Veteran journalist Andrew Mwenda describes opposition icon Kizza Besigye as President Yoweri kaguta Museveni’s campaign agent who engineers voter apathy by continuously referring to an election as a sham.
He therefore, demotivates voters to turn up in huge numbers to vote for their respective political leaders, in the process it works in favour of Museveni than Besigye.
Mwenda says Museveni has a small margin of support below 50%, he wins because of low voter turn up.
“Why is there low voter turn up, because one of the major reasons is because Museveni has got a strong campaign manager in Dr, Kizza Besigye whom most Ugandans believe. He tells them that elections don’t matter,” Mwenda said on Monday at Africana Hotel during the launch of RWI opinion poll launch, a report which shows that 50% of Ugandan don’t trust Electoral Commission.
“This Kyagulanyi has the best strategy I have seen. He argues that Museveni can be defeated in an election and therefore people should register and vote,” Mwenda added.
Mwenda is optimistic that People Power Movement leader Robert Kyagulanyi alias Bobi Wine can motivate people to vote using that approach.
However, the question is can Bobi Wine woo supporters from NRM or can he attract 32% of Ugandans who never vote.
The recent poll from Dr. Patrick Wakida’s organisation put Bobi Wine ahead of Besigye with 22% and 13% respectively.
Museveni is still leading with 32%.
The poll results have been disputed by a couple of FDC members who questioned its credibility. They say, the report is sponsored by Besigye’s opponents portraying the only tested opposition leader in the land as weak.
They argue that, a same poll emerged in 2015 when former premier Amama Mbabazi had joined opposition. Shockingly he garnered 1.4% while Besigye got 33% from the main election.