By Spy Uganda
Kampala: Former Presidential Candidate Robert Kyagulanyi Ssentamu alias Bobi Wine on 27th, Feb 2021 wrote a protest letter to Next Media Television NBS CEO Kin Kariisa accusing his station of biased election coverage broadcasting.
“You were aware that I rejected with contempt the purported outcome of the said election because the entire electoral process was neither free nor fair,” Kyagulanyi’s letter states, adding that he takes strong exception on the biased election day reporting that the TV made against him.
“NBS claimed to have established its own tally centre (which other media houses were not allowed to do), and by 11:00 pm, they were saying that Museveni had 63% from several districts. Most citizens wondered where these results were coming from,” says Kyagulanyi.
He also stated that the intention of the broadcast was to create the impression that Museveni was leading so as to dampen the spirits of the citizens who had roundly rejected the dictatorship.
”During its live coverage of the election NBS TV attributed to me fake results moreover from an unknown source which didn’t match with the relevant declaration forms,” says Kyagulanyi.
He further said that NBS lied to the nation that the results being relayed were coming from districts yet some of the districts hadn’t finished tallying the votes.
”It is unfortunate that you used your station to conspire with the regime in order to defeat the will of the people of Uganda,” he added.
Kyagulanyi also asked the broadcast to reflect on its actions and asked it to apologize to the people of Uganda.
He says, “At the height of the most fraudulent election in our nation’s history, after the regime locked out credible election observers and cut off the internet; after the regime came out and said that NO ONE except the Electoral Commission had the authority to release election results, NBS was at hand to assist the dictatorship in committing the vilest crime against the people of Uganda.”
