Makerere, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Police bag fired in the air to disperse a share of National Team spirit Platform supporters on the Makerere-Kavule locations of work.
Chaos erupted on Tuesday when a community of National Team spirit Platform supporters from Nansana municipality, escorting candidate Steven Kaweesi, held a procession along Bombo Highway as he headed to NUP headquarters to gather expression of ardour forms.
The supporters introduced about a traffic gridlock, prompting the police to swing into toddle and strive to arrest them, which resulted in running battles. Police from Wandegeya Police Salvage 22 situation were viewed firing stay bullets and forcibly gaining salvage admission to to the NUP locations of work to apprehend the suspects who had toddle within for safe haven.
One of Kyagulanyi’s aides, who most standard to stay anonymous, told Uganda Radio Community (URN) that the difficulty changed into chaotic when law enforcement officers arrested Kaweesi from the NUP headquarters. “They fired a huge sequence of bullets into the air, and teargas stuffed the distance as they arrested Kaweesi and some of his bodyguards,” he said. “They had come for registration to explicit ardour in the Nansana municipality.” The National Team spirit Platform President, Robert Kyagulanyi Ssentamu, has condemned the raid.
“The militia and police valid raided the NUP space of job headquarters and fired bullets. Several comrades were injured and others arrested. No clarification has been given for this illegal activity,”Kyagulanyi said.
Kampala Metropolitan Police Spokesperson Patrick Onyango said an announcement on the incident could perchance be issued in due course.
In February, police, along with a range of security forces forced their formulation into the headquarters of NUP at Makerere Kavule and the NUP leadership faculty at Kamwokya. Police, in an announcement, said they were shopping for shows.
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