The police have said shall not allow the National Unity Platform (NUP) to defy a directive stopping their nationwide mobilisation tours.
Police spokesperson, Fred Enanga says the police is very ready to deal with any NUP member or leader who shall defy the directive.
Enanga who was addressing the media on Monday September 18, 2023 said the police had received information that the opposition party has threatened to defy the directive and proceed with their second phase of the mobilisation tours.
“But we have to inform them that as police we are ready to ensure anyone who defies our directive is dealt with.As police, we have a duty to police public meetings and ensure Ugandans and visitors enjoy a safe and secure environment. We will not rest until those who want to use violence and lawlessness are brought to justice in this country,” Enanga said.
Last week Bobi was stopped from proceeding with his tours for what police termed as promoting sectarianism.
Kyagulanyi had no issues with the security until he used his rally in Luwero to call for the removal of an elected government, and issuance of defamatory statements against the person of President Museveni.
Security accused Kyagulanyi of disregarding the set security guidelines and that this has led to destruction of property and in some cases, loss of lives during the rallies.
In response, Kyagulanyi called a press conference and vowed to resume his tours, insisting they are lawful.
“As soon as we announced our mobilisation activities, they immediately started issuing those terror threats, which we believe were intended to block us from doing activities in the Kampala Metropolitan area. We were not surprised when they came up with other excuses. To obey them would be to betray and commit an offence against our people,” said Kyagulanyi.
But Enanga said Monday that NUP’s intention during the first phase of tours was to cause havoc.
“We have evidence that they were determined to confront police to make ugly scenes that would lead to disruption of processions and cause risk to the public. They had deployed their camera men to capture these ugly scenes involving police and NUP. Our officers exercised restraint and avoided confrontations with NUP that would have led to negative propaganda,” Enanga said.
He said there is “credible” intelligence information to indicate that NUP plans mass demonstrations in January next year but warned these too will be crashed.
“We anticipate protest events and mass demonstrations planned for January but we are ready to arrest ring leaders. We call upon Ugandans and visitors to stand in solidarity with the law and reject these behaviors associated with NUP.”
