Archbishop Odama demands Police of professional conduct during elections.

By; Ben Musanje

10^th Nov. 2020

The Archbishop of Gulu John Baptist Odama has called for a violent free election as campaigns for the 2021 general polls kick off.

His message comes on the backdrop of security intimidation and brutality against members of the opposition political party leaders and their supporters as witnessed after Presidential nominations last week.

Kyagulanyi Robert Ssentamu, the National Unity Platform Party presidential aspirant and the Forum for Democratic Change-FDC presidential candidate Patrick Oboi Amuriat along with some of their supporters fell victim to police and army high handedness before and after their nominations by the Electoral Commission.

Archbishop Odama says the political ground should be levelled for free participation citing that the citizens are the owners of the country who should be left with the privilege to elect their leaders.

A total of 11 presidential candidates have been nominated to contest for the presidency by the electoral commission in an exercise conducted last week at Kyambogo University Sports grounds.

The Electoral Commission set November 9th to January 12th, 2021 as campaign periods for presidential candidates and Members of Parliament with elections set to be held on January 14th.