Despite repeated interruptions during their initial national tours, party members in Mukono assert that they have informed the police about all their planned activities.
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Police at Ssezibwa bridge last week. It blocked Robert Kyagulanyi from proceeding to Palisa.
The National Unity Platform (NUP) members in Mukono have
outlined seven activities for their party tour on Tuesday within the district. According to the party's nationwide mobilization tour
schedule, Robert Kyagulanyi, the party president, along with other top party
officials, will visit Mukono district tomorrow.
Despite repeated interruptions during their initial national
tours, party members in Mukono assert that they have informed the police about all their planned activities. The program, issued today by the district tour organizing
committee, details that activities led by party president Robert Kyagulanyi
will commence with the formation of the ‘Freedom Trail’ at Nakasajja.
The sequence will then proceed to the Nakifuma constituency
for the opening of the county offices. The third activity involves launching the campaign 'Making
Crime Pay,' aimed at reminding Mukono North voters about the people abducted
during the recent elections.
Subsequently, Kyagulanyi will inaugurate party offices for
the Mukono North Constituency before moving to Mukono South to perform the same
task and also launch the Katosi membership recruitment drive. Following this, the trail will head to Mukono Taxi Park for
the main rally. According to Betty Nambooze, one of the organizers, the rally
will serve as the primary platform to announce new members who joined the party
throughout the day.
“So many people have great desires to see the party
president, we have planned to have him return to Magere using the Kampala-Jinja
highway through the Goma division,” Nambooze has noted. The Chief Organizer, Hanifer Nabukeera, the district Woman
Member of Parliament, stated that they have informed the police about their
program.
According to Nabukeera, their responsibility is to notify
the police, which can then decide whether to respond. Any disruption by the
police raises significant concerns about the fairness and impartiality of law
enforcement in the country.
During a press conference held at Kavule Cell in Mukono
Central Division, Nabukeera mentioned that top party officials are meeting with
the police at Naguru to finalize the requirements for their gatherings.
Recently, police disrupted gatherings in Kamuli and later
intercepted Kyagulanyi and his team at Ssezibwa Bridge on their way to Palisa.
Police statements have claimed that NUP failed to comply
with their requests, such as providing the number of attendees expected at
their rallies.
Robert Peter Kabanda, the Mukono Central Division Chairperson,
said the reasons given by the police are arbitrary and impractical, as it is
challenging to predict the exact number of attendees. Nonetheless, the outcomes
of the meeting between NUP officials and the police at Naguru will
significantly determine the course of tomorrow's tour.
