Of the 10 candidates that have been cleared for nominations, only they have pinned posters along the Kyambogo Road. They include President Museveni, General Henry Tumukunde, and Robert Kyagulanyi Ssentamu.
Twelve of them will contest as independents; three on the ruling National Resistance Movement party ticket; three under Forum for Democratic Change, three under the Democratic Party; two under Alliance for National Transformation and two on the National Unity Platform ticket.
Police, commanded by the Wakiso Police Station Officer in Charge, Joseph Kamukama, tried to arrest Wakayima, but an army of supporters shielded him, vowing that he would only be arrested 'over their dead bodies.'