Women activists from different Women organization are appealing to the Government to intervene and reduce on the fuel prices that have made commodity prices shoot up to an extent that some women cannot afford prepare meals for their families.

Margaret Sekaggya

Through a walking procession in different towns of Kampala carrying placards with readings, Fuel prices must go down, for a country without bread, bullets cannot be food, Respect Women’s’ bodies during arrest among others, women condemned the manner in which ladies are handled by security forces and called for peace in the country.

Over 100 women who participated in this walking procession from different organizations namely CEDOVIP, FOWODE, CEWIGO, UWONET, and ACFODE, FIDA-UGANDA among others, carried with them saucepans and mingling sticks as a sign that they no longer have what to cook at home.

Meanwhile, this walking procession was okayed by  police commanded by the DPC Kiira Road police station James Ruhweza who says he does not expect this peaceful demo to turn violent.

The activists also petitioned the UN special rapoutré on human rights, Margaret Sekaggya over the current alarming human rights situation in the country.

By Isaac Senabulya