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Africa-Press<\/a> – Uganda<\/a>. <\/strong><\/span>KAMPALA<\/b><\/p>\n

– The United States on Sunday called for an audit of last Thursday\u2019s presidential and parliamentary elections, citing \u201ccredible reports\u201d of pre-election violence and election irregularities.<\/p>\n

The Electoral Commission (EC) on Saturday declared President Museveni, who was the flag bearer of the ruling National Resistance Movement (NRM), winner with 58.6 per cent of valid votes cast.<\/p>\n

Voting and result tallying happened in largely information black-hole after the State shut down the Internet alongside blocking mobile money transactions.<\/p>\n

In a statement issued yesterday, US Department of State spokesperson Morgan Ortagus said: \u201cWe are deeply troubled by the many credible reports of security force violence during the pre-election period and election irregularities during the polls. We strongly urge independent, credible, impartial and thorough investigations into these reports and that those responsible be held accountable.\u201d<\/p>\n

Ortagus condemned what she called as the continuing attacks on political candidates and urged \u201cthe government to respect their human rights and fundamental freedoms, including the freedom of expression\u201d.<\/p>\n

We were unable to reach Uganda\u2019s Information minister Judith Nabakooba or Uganda Media Centre executive director Ofwono Opondo to respond to the charges by Washington.<\/p>\n

In yesterday\u2019s statement, Ortagus expressed \u201cgrave concern\u201d about harassment of and the continued threats to civil society\u201d.<\/p>\n

On Voting Day, Uganda\u2019s security forces raided a parallel tally centre set up by the civil society at Hotel Africana in Kampala and arrested at least 35 non-governmental organisation officials who were accused of operating without accreditation to run a tally centre.<\/p>\n

A few weeks earlier, the government froze the bank accounts of two prominent NGOs, including the National NGO Forum, which is the umbrella body of all civil society organisations operating in the country, over allegations of terrorism financing. The US, which provides Uganda nearly $1 billion (Shs3.7 trillion) annually in bilateral assistance, yesterday asked Kampala to behave.<\/p>\n

Whereas the statement did not specify the cases of violence, the campaign was marked by teargassing, brutalisation, and repeated arrests of mainly National Unity Platform party\u2019s Robert Kyagulanyi, alias Bobi Wine, and Forum for Democratic Change\u2019s Patrick Oboi Amuriat, who came second and third, respectively, according to the results the EC released on Saturday.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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