Besigye was held at Kasangati Police post for several hours after Police blocked him from leading a group of his supporters to Kampala city.
Mao has been produced to Nakawa magistrate court over the same. He was in the morning arrested with some of his party members at Ntinda, a Kampala suburb heading to the city center on foot.
Besigye was arrested at Lutete on Gayaza road with seven other people who had joined him in a demonstration called by the opposition.
Although the Police insisted that Besigye was misleading the public into uncalled for demonstration, the opposition leader said it was his right to demonstrate.
"If you don't want to arrest me, don't waste my time. I am an ordinary person. I have no weapon, power and no body buys me food," Besigye argued with the Police before he was arrested.
Whoever is advising the government to do such things is the real enemy of the government. I think these are excesses. If Besigye was believed to be going top city square, they should have waited for him to go to city square and arrest him from there. Otherwise this is total violation of the rights of Ugandans.
ReplyDeleteBesigye has been released on a Non cash bail of 10m.But Mao is still detained.
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