Grapevine

By Monitor
Sep 19, 2024

Kayunga NUP supporters protest arrest of leaders

Opposition National Unity Platform (NUP) members in Kayunga District have protested the arrest of their leaders by police.

Nine NUP leaders including Bbaale county NUP chairperson Joseph Ouma were rounded up by police in Kitimbwa Town in Bbaale County while registering party members.

Party district treasurer Ben Kyobe, who described the arrest as unlawful, said the exercise for which they were arrested is countrywide and that the Inspector General of Police had been formally informed.

"This is intended to frustrate our efforts to recruit party members, but we shall not back down" Kyobe said on Thursday.

Speaking at Kayunga Central Police Station, Ouma said “police were working for the ruling National Resistance Movement (NRM) party,” adding that “police should tell the country if NUP has been deregistered as a political party.”