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Police response to Mbabazi’s statement on Social Media
PRESS RELEASE
Presidential candidate Amama Mbabazi
In response to the statement released on social media by Hon. Amama Mbabazi’s on the alleged brutalization of the Go Forward Team by the Police, “disappearance” and killings.
The statement is devoid of truth; it is misleading, inciting and calculated to arouse unnecessary anxiety in the public. It is unfortunate that the statement is made by a Presidential candidate.
The most glaring falsehood is the case of the late Ms. Mwebaze, who at the time of her demise had been a candidate for the local council elections in the NRM primaries. The matter is being investigated and the close relatives updated accordingly.
For instance, the case of assault and causing grievous harm in Ntungamo, is before court and the incidence was widely covered by the media. The public needs no assistance in interpreting the horrible images and clips of an offensive, launched by Hon. Amama Mbambazi’s supporters on unsuspecting by standers in the most wanton and barbaric way.
In Bukedea District, where Mr. Okwii’s house was burnt, a case of arson was registered and investigations revealed that the incidence had nothing to do with politics. Likewise there is no known case of assault on James Aogon in Bukedea, just as there is no reported case of assault on Mr. Okello in Lira.
The deliberate distortion of the facts in Daniel Oyugi’s case that he reported at CPS is unfortunate. On the 26th, November, 2015, a one Olum Samuel reported a case of a missing person in the names of Oyugi Daniel Haven vide SD/14/26/11/15. The said Oyugi Daniel has never sufficed at CPS at any one time as claimed by the Hon. Amama Mbabazi. The police appeals to the general public to shun alarmist statements, but instead keep calm and collected as we head to the advanced stages of the political season.
In Kotido, the mentioned youth chose to disregard the dates, scheduled for the campaign rally of their Presidential candidate and conducted their campaign activities on the eve of his arrival, disrupting business in town with drums and vuvuzelas, in a hostile manner. The residents raised their concerns and the youth were arrested and charged with public nuisance, after efforts to calm them to order bore no fruit.
Again, those persons whom the Hon. Amama Mbabazi describes as his security detail are only a militia outfit, who were outlawed by the Electoral Commission. The militia has meted violence against the public and police a number of times and cases have been lodged in court. As far as we are concerned, the lawful security detail of Hon. Amama Mbabazi is a squad of officers from the VIP Protection unit, attached to him by the Police as required by the Electoral Commission for every Presidential candidate.
On the issue of an order of Habeas Corpus, we have not been served as yet. It is also surprising and ridiculous to allege that the police arrested Christopher Aine and are keeping him, when in fact yesterday 6th January 2016, his lawyers were in Jinja Chief Magistrates Court to oppose the issuance of the warrant of arrest for him, where they assured court that given an extension of time, they would produce him in court.
The Hon. Amama Mbambazi and his entire TDA/Go Forward team are hereby advised and warned against making such baseless allegations and would better redirect their energy and time spent on tarnishing state agencies to their campagain programmes and activities.
CP Fred Enanga
Press and Public Relations Officer
Uganda Police
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