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Police block presidential candidate Henry Tumukunde at Burondo, Bundibugyo

Election Related Verified Bundibugyo 18 Nov 2020 Severity: 2/5

According to the Daily Monitor, police led by the Bundibugyo District Police Commander stopped independent presidential candidate Lt Gen Henry Tumukunde at Burondo and ordered him to turn back, and his planned radio talk show in Bundibugyo town did not go ahead. Tumukunde said the Electoral Commission knew he was scheduled in Bundibugyo and said he would urge the opposition to boycott the election; the DPC said police were enforcing COVID-19 guidelines against processions and that Tumukunde refused a venue offered at Burondo primary school.

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