Residents of Rubaga in Kampala demonstrate

Ultimate Media

It looks demonstrations inKampala and Uganda in general is part of the daily menu. Every day there must be a story about people killed in demonstration, or the people police have arrested while demonstrating along the road and on streets. Most of the demonstrations inUgandatake place inUganda’s capital cityKampala.

Most of the demonstrations inUgandaare sparked off over load shedding, corruption, torture of civilians, politically motivated arrests, land grabbing, tribal conflicts and others are a result of differences in political ideology.

Today for instance, the residents of Wankulukuku, aKampalasuburb have today morning demonstrated over road shedding. They threw big stones and tree branches to the police. They sang anti government songs and in the process the police arrested dozens of them. The violent demonstration lasted for not less than two hours.

 The demonstrators said that the prolonged load shedding has made them to incur heavy loses in their businesses. The business community closed their premises and places of work as the police fired bullets and tear gas into the demonstrators.

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