Besigye’s name missing at polling station

After months of campaigning, Dr Kizza Besigye had one last vote to look for on Election Day – his own. The presidential candidate was shocked when he found his name missing from the polling station where he was due to vote.

Dr Besigye had been registered as a voter at Katenga Cell Municipal Stadium polling station. Instead he was advised to go to Rwakabengo Health Centre III polling station where he found his name and voted.

Accompanied by his wife Ms Winnie Byanyima, Dr Besigye, who arrived at the polling station at 12:30pm, said he was surprised that his name and that of many of his supporters were missing at the polling stations where they had initially been registered. He blamed the Electoral Commission for the mess.

“It has been done deliberately by the EC to frustrate our supporters from casting their ballot,” Dr Besigye said. Dr Besigye also explained that many of his supporters had moved to more than four polling stations only to find their names missing.

Dr Besigye claimed that many of the voters whose names are missing at various polling stations are in places where the opposition is very strong. He also claimed that his supporters and polling agents are being arrested and intimidated from monitoring the voting process.

“As we are talking now, we have several of our agents who have been arrested in many polling stations around the country. In Kyankwanzi, most of our agents have been arrested by the RDC and are being held at the district police head quarters,” Dr Besigye said.

He urged his agents who were arrested and later released not to sign the declaration forms because the process has been tampered with.

Dr Besigye also repeated his earlier statement that the IPC would declare its won results. “We made it clear how we will handle the post election situation. We have our own tally centres where we shall declare our own results and leave it to the people of Uganda to decide,” he said.