Besigye says he recently interacted with an old man on Entebbe road and the man told him that for every government in Uganda to come to an end, many unusual things have to happen first. Besigye says that the unusual things the old man talked about are already happening.

He gave an example of butterflies which recently hit and destroyed plantations in Namakweke Village in Mbale District.

The origins of the butterflies (or ebiwojjolo in Luganda) is not known but they hit Mbale District in the last two or more weeks. Besigye cited many other unusual things that have taken Ugandans by surprise. They include jiggers in Busoga, floods, accidents, and mysterious death.

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Security has been beefed around Kampala today as Uganda’s opposition leader

Dr/Col. Kizza Besigye is anticipated to tour Owino (St. Balikuddembe) market. Yesterday Besigye appeared at Buganda road court to answer charges of violence that resulted into the murder of Assistant Inspector of Police (AIP) John Bosco Ariong last week. As he (Besigye) was returning home the police fired tear gas on him and beat up his supporters. Besigye’s appearance in court followed the Chief Magistrate Eleanor Khainza decision to issue criminal summons to Besigye and 14 others.

Besigye and group were charged with four counts emerging from unlawful society that is contrary to Section 56 and 57 of Uganda’s Penal Code Act.

Ariong was hit with a blunt object, suspected to be a stone thrown from a building on Ben Kiwanuka Street, as Police battled with the crowd that involved opposition political leaders, who were in the demonstration.

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Uganda’s opposition leader Col. Kiiza Besigye and 14 other FDC leaders have been charged with staging an unlawful assembly last Wednesday in Kampala central business area that led to the alleged murder of an Assistant Inspector of Police (AIP) John Bosco Ariong.

Besigye and 14 other suspects including FDC Women League leader Ingrid Turinawe, Kawempe Division LC3 Chairman Hajji Mubaraka Munyagwa, Kampala Woman MP Nabilah Ssempala, and FDC woman activist Catherine Dembe appeared before Buganda Road Court Chief Magistrate Eleanor Khainza this Wednesday. Besigye was also charged with injuring a policeman and disobeying lawful orders and blocking traffic flow in Kampala.

Besigye and his co accused were represented by David Mpanga. Besigye and group were granted bail and they are to reappear in court on April 17^th this year. Each surety of the suspects was bonded 50 million shillings and each of the suspects produced 20 million shillings not cash. Late Ariong was hit with an object from a building on Ben Kiwanuka Street. Eye witnesses say that a man hit the policeman with an object after he reportedly saw policemen mistreating civilians.

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People in their hundreds have besieged Buganda Road Court premises. The people stormed the court premises to hear by themselves the charges the government accuses opposition leader Col. Kiiza Besigye, Kampala Lord Mayor, Erias Lukwago, Kampala woman MP, Nabillah Sempala and FDC woman leader, Ingrid Turinawe.

The government accuses Besigye and group of organising an illegal assembly invKampala last Wednesday in which an assistant inspector of Police, John Bosco Ariong was killed.

The policemen have been seen exchanging bitter words with civilians inKampalaas they drove to Buganda Road Court in a procession chanting opposition slogans and V signs.

Police spokesperson Asuman Mugenyi says that the police blocks peaceful processions by opposition politicians because sometimes they degenerate into chaos; leading to riots, loss of lives and damage to property. Large groups of civilians have been overheard cursing present Museveni’s military regime.

Many of the civilians at theBugandaroad court wished Museveni hell and Besigye all the good things on earth. Asuman says that the police will continue to break down assemblies by opposition leaders.

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People in their hundreds have besieged Buganda Road Court premises. The people stormed the court premises to hear by themselves the charges the government accuses opposition leader Col. Kiiza Besigye, Kampala Lord Mayor, Erias Lukwago, Kampala woman MP, Nabillah Sempala and FDC woman leader, Ingrid Turinawe.

The government accuses Besigye and group of organising an illegal assembly in Kampala last Wednesday in which an assistant inspector of Police, John Bosco Ariong was killed.

The policemen have been seen exchanging bitter words with civilians inKampalaas they drove to Buganda Road Court in a procession chanting opposition slogans and V signs.

Police spokesperson Asuman Mugenyi says that the police blocks peaceful processions by opposition politicians because sometimes they degenerate into chaos; leading to riots, loss of lives and damage to property. Large groups of civilians have been overheard cursing present Museveni’s military regime.

Many of the civilians at the Bugandaroad court wished Museveni hell and Besigye all the good things on earth. Asuman says that the police will continue to break down assemblies by opposition leaders.

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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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Ariong was killed last Wednesday when police was beating and firing bullets and tear gas into the crowds of people who were escorting Kampala Lord Mayor, Erias Lukwago and opposition leader, Col. Kiiza Besigye.

Following the death of Ariong the police there after arrested Col. Kiiza Besigye, Erias Lukwago, FDC supporters Harold Kaija, Robert Kavuma, Mohammed Ssebugwawo, Hanifah Nakitende, Abdu Mutwalib Kayondo, Malik Nsubuga, Ismail Kirya and Hajj Twalib Kakande, and Catherine Ddembe.

Over 600 opposition members were arrested and locked up in torture chambers. Many of the suspects like Dembe Catharine and others were beaten to near death and they are still admitted at different hospitals inKampala.

We hear some of the suspects died. But the people inKampalaask where is Kampala Metropolitan police boss Andrew Kaweesi on this Charge sheet because he was with Dr. Besigye at the time Aringo was hit with a stone on the head and died.

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Besigye, also a member of Activists for Change (A4c) was suspected by the government to have had plans of addressing a press conference on police brutality at his offices on Katonga Road in Kampala.

The sources in police told journalists that the force feared that Besigye and his cohorts were going to expose cases of police brutality in which tens of Ugandans reportedly lost their lives. The sources said exposing such information to the public raises peoples’ emotions. However, the police worked on wrong information because the said press conference was set to be addressed by the A4C coordinator MP Mathias Mpuuga but not Besigye.

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Forum for Democratic Change (FDC) is planning to replace its leader Col. Kiiza Besigye in July this year. Besigye has been in the political rhyme of FDC for over eight years.

The leadership of FDC has already drawn a roadmap for choosing a person to replace Kiiza Besigye. Besigye announced that he was set to leave the post after three unsuccessful runs for President of Uganda.

The FDC secretary general, Alice Alaso, recently presented the roadmap for transitioning from Besigye to a new FDC leader perhaps Maj. Gen. Mugisha Muntu or opposition leader Nandala Mafabi to two of FDC’s top organs- the management committee and the National Executive Committee.

The two committees have a duty to adopt the roadmap. Alaso says that the dates for a meeting to replace Besigye are not yet known.

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The tough talking security men and women denied him a right to greet his supporters at Entebbe Airport or to address them. The journalists were equally blocked from covering him. From Entebbe, Besigye who is also the leader of Forum for Democratic Change (FDC) went to Kajjansi for Activists for Change rally.

At the rally the police reportedly arrested dozens of his supporters and fired bullets in the air to disperse his supporters. But Besigye on a microphone asked the security operatives to do whatever is on their mind.

The A4C meeting was later cancelled following the heavy deployment of the security both in plain clothes and in uniform. Besigye vows that the rally will have to take place on Saturday at all costs!

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