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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Uganda police have charged eight FDC supporters with the murder of an assistant inspector of police, John Boso Ariongo. Ariongo was hit with a big stone on the head and died on spot on Wednesday.

The FDC supporters who have been charged with murder include Catherine Dembe, an LC5 woman councilor in Mpigi, businessman Yoweri Kintu, Robert Kavuma, James Kirya and Harold Kaija.

The police have also charged Col. Kiiza Besigye, Kampala lord mayor Erias Lukwago, Kampala woman MP, Nabilah Sempala, Kawempe division LC3 chairman, Mubarak Munyangwa with organising an illegal assembly.

The police spokesman, Asuman Mugenyi says that the file of the suspects is with the DPP. He says police is waiting for the reply of the DPP before it takes final action.

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