(15) That in the circumstances I did not vote since it was meaningless to do by casting a ballot pre-ticked for me.”
Sam Kakuru averred in the following paragraphs of his affidavit:
(16) “I then identified myself to them by showing my agents appointment letter. The presiding officer called Tindyebwa who ordered me to sit far from the agents’ table saying the table was for government people not us ‘rebels’
(17) Tindyebwa and other officials started ticking ballot papers for people on the table. I objected and was manhandled and beaten up. Policemen looked onhopelessly as they had been earlIer on warned that they were known to be anti Museveni.
(18) I was chased away from the polling station I stayed at home till around 4:00 p.m. eventually all our other agents were chased away.
(20) At around 5:00 p.m. stone wielding thugs led by Stephen Rugaju. Rubondo and other Museveni task force members came on two pick-ups, surrounded my home and demanded that I go and meet the RDC. I refused to go with them and entered my house. They threatened to demolish my house which forced me to go with them. They took me to the polling station where I was ordered to sign the declaration forms. I refused. I was taken to RDC, his Deputy RDC and GISO and others and I told them I couldn’t sign when I had not witnessed the polling. They insisted, threatening me and I had to sign…”
The Affidavit of Bernard Matsiko of Ntungamo village averred as follows :-
(8) That on polling day I reached the polling station at 6:00
a.m. with our agents. We found out that voting had already started.
(9) That all voting was done by Museveni’s agents where one Rehema Biryomu Masiko had about 200 ballot papers.
