{UAH} Police blocks opening of People Power office in Kitgum-now police doing the dictator bidding

Police blocks opening of People Power office in Kitgum

• August 10, 2020
• Written by URN

People Power activists erect a banner infront of the newly acquired National Unity Platform offices in Kitgum

Police has blocked the establishment of the National Unity Platform (NUP) party offices in Kitgum Municipality, northern Uganda. 

This comes just a few days after the party acquired office space in Pandwong Division to help coordinate its political activities in East-Acholi ahead of the 2021 general polls. NUP is headed by presidential aspirant and Kyadondo East legislator, Robert Kyagulanyi alias Bobi Wine. Kyagulanyi is also the head of the People Power, a political pressure movement.

Kitgum district police commander, Tommy Eyaku on Sunday directed the People Power activists in the district overseeing the office opening to suspend all work. The activists had already hired workers to start painting the office space, erect a flag mast and the People Power movement/NUP banner.

Eyaku says People Power and NUP had not officially notified the district security committee about their intention to open an office in the district.

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According to Eyaku, the office can only be opened after the district security committee gets official written notice. Tony Oanya Olenge, the People power coordinator for Acholi sub-region and Samuel Obedigiu, the regional youth coordinator for the northern region who were overseeing the office opening activities were interrogated for nearly two hours at Kitgum Central police station. 

Olenge said that police has no legal backing to block the opening of offices of any political party in the country. Olenge also revealed that the same security personnel have gone ahead to intimidate their landlord to revoke their tenancy agreement for the two months they paid to occupy the office space.

He says NUP is a registered party and thus has all legal rights to set offices in every part of the country. Micheal Banya, an aspirant for Kitgum Municipality parliamentary seat under NUP condemned the action citing it as bias move targeted at opposition political parties.

He called on the security to exercise fairness to all political parties as the 2021 political race heats up. The Kitgum resident district commissioner who also heads the district security committee didn't immediately respond to our repeated phone calls for comments on the matter. 

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0#1 Nalongo Mutiima 2020-08-10 13:04

Police is almost running mad blocking NUP lawful activities every where, jinja, mbale, kitgum, etc What demented creatures are these primitive police that do not understand modern democratic culture?

If they claim they are supporting NRM then it exposes how weak NRM is. NRM cowardly tactics of blocking opponents using police/army is a sign of a weak organisation that thrives on stealing votes to remain in power.

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0#2 Mbeho Achuc 2020-08-10 13:25

Butabika hospital for those mentally I'll is becoming an absolute necessity because many Ugandans and Africans are running mad with politics, judging from their actions!!!

That's why racism against blacks cannot be fought effectively as long as Africans behave in such ways reflecting malice, and breach of law!!

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