Help – our police is a terrorist organisation
By Bernard Ddumba
22nd Oct 2012: What drives Inspector General of Police Maj. Gen. Kale Kayihura? What does he eat that most Ugandans don’t eat? What does he drink that most Ugandans don’t drink? What does he smoke that most Ugandans don’t smoke? Does he sleep peacefully at night after ordering his men to brutalise his fellow citizens?
These, and many others, are some of the questions that I have been battling with over the last few weeks and months – especially after reading news of police brutality in our newspapers.
Just look back for a moment and reflect on the manner that Kayihura’s men handled FDC activists Ingrid Turinawe. Just look back for a moment and reflect on the manner in which Kayihura’s men indecently arrested a woman in Jinja. Just look back for a moment and reflect on the manner in which Kayihura’s men manhandled FDC President Dr Kizza Besigye.
All that was a few months ago: In the last week alone, Kayihura’s men stopped Kyadondo MP Ssemujju Ibrahim Nganda from addressing his constituents. In the last week alone, Kayihura’s men burst into a hall in Ntungamo where Nandala Mafabi, one of the contenders for the FDC presidency, was due to put his case to FDC delegates.
Very often, the police say they stop opposition rallies because they interfere with the rights and freedoms of other citizens. But all the delegates that were brutalised Kayihura’s men at a hall in Ntungamo went there voluntarily to listen to Mafabi.
That automatically kills Kayihura’s excuse of brutalising Ugandans under the guise of “protecting the rights of others”. How then does Gen. Kayihura justify his men’s commando-style invasion of Ntungamo hall?
Can the indefatigable oppressor Gen. Kale Kayihura show cause why Ugandans and indeed the world shouldn’t conclude that the police force he leads is nothing short of a terrorist organisation? END. Login to www.ugandacorrespondent.com every Monday to read our top stories mid-week for our updates
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