The Lord Mayor of Kampala Capital City Authority (KCCA) is not supposed to inform the police or not even president Museveni/ Uganda government when doing his work including road inspections, touring city markets, visiting hospitals, churches, mosques, political party headquarters, night clubs, taxi parks and business centres.

On the other hand, the President of Forum for Democratic Change (FDC), Col. Kiiza Besigye and all other political party presidents have a right like other Ugandans to go any where in Uganda whether in markets, churches etc without informing police.

FDC deputy spokesman, Toterebuka Bamwenda asked Museveni to avoid politics and look at the issue of freedom of assembly, movement and expression with a sober mind. Bamwenda asks whether Museveni ask for a permission to tour Kampala markets or to pass on the roads.

The FDC spokesperson says he has never seen civilians in Uganda attack police until after the police tear gasses them.

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The leadership of opposition parties have told us that they supported NCF in the beginning but it has now turned a nuisance and a useless platform.

NCF was set up by the 1995 Constitution of Uganda and the Political Parties and Other Organisations Act of 2005. The Secretary General of DP, Mathias Nsubuga says that the members of opposition parties are concerned that  the ruling party /government doesn’t respect freedom of assembly, funding of parties, free and fair elections, democracy, safety, security of people and tackle economic problems.

The NCF was formed to resolve disputes among parties, present views of parties to the Electoral Commission and ensure that the parties adhere to an agreed code of conduct.

Nsubuga challenged the Government to build the culture of parties working together and respect and listen to each other.

By James Okello

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The deputy Attorney General Fred Ruhindi was asked to leave the committee when he told MPS that he wanted to first harmonize some issues in the bill which raise legalities like on the constitutional ruling of Muwanga kivumbi versus the Attorney General which said that the Inspector of police powers is regulative rather than prohibitive in relation to the exercise of freedom of assembly and peaceful demonstration.

The vice chairperson of the legal committee Baka mugabi thrown out Ruhindi on ground that the issues he was raising could propose for amendment of the bill.

The  MPS who included Abdu Katuntu , Lubega segoona ,  Stephen Baka Mugabi said that the deputy Attorney General should sit together and iron out legal and constitutional  issues in the Public order management Bill  and he comes back before the committee to defend the bill with the minister of internal Affairs who originated the bill next week.

Ruhindi said that he will return to the committee after giving legal advise to the internal Affairs minister on the bill.

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