By Patrick Onyango
Oct 6, 2003
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PARLIAMENT - Tingey County MP Steven Chebrot says he has received death threats for opposing the third term. "I have received telephone calls threatening me and at the same time warning me that I will die by December 30 this year," Mr Chebrot told The Monitor on October 2 at Parliament. The MP is opposed to the amendment of the Constitution to remove the term limit on the presidency - a move that could, theoretically, allow President Yoweri Museveni or any other incumbent to rule for life. "They told me that I should be killed by December 30," he said. Chebrot said he has reported the matter to the police but is still living in fear. "I don't take this threat lightly; we have lost people in the district in a similar manner after telephone threats," he said. Chebrot said that his dog has already been killed as a warning to him. He said, however, that no one will stop him opposing the third term. "My destiny has been decided. I'm going to continue to do what I'm supposed to do," he said. Chebrot said that his personal assistant, Mr O. Walter, who was arrested on "framed up" charges of subversion, has been released after spending several days in safe houses in Kampala. |
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