The Leader of the Born-Again Faith Federation, Joseph Sserwadda has urged Ugandans to restrain themselves from violence in the forthcoming general elections.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
“Let\nme talk about violence during the forthcoming elections, we appeal to the\ngeneral public to be restrained during\nthe coming election,\u201d he said <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Sserwadda\nwas speaking at a press conference at Namboole Stadium in Kampala ahead of\nPassover prayers on Tuesday, which will focus on praying for peace to prevail\nin the 2021 polls.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
He\nurged all the politicians and the public to refrain from all sort of violence\nas the country heads to 2021 general elections.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
“Please\navoid violence as practice of intolerance for those who don’t support your\nparty, nobody should die because of an election,\u201d he said. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
He\nnoted that instigating violence, hatred and killing one another during elections\nis not the solutions to all the problems Uganda is facing. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
“They\nshould understand and refrain from being the causers of this violence for\nexample by instigating it in anyway, expressing happiness that there was a\ncommotion and use this chaos and violence acts for personal gains,” he\nsaid.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
He\nfurther called upon all political parties to sign a pact so that peace, tranquillity\nand unity is promoted during the time of elections. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
“The\ngeneral message is, avoid violence, can it be that cool? can we have an\nelection where everybody is happy? “he requested. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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