Security is tight onKampala–Masaka road following an anti government rally organised by members of the ‘Action for Change” in Kyengera.
The inspector general of police, Lt. Gen. Kale Kayihura has confirmed the deployment and said it is there for the good of all Ugandans.
When our informers made the tour of the road, they saw hundreds of policemen and a few military men camped from Nateete trading centre in Lubaga division to Kyengera. There are reports that a few arrests of opposition leaders have been made by the police.
The president of Forum for Democratic Change Col. Kiiza Besigye has however blamed police for the deployment and arrests. He says that the deployment and the arrests are made to intimidate opposition supporters.
Besigye warned the police against being used by the state and the president in particular to abuse human rights. The police inUgandahave been accused of harassing and killing civilians during opposition protests.