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Uganda Elections 2016 - Three Days of Grand Corruption

Uganda Elections 2016 – Three Days of Grand Corruption

Feb 18, 2016 Uganda Elections. Kampala, Uganda. Today is a big day for Uganda.  One of the biggest in recent history. Holy!  I just looked up at the television showing elections taking place as I started writing this and across the screen it says, “Besigye Arrested.”  Kizza Besigye is the opposition leader to the current president Yoweri Museveni of Uganda. President Museveni, has been in office from January 1986 to now.  Actually, I just looked the dates up on Wikipedia...

Uganda Elections 2016 - Three Days of Grand Corruption

Kampala: Uganda 2016 Election Day 3

Kampala: Uganda 2016 Election Day 3. Feb 20, 2016 Uganda Elections. Kampala, Uganda. The suspense has built until today, though it was clear that the incumbent Yoweri Museveni would win the 2016 Ugandan election for presidency over Kizza Besigye. [su_pullquote] Everyone can smell the skunk. [/su_pullquote] Also, obvious to everyone who has paid even the slightest amount of attention to the past two days is that corruption has prevailed and has been in control of the election.  Today, a European...

Uganda Elections 2016 - Three Days of Grand Corruption

Kampala: Uganda 2016 Election Day 2

Kampala: Uganda 2016 Election Day 2. Feb 19 Uganda Elections 2016 Kampala, Uganda. Well, today was relatively quiet as provisional results for the polls began coming in for the Ugandan election.  The 30 year dictator, Yoweri Museveni, is in the voting lead, but his position is not with accusations of scandals and corruption.  Opposition leader, Kizza Besigye, the only other real competitor in the election, has been arrested again today by local authorities.  He has now been arrested two times...

Uganda Elections 2016 - Three Days of Grand Corruption

Kampala: Ugandan 2016 Election Day 1

Kampala: Ugandan 2016 Election Day 1. Feb 18, 2016 Uganda Election Day. Kampala, Uganda. Today is a big day for Uganda.  One of the biggest in recent history. Holy!  I just looked up at the television showing elections taking place as I started writing this and across the screen it says, “Besigye Arrested.”  Kizza Besigye is the opposition leader to the current president Yoweri Museveni of Uganda. President Museveni, has been in office from January 1986 to now.  Actually, I...

Kampala: Ugandan 2016 Election - Day 1

Kampala: A Gorgeous Translation of Ugly Voices and Smacking Locals

Kampala: A Gorgeous Translation of Ugly Voices and Smacking Locals. Feb 17 I left the guesthouse in Entebbe at about 14:00 and went to a restaurant to meet Stella, who wants to accompany me to Kampala.  I figured that would be fun and a pretty lady companion for a couple of days would probably be a good time. Stella and I caught a mini-van to Kampala, and went to check in a day early for the hotel room I had...

Masindi to Entebbe: Smooth Ridin' Boring Timin'

Masindi to Entebbe: Smooth Ridin’ Boring Timin’

Masindi to Entebbe: Smooth Ridin’ Boring Timin’. Feb 16 My hotel cleaning ladies seem to have a thing for me.  Both of them were in my room this morning.  One of them was on my bed and asked me to take her with me when I leave.  I asked her if she wanted to fall in love and if I was looking at my future right now.  She told me she wants to see Europe and North America.  She asked...