Different parts of Kampala Metropolitan Area woke up to a more than usual security deployment of police, the UPDF and the Local defence Units.
In some areas where the roadblocks and checkpoints had been removed, they had been returned with officers although not stopping motorists but keenly paying attention to the occupants in the cars.
Speaking to the media during the daily Joint Security briefing at the Uganda Media Centre in Kampala, Fred Enanga, the Police spokesperson said they had received actionable intelligence that boda-boda riders joined by taxi drivers and other persons whose businesses are yet to be opened were planning to riot.
ACP Enanga said although they understand the concerns of the people who have been under lockdown for almost three months now, they can never allow any protests in Kampala or any other part of Uganda because of the risk of infection of COVID-19 at such a time.
ACP Enanga speaking…….
Earlier, Brig. Richard Karemire, the spokesperson of the Uganda People’s Defense Forces said they can’t allow seeing the efforts of health workers who have ensured that Uganda records no death in the fight against COVID-19 go to waste. END