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Ugandans protest rising fuel prices ("Walk to Work"), 2011

Country
Uganda
Time period
February 2011 to June 2011, 2011 to
Classification
Change
Cluster
Economic Justice
Human Rights
Democracy
Total points
4 out of 10 points
Name of researcher, and date dd/mm/yyyy
Joseph Kiranto, 29/03/2013

The Walk to Work was a campaign that happened in Uganda led by the leader of The Forum for Democratic Change, Kizza Besigye. Its main goal was to curb the high cost of living as result of high food and fuel prices.  

This campaign started after the general election in February 2011 and ended in June 2011. Though the leader of opposition lost the election in Uganda, this campaign propelled his “cause to the top of the agenda and won him far greater popularity than during the general election.