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UGANDA/UK - Scores of protesters arrested in Uganda Released on 2013-03-11 00:00 GMT Email-ID 724609 Date 2011-10-18 12:31:08 From nobody@stratfor To translations@stratfor Scores of protesters arrested in Uganda Text of report by John Njoroge, Richard Wanambwa, Abdu Kiyaga, Ephraim Kasozi and Issa Aliga entitled Police smash walk to work demos, arrest 30 published by leading privately-owned Ugandan newspaper The Daily Monitor website on 18 October, subheading as published Tear-gas and gunshots yesterday rocked Kampala as police clashed with protesters who turned up for the second phase of the walk-to-work demonstrations. Organized by pressure group Activists for Change (A4C), the protests, whose first phase began on 11 April leaving several people dead, maimed or detained by the security forces, are aimed at shedding light on the plight of Ugandans suffering due to high fuel and food prices and rising cost of living. On Friday, the police chief, Maj-Gen Kale Kayihura, warned A4C that any form of civil disobedience would not be tolerated, especially because students would be beginning their exams yesterday. By press time, A4C said they had recorded 44 arrests of suspected protesters across the country although police deputy spokesperson Vincent Ssekate said only 29 people were in police custody. Some activists were disappointed when by mid-morning yesterday Forum for Democratic Change (FDC) party president Kizza Besigye, Democratic Party (DP) president-general Norbert Mao and other senior opposition leaders were not participating in the protest. Dr Besigye and most of the FDC senior leadership were most of yesterday engaged in a 2016 political strategy retreat that started on Sunday at Ridar Hotel in Mukono on how to win elections. Incidentally, Mr Mao and senior DP officials were also at the same hotel but at a separate meeting closed to the media. Speaking at the retreat, Dr Besigye said he would walk to work today and insisted the protests would be peaceful. Heavy security cordon around Besigye It is the police that cause violence during these demonstrations. The activists are simply walking to their places of work. It does not call for a procession. Parents should tell the police not to disrupt the exams of the students. It is the police who should ensure that the examinations are not disrupted. Not to tear-gas students and innocent peaceful protesters, Dr Besigye said. They (police) are missing the point by having all that deployment and military hardware at my home. The problem is not Besigye, the problem is the conditions of the everyday person are extremely bad, Dr Besigye added, referring to the heavy deployment at his home in Kasangati yesterday, where he had been expected to begin the walk. There was heavy police deployment outside Ridar Hotel where the two political parties held their meetings. A water cannon truck and three police pick-up trucks carrying anti-riot police were deployed adjacent to the hotel. Plain-clothed security operatives flocked the hotel and its surrounding. Three roadblocks were set up on the Kampala-Jinja highway from the Seeta area. In Kampala, shops and other business remained closed in the Central Business District for most of the day as police faced-off in running battles with protesters at Kisekka Market where, police said, protesters built barricades and blocked traffic. Military police and other security personnel were heavily deployed and patrolled city streets all day amid heckling by protesters standing outside closed shops. Makerere students march In Wandegeya, more than 20 Makerere University students led by LC5 [Local Council Five] councillor Bernard Luyiga walked from the School of Education to the Central Police Station, where they demanded to know the whereabouts of their colleague, Allan Mutagubya, who was reportedly arrested on Sunday. There was a short confrontation with police. The students were later allowed to walk to the high court, where the officer in-charge of Makerere Police Post, Mr Julius Tusingwire, confirmed Mr Mutagubya was in police custody awaiting prosecution. In Kololo, a tear-gas canister was lobbed into the Kololo High School compound where it exploded, releasing noxious fumes. Twenty students fainted due to the effect of tear-gas and were rushed to Mulago Hospital by a Red Cross team. By press time yesterday, three of the students were still on oxygen at Mulago. The schools deputy head teacher, Mr Ahmed Bagala, blamed the incident on rioters but also equally blamed the police for recklessness in executing their duties. It is regrettable because this was done indiscriminately and it has caused confusion at the time when examinations are going on. But I blame it on hooligans, Mr Bagala said. Along the way to Kasangati in Kanyanya on Gayaza Road, police mounted roadblocks slowing traffic, prompting bitter exchanges between motorists, passengers on commuter taxis and the police. Mpuuga no-show in Masaka Kampala Metropolitan police spokesperson Ibin Ssenkumbi, however, said the police presence in the area was prompted by protesters, who he said had blocked traffic. We intervened to enable smooth flow of motorists, Mr Ssenkumbi said. In Masaka, activists were disappointed after the A4C national coordinator, Mr Mathias Mpuuga, who was expected to lead demonstrators, failed to show up. There were also scuffles between police and boda-boda [taxi] cyclists in Masaka town after an armoured police vehicle knocked a boda-boda cyclist. According to eyewitnesses, the speeding armoured car rammed into a group of cyclists parked on the roadside near Masaka Secondary School roundabout. Source: Daily Monitor website, Kampala, in English 18 Oct 11 BBC Mon AF1 AFEau 181011/vk (c) Copyright British Broadcasting Corporation 2011
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