Election Upbeat
Welcome into 2011, readers of the Apocalypse say its 2 years to the end of the world. But before that, we have business to attend to.
Elections in Uganda take the last bends towards the electoral finish line. All eight contestants are still in the field, even Lubega, whom I haven’t seen in the news, did I hear someone say even Bwanika. Well, now they are, at least. For those in, its more a kivulu (music fiesta) than a policy guided campaign. Today’s newspapers carry poll results saying the incumbent, Museveni has a projected 65% win. No surprise, his song Another Rap is leading the charts, with over four million hits on YouTube and counting.
Before that though, Sudan has a referendum earlier, 9th January and it will be a week long. I will be watching it closely from the fringes. President Omar El Bashir has promised to respect the outcome of the vote, despite repetitive reports of border tension between the north and south. Vote decision of which side Abyei is was postponed over indecision of who should vote.
I will be performing a listening post, on the way the media is reporting on the campaign.
Welcome 2011.
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