Winnie rocks Bushenyi

Jan 01, 2006

BUSINESS came to standstill on Saturday in Ruhinda county, Bushenyi district, as people stood by the roadside to welcome Winne Byanyima, wife of jailed FDC presidential candidate Dr. Kizza Besigye, while others closed their shops to hear her message.

By Chris Ahimbisibwe

BUSINESS came to standstill on Saturday in Ruhinda county, Bushenyi district, as people stood by the roadside to welcome Winne Byanyima, wife of jailed FDC presidential candidate Dr. Kizza Besigye, while others closed their shops to hear her message.

Water minister Maj. Gen. Kahinda Otafiire also made a stop-over at Mitoma trading centre, where FDC was holding a rally and greeted FDC officials, including Byanyima.

As Otafiire shook hands with Byanyima, the crowd kept on cheering and chanting both NRM and FDC slogans.
After a few minutes, Otafiire, who is the area MP and Bushenyi district NRM chairman, drove off.

Earlier, at Rutokye trading centre, Byanyima had accused Otafiire of intimidating FDC supporters.

Byanyima, who was accompanied by Bushenyi district FDC executive member Chaapa Karuhanga, addressed rallies in Rutokye, Kiyanga, Bitereko, Kashenshero, Kabira, Mitoma and Mutara sub-counties, urging people to vote for Besigye.

She asked Otafiire to let people exercise their rights freely.

Byanyima said time had come for the voting exercise to be without intimidation.
She said Besigye had sent her to deliver New Year greetings and to assure people that he was in good health.

Byanyima said Besigye being a doctor, saved Generals David Tinyefuza, Salim Saleh and other UPDF officers’ lives during the bush war.

“These people jailing my husband are alive because of Besigye. Tinyefuza would have lost legs, while Salim Saleh would be armless had it not been for Besigye,” she said.

Speaking in Runyankole at Kiyanga trading centre Byanyima caused laughter when she said, “President Museveni is like Ishekatabazi who was beaten by a pregnant woman in a wrestling contest but Katabazi gave an excuse of wrestling with two people.”

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