Their vehicles were recently shattered during the recent demonstrations, but the police and the government in general doesn’t want opposition leaders to walk on foot or use public means while visiting markets, courts, places of workshop… Some of the opposition leaders like Kenneth Paul Kakande (the spokesperson of the Democratic Party) have no cars because they were stolen, damaged in demonstrations or seized by the police. Kakande says that the government has impoverished them.

They don’t have the money to repair their cars but whenever they move on foot the police arrests them and whenever they drive their cars the police arrests them that mechanically dangerous conditioned cars.

For example in Kampala today, the police arrested FDC women league leader Ingrid Turinawe and Kampala woman MP Nagayi Sempala as they were walking to Court in a procession from their homes. The opposition leader Col. Kiiza Besigye describes the charges police charges opposition leaders as politically motivated arguing that the Government does not have evidence to sustain them in court.

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The policemen under the command of the Operations commander Kampala North Metropolitan, Sam Omara stormed Turinawe’s home in Canaan Sites Estate, Nakwero village located along Kampala Gayaza road on Monday.

The same police also arrested Turinawe on Monday. She was charged at Kasangati magistrates’ court and remanded at Kasangati prison on the same day.

Omara says that Turinawe and her supporters are not allowed to participate in ‘walk to work campaigns, because the said protests are unconstitutional.

By James Okello

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A source working in the office of the presidential advisor in charge of the UPDF has told our informer that president Museveni has directed the ministry of finance to make sure that the UPDF veterans; widows of the fallen UPDF soldiers access the loans next financial year.

However, not all UPDF veterans and widows are to get the loans. The people to get the loans are those members registered under UPDF veteran associations across the country and those veterans under the NRM national league.

So if you are a UPDF veteran and you are not a member of NRM league and not a member in veteran associations better register now.

By James Okello

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Turinawe is the head of the Forum for Democratic Change’s (FDC) Women’s League. Ingrid was arrested on Monday in connection with treason charges.

A source working with police has told us that they have conducted another search of the residence of Turinawe in Manyangwa, in Gayaza road to establish whether she actually doesn’t have prohibited military weapons.

A source says that they went back to Turinawe’s home because she did not cooperate well with the police during the first search. A source says that the police had her keys which they picked from her before she was remanded to Luzira.

By James Okello

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This reporter went with FDC activists to Luzira and met Ingrid. She looked so happy and said she was not terrified to stay at Luzira.

She was dressed in a pink, a colour put on by people chosen to head other inmates. The colour for regular inmates is yellow. FDC activists who had taken her food and drinks were surprised when she urged them to continue walking for work.

One of the FDC activists Dembe Catherine has told this informer after the visit that Ingrid is one of the toughest women in Uganda.

Dembe says she had expected Ingrid not to mobilize people to continue with walk to work protests since she is now remanded at Luzira over treason charges.

By Walakira Nyanzi

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