The rally ace Leila Mayanja has vowed to be among the top finishers in the Freedom City Rally Challenge which will take place from March 8-10.

The BIDCO sponsored Leila affirmed her determination in an interview today at Freedom City on Kampala Entebbe road. Leila says that she is not ready for any position outside the top five in Freedom City Rally. Leila recently finished 10th in the Mbarara Rally.

The rally organised by Southern motor club will have a total of 148.4kms of which 143kms are competitive. The event is the second on the National Rally Championship (NRC) calendar will start with a super special stage at Garuga on Saturday March 9, before covering the areas of Mukono, Wakiso and Luwero on Sunday.

The rally is also sponsored by Freedom city, Fire and Safety Appliances and Sema properties. Some of the drivers who have registered for the rally include Ponsiano Lwakataka, Edson Mungereza, Arthur Blick Junior, Ismail Ortega and Woi Lule among others.  Registration ended on March 2.

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Dr. Kizza Besigye at a rally

The two were blocked after they intended to go on a roads inspection tour in Kawempe division and later hold a rally at Kalerwe.

However police under the command of Sam Omara quashed their plans blocking them from accessing the division.

According to Kampala central  District Police Commander  James Ruhweza, police they will continue monitoring them closely to ensure that they dont cause commotion in the city.

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Lord Mayor Erias Lukwago

Police wants the mayor to make a clear description of the  road  works  he intends to  inspect and their exact  locations, the  names of leaders  that  intend to  accompany him during the inspection  and also make sure that the rally is not an extension of the  activities of the 4GC.

The spokesperson Kampala metropolitan police Ibin Senkumbi says police has decided to set guide lines to avoid a repeat of an inspection exercise  by the mayor that turned into a political procession that led to the death of a police  officer AIP John Ariong early this year.

He advises the mayor not to put the rally on a public road, a market or a car park.
Senkumbi says if Lukwago does not comply with the guidelines, the police will not provide security or allow the activities to take place.

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Information reaching our desk indicates that millions of Ugandans opposed to president Museveni’s leadership have vowed to block the country’s 50^th independence celebrations. Uganda will mark her 50 years of independence on 9^th October 2012.

The MP for Kyadondo East brahim Semujju says that the opposition is determined to liberate Uganda at all fronts.

Semujju on Tuesday prepared his rally at Kireka trading centre in Kampala but the Police deployed heavy to block it.

Ibin Ssekumbi, the Kampala metropolitan Police spokesperson says that police canceled Semujju’s rally over security reasons. Senkumbi says that the police fear that Al Shabaab fighters based in Somalia could use the MP’s rally to bomb Kampala.

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But the Kampala Metropolitan police commander, Felix Kaweesi says that the police have not received any notification from Col Kiiza Besigye or FDC.

Sources in police say that even if Besigye and FDC notifies police their rally can not be permitted because the organisers are part of the banned Activists for Change (A4C) and For God and My Country (4GC) groups.

However the Police have deployed heavily in areas of Namasuba, Zanna and the nearby areas to make sure that the Attorney General’s declaration of unlawful society is enforced.

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The A4C rallies were addressed by MP Mathias Mpuuga, Semujju Ibrahim, and political activists Ingrid Turinawe, Kazoora John, Jack Sabiiti and MP Roland Kaginda among others.

But the people at the rally were equally disappointed because Col. Kiiza Besigye was not at the A4C rallies in both Ntungamo and Mbarara. Besigye is currently in theUSAwhere he went to mobilize more funds to run A4C and FDC activities.

We have also learnt that Besigye has already met with key people in Barack Obama’s government, a move which has given the government officials inUgandasleepless nights.

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The coordinator of A4C, Mathias Mpuuga has told journalists that the police told them that it cancelled the rally due to security reasons.

Our reporters in the area report that   there is heavy deployment in Katwe and the nearby areas. The spokesperson of police Asuman Mugyenyi says that they have intelligence information that some elements of opposition leaders were planning to use the rally to disrupt peace.

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The candidates in Jinja Municipality MP by election campaigns have warned the government against militarization of campaigns.

Paul Mwiru, the FDC candidate in the race says that the government has militarized campaigns and added that winning polls inUgandaon an opposition ticket is harder than passing through the hole of a needle.

Mwiru claims that the politics in Jinja is over militarized. He says that the government paramilitary groups of Kalangala Action Plan and Kibooko squad are deployed to beat opposition supporters.

He claims that the paramilitary groups are under a watchful eye of the police. Mwiru was addressing a rally at Jinja central market today.

Mwiru warned that the elections in Jinja are destined to be chaotic if the exercise remains militarized. The seat went vacant after the court nullified the election victory of NRM candidate in the race, Nathan Igime Nabeta.

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 In fact many members of opposition who have attended political gatherings that have not been cleared byUgandapolice have ended up in jail or tortured. The Inspector General of Police Lt. Col. Kale Kayihura has also instructed all opposition members intending to hold political rallies inKampalain future especially at Kalolo airstrip to first get clearance from the president’s office.

 The MP for Masaka Central Mathias Mpuuga has confirmed that he has got a letter from Kayihura halting all political gatherings due to take place at Kololo (Kampala) Airstrip unless the president’s office as cleared such functions. Mpuuga however asks how the president’s office will clear a political rally that is going to expose the government’s wrongs.

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It seems former state minister for health; Mike Mukula is getting ready to contest for president. On Saturday Mukula in Soroti Municipality where he is also the area MP donated a brand new ambulance worth over 80 million Uganda shillings to prince Diana Hospital in Madera village in Soroti district.

We are told that Mukula handed over the ambulance to the hospital management at a rally attended by over one thousand people. Mukula reportedly told charged rally that the country will benefit more if Ugandans elect him president in 2016.

The ambulance donated to Diana hospital is expected to ease mobility of expecting mothers and patients in the district. Mukula says the government he eyes for is that one which will bring services near to people.

By Christine Kate

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