Kabuleta who is running as an independent candidate said the bodyguards are soldiers dressed in police uniforms deployed to spy on him for the government, yet he is the one facilitating them on a daily basis.
Independent Presidential
candidate Joseph Kabuleta has revealed that the bodyguards assigned to him are
government spies.
The Electoral
Commission - EC assigned each presidential aspirant a campaign vehicle and 10 counter
terrorist police officers for security during the campaign period.
Kabuleta, a former sports journalist said the bodyguards are soldiers
dressed in police uniforms deployed to spy on him for the government, yet he is
the one facilitating them on a daily basis.
He
said much as I don’t want them around, there is nothing he can do to get
rid of them since they are assigned by the Electoral Commission as mandated by
the law.
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Kabuleta
also blamed the bodyguards for leaking his personal information to the
government, something that he said led to the raiding of one of his campaign
agents’ home few days ago.
He
made the revelation on Monday afternoon at Bomah Hotel in Gulu City during
the launch of his manifesto. In
his manifesto, Kabuleta pledged for an affirmative action for Northern Uganda
for the reparation following the 25 years of the Lord’s Resistance Army war that
led to the displacement of people, loss of lives and destruction of properties.
Paul
Bukenya, the EC spokesman however
said a presidential candidate is entitled to security guards since they are
contesting in a high profile position in the country. Bukenya said there are still doubts and misconceptions by the aspirants
surrounding the deployment of the security guards, something they are engaging
the aspirants about.
Campaigns
have kicked off officially today but under strict guidelines in a bid to avoid
the spread of COVID -19.
