The Police in Kampala is holding Makerere University Researcher, Dr Stella Nyanzi over the illegal demonstration near Nakasero market where she and two others had gone to mobilize arcade traders to protest the continuous lockdown on their businesses.
Ms Nyanzi, who has expressed interest in contesting the Kampala Woman Member of Parliament position, says it’s wrong for the government to continue denying the people working from arcades to resume their businesses for the fear of the spread of the coronavirus.
Speaking to reporters at the Uganda Media Centre in Kampala today, Patrick Onyango, the spokesperson of Kampala Metropolitan Police said, it’s fruitless for any group to think that they can demonstrate to force government to reopen their businesses, before asking politicians whose only aim is to advance their political interests to be patient until scientists guide government. SP Onyango speaking…….
SP Onyango said Nyanzi together with the colleagues are going to be charged in court with two counts of incitement and engaging in acts that are likely to cause the spread of the coronavirus. Currently, Uganda’s coronavirus cases stand at 977. Of these, 904 people have recovered. END