Kenya National Private Security Workers Union secretary-general Isaac Andabwa with delegates following his endorsement for another term in Nairobi on Monday. Photo George Owiti

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Security forces in Tanzania claimed to have foiled on Tuesday a nationwide strike by truck and bus drivers protesting police brutality.

Lazaro Mambosasa, Dar es Salaam's special zone police commander, told Anadolu Agency that the strike did not take place, although there were reports of business activities being halted in the southern Mbeya region.

"The police force had received information about the planned action. We will not hesitate to arrest whoever is behind it," he said.

Truck and bus drivers in the East African country are protesting police brutality, which allegedly led to the death of a colleague last month. Video footage circulating on social media showed a traffic police officer forcibly pulling the driver out of an oil tanker truck.

The grisly incident caught the attention of Albert Chalamila, Mbeya's regional commissioner, who launched a probe into the death of the driver identified as Abdulrahma Issa, said to be punched and kicked unconscious.

Initial findings, meanwhile, suggest the deceased succumbed to an unspecified respiratory disease, and that there were no injuries on his body as claimed by fellow drivers.

"The probe committee, which involved security forces and specialist doctors, collected samples from the deceased's head and abdomen to confirm the cause of his death. It was found he succumbed to an underlying condition, and respiratory fever," Chalamila told Anadolu Agency. - Kizito Makoye, Anadolu Agency

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Ugandan opposition leader Bobi Wine filed a challenge Monday in the country’s Supreme Court seeking the cancellation of presidential election results declaring incumbent President Yoweri Museveni the winner.

Wine, whose real name is Robert Kyagulani, asked the International Criminal Court last month to investigate Museveni, Security Minister Elly Tumwine and eight other senior officials for sanctioning human rights abuses.

Wine ran against Museveni in the January 14 presidential election. Museveni, who has served as president since 1986, was declared the winner of the 2021 presidential election with 59 percent of votes, while Wine had 35 percent. Wine was placed on house arrest following the election. On January 25, a Ugandan court ordered security forces to stop surrounding his home and blocking him from leaving.

Wine has asked the court to overturn the results on several grounds, including the widespread use of violence.

There have been challenges to the past four elections that Museveni won, all of which were dismissed by the Supreme Court. - Cassie Maas, JURIST