Police have dared supporters of the National Unity Platform (NUP) and anti corruption activists to occupy Kampala streets as they have been rallying supporters and other concerned Ugandans to do this week. Police Spokesperson, ACP Kituuma Rusoke, said the force and sister security agencies are more than ready to avert any activities that are intended to surrender the country into recklessness.
Rusoke said police have already heightened deployment in Kampala including at NUP headquarters in Makerere- Kavule in preparation for planned subversive activities with the peak expected to be tomorrow starting with the march to parliament.
“We cannot surrender this country to such reckless processions. Whenever we have reliable intelligence that certain activities are likely to disrupt order, we heighten our deployment. NUP called everyone from all walks of life. We are saying the longer you take to recognize the rights of others, the long you will not to enjoy your rights too,” ACP Rusoke said.
Security surrounded NUP headquarters in Makerere-Kavule starting with Sunday evening and by Monday morning, police and military personnel presence was almost outnumbering the party’s supporters since were not allowed to get closer.
NUP President Robert Kyagulanyi via X Space said that NUP was not in charge of the march to Parliament but they support whoever is organizing it. This was after some of NUP’s leaders were reportedly being held by police in unknown places and after police indicated that the protests planned for his week are being spearheaded by the party that came second in the 2021 presidential elections.
