of the MDC, interim leader and charged her with organising an extraordinary congress to replace Chamisa. “ times are hard but, there is a lot of subversion which has been directed against Zimbabwe as a State, especially after the election period because one particular party has a young man who says ‘I don’t play by the rules’. He hates Zec, if the High Court gives a judgment, he refuses to accept it, if the Supreme Court delivers a judgment he does not accept it. “In his party, he rose by a coup and now those who were disgruntled, who were the victims of him in the party, their party, because he rose by a coup, they have now gathered the courage to challenge him back,” Mutsvangwa said. “It’s not a quarrel now between Chamisa and Zanu PF, it’s a quarrel between Chamisa and his colleagues within MDC. We are spectators to what is going on there, but along the way we hope they can become constitutional, but also they become more patriotic and love their country. That’s what we want. “We have no problem with an opposition, we are a democratic party.” Contacted for comment, MDC Alliance secretary-general Chalton Hwende said Mutsvangwa was “daydreaming” because the party would not be destroyed easily. “Mutsvangwa is hallucinating. The MDC will not be easily destroyed. They have been trying since our founding father the late Morgan Tsvangirai to destroy our party, but they failed and will fail,” Hwende said. The MDC Alliance is on record accusing Khupe of dalliance with Zanu PF, while civic society organisations have in the past raised concern over judicial appointments made by the President and the bench’s independence
As the Government prepares to announce stricter public restrictions to curtail the spread of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) tomorrow, concerns over whether Prime Minister Andrew Holness erred in having the general election last Thursday –...
Recent revelations regarding the Ministry of Education’s plan to stage the National Grade Six Assessment (NGSA) in about two months, have caused concern among parents and teachers.
Although many can appreciate the need to place students in an appropriate secondary institution, one hopes that the plan being devised effectively addresses a wide range of issues surrounding the assessment, many of which have been exacerbated by the current pandemic.
It is no secret that despite the challenges faced by many who lack the necessary resources, who overwhelmingly are in public schools, others, such as pupils enrolled in many private institutions, have accessed consistent daily instruction.
Beyond that, our delimiting placement practices must be restructured and a broad-based plan for the enhancement of secondary education, eliminating the sprawling differences across schools, must be rolled out.
We have an opportunity to re-imagine and improve our assessment processes and increase the life chances of every child passing through the system going forward, with strategic planning that eliminates the inequities and expands the scope for success in education.
Time is a precious resource, and how we manage it significantly impacts our success and well-being. In this comprehensive guide, we will delve into various time management techniques that can transform the way you approach your daily tasks and long-term goals. Understanding Time Management Time management is not just about getting more done; it's about […]
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\tPrime Minister Andrew Holness has warned that there is no room for rogue elements in the Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) declaring that he is aware of public discourse about events affecting the organisation he leads. ...
A new political entity — Jamaica Progressive Party (JPP) — has applied to the Electoral Commission of Jamaica (ECJ) to be registered as Jamaica's fourth political party.
The party, said the ECJ, is now provisionally registered, having fulfilled the requirements of the Seventh Schedule of the Representation of the People (Amendment) Act 2014.
“The Electoral Commission is in the process of conducting investigations pertained the party's submissions and invites members of the public having probable cause, so to do, to register objections to the registration of the applicant party.
Registered political parties are eligible to contest future elections and will have their finances monitored by the ECJ.
Presently, the nation's three registered political parties are the Jamaica Labour Party (JLP), the People's National Party (PNP), and the United Independents' Congress, which was registered in 2019.
THE Opposition People's National Party (PNP) said yesterday that its president Mark Golding, General Secretary Dr Dayton Campbell, Chairman Phillip Paulwell, and other senior party officials met Monday with Senator Norman Horne to pursue a resolution concerning his seat in the Senate.
Both the governing Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) and the Opposition People's National Party (PNP) have seen a five percentage points increase in their favourability ratings over the last four months, veteran pollster Bill Johnson is reporting.However, the JLP has maintained a 26 percentage points lead over the PNP in two polls conducted March 12-15, 2020 and July 9-12, 2020.
The Zimbabwe Human Rights NGO Forum (the Forum) is a coalition of 20 human rights organisations operating in the country to advance the cause of human rights.
On 22 May 2020, the Forum delivered a petition to the Minister of Home Affairs and Cultural Heritage and the Commissioner-General of Police calling for investigations and decisive action on, among other violations, the abduction and torture of the Honourable Member of Parliament (MP) for Harare West constituency Joanna Mamombe, and two Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) Alliance youth leaders Cecilia Chimbiri and Netsai Marova.
The Forum notes with dismay, shock and repugnance the mention of three of our members by Minister Kazembe Kazembe, in his press statement on 4 June 2020.
We note earlier statements by senior government and ruling party officials, that pre-emptively characterised the abductions as fake, and as having all the hallmarks of “other fake abductions”.
We note, for instance, that the Minister’s statement fails to address the critical question of the conflicting statements issued by the police in the first two days of the abductions, including the confirmation by Police Spokesperson Assistant Commissioner Paul Nyathi of the arrest of the trio.
In any British commemoration of World War 2 (WW2), you might also hear of Dame Vera Lynn who was an English singer and entertainer fondly called the ‘Forces Sweetheart’, since she popularly performed for the troops in places like Burma and India. Two of her most famous songs composed in 1939 at the outbreak of […]
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A jury found Derek Chauvin guilty of the murder of George Floyd in Minneapolis on Tuesday. Floyd’s death sparked global protests in 2020.
