NUP Backs Olara Otunnu for UN Secretary-General Role, Calls Out Uganda’s Human Rights Record

Uganda’s National Unity Platform has thrown its weight behind Olara Otunnu’s bid for the top job at the United Nations, arguing his decades of advocacy for human dignity make him the right man for the moment. But the endorsement comes wrapped in a sharp rebuke of conditions inside Uganda itself. It is a move that is equal parts tribute and political provocation.