The Kasambya County MP Mbwatekamwa Gaffa has been
arrested in Bushenyi.
He was arrested shortly after he had donated an ambulance
to Kakanju Health Center III in Kakanju Sub County on Sunday.
Mbwatekamwa is among the people who have
expressed interest to unseat the Igara West Member of Parliament and Minister
Raphael Magyezi.
Lauben Kananga, chairperson LC III Kakanju Sub County,
says that Hon. Mbwatekmwa who was walking on foot waving to his supporters was
asked by police to enter his vehicle but he refused.
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He says that Mbwatekamwa was arrested by police led by
the Officer in Charge of Operations only Identified as Odoch from Bushenyi
Central Police.
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Issac Bamwesigye, an eyewitness said that the arrest could have been politically motivated.
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Bushenyi District Police Commander Joel Komakech, when
contacted said he was in a meeting.
A source at the police station who preferred anonymity
because he is not allowed to speak confirmed the Hon Mbatekamwa was in their
custody and was recording a statement with the CID office.
Hon. Mbatekamwa says he wasn’t aware why he was arrested
but was picked as he left the health center.
“Am not aware why I have been arrested. Police found
me walking and they ordered me to enter my vehicle and I refused before they forced me on their pick up,” he said.
