Ugandans to be forced to vote for Museveni says the police chief
Ugandans to be forced to vote for Museveni says the police chief
The Police
Chief Kale Kayihura, has made it categorically clear that Museveni is going nowhere
and it’s his duty to ensure he wins the election by violence.
"What
I can assure you is that we are fighters and fighters don’t get old and tired,”
said the Police chief adding that those who say that they should are just
dreaming.
“Those who
say that we are old and we should go are instead older than us,” he added
saying that they have military skills and are still fit.
He further
said that they are well organized to fight anybody who will try to push them
away.
“We have
got military skills and weapons so we shall always dominate any group that will
try disorganize us,” he added Kayihura.
The leader of
opposition Mr. Wafula Oguttu addressed the press in the aftermath of Kayihura`s
controversially biased pronouncement.
Mr. Oguttu,
who is also Bukhooli County Central MP, was yesterday addressing journalists
ahead of today’s State-of-the-Nation address.
He said
instead of the President supporting the common well, he is more interested in
staying in power.
To avert
chaos, Mr. Wafula said, President Museveni should genuinely commit to dialogue.
“The Cabinet had incorporated the views of the citizens on electoral reforms,”
the LoP said. “[But] the President told the Cabinet to ‘ignore’.
He
suggested something else because he despises Ugandans. He thinks Ugandans’
views do not matter. He is leaving Ugandans with no option apart from civil
disobedience, subversive activity and violence.”
“A few days
ago, President Museveni issued a statement. He signed as Ssabalwanyi
Ssabalungu. It is like he is taking the path of President Idi Amin, who claimed
he was Conqueror of the British Empire. Museveni is intimidating
Ugandans,” Mr Oguttu added.
As day
follows night, the allegations have been spelt out in black and white days
after when the police officers accused NRM of forced registration
In Soroti
district the eastern part of Uganda which is a bedrock of opposition supporters
a section of police officers protested against what they called “conscription”
into the NRM during the ongoing registration of the party inside their barracks
and outlying police posts.
The
aggrieved police officers, who feared to be identified, claimed they and their
children aged 15 had been forced to register as NRM party members.
The
partisan police is using their spouses register police officers and their
families and they have been warned that whoever refused to register would be
punished.
“Some of us
are suspicious of the move, but we can’t reject because we still need to have food
for our children,”
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