Kampalacity is on tension as the opposition leader, Col. Kiiza Besigye and the city Lord Mayor Erias Lukwago appeared at Buganda Road court on Wednesday amidst tight security to answer charges linked to the last Wednesday city violence in which the Assistant Inspector of Police (AIP) John Bosco Ariong was killed. Lukwago did not appear in court in person because he is out of the country on official duties.
Besigye, Lukwago and many other suspects were summoned to appear at court today by the Chief Magistrate of Buganda Road Court, Eleanor Khainza.
The accused took plea on four counts of managing unlawful society, contrary to Section 56 and 57 of Uganda’s Penal Code Act. Ariong was hit with a blunt object, thrown from a building on Ben Kiwanuka Street, as Police cruelly dispersed a crowd of opposition Activists who were in a peaceful procession.
Other notable suspects jointly charged with Besigye are FDC Women League boss Ingrid Turinawe, Kawempe Division Mayor Mubaraka Munyagwa, Kampala Woman MP Nabilah Ssempala, FDC woman activist Catherine Dembe, Harold Kaija, Robert Kavuma, Mohammed Ssebugwawo, Hanifah Nakitende, Abdu Mutwalib Kayondo, Malik Nsubuga, Ismail Kirya, Farida Nalubega and Hajj Twalib Kakande.
The government alleges that on March 21, between Kafumbe-Mukasa road,Namirembe Road and Mini-Price building onBen Kiwanuka Street inKampala the suspects formed an unlawful assembly with the purpose of inciting members of the public against the police leading to the death of Ariong and injuring of AIPs Wabwire, Police Constable Julius Olweng.