Police Warn Against Unlawful Protest by Opposition MPs Ssewanyana,Ssegirinya in Kampala.

The police have issued a warning about opposition MPs Allan Ssewanyana and Muhammad Ssegirinya planning to hold a protest in the city center, stating that they will take action to stop it.

“We have credible intelligence of plans by both Ssewanyana and Ssegirinya to hold an unlawful assembly and illegal procession through the city up to parliament over the poor state of Makindye Salaama road. These protests are illegal and we shall not allow them,” Police spokesperson, Fred Enanga said.

Enanga stated that it would be unwise for the opposition MPs to hold a protest regarding a road that is soon to be constructed by the Kampala Capital City Authority.

“This road has been planned for construction by KCCA why don’t you engage officials before you go into holding unlawful assemblies? Engage them before going into these acts of lawlessness and impunity. The experience we have got with these processions is that they massively disrupt the rights of other members of the public.”

“Our territorial commanders have been tasked to disperse all forms of disorderliness, lawlessness and impunity. We shall disperse all these illegal assemblies the two MPs would like to engage themselves in.”

Enanga emphasized the need for individuals to inform the police before organizing any protests, as stipulated in the Public Order Management Act.

He also pointed out that it would be unwise for the MPs to protest against the construction of a road that the Kampala Capital City Authority is soon starting.

This announcement follows the recent arrest of 11 people who protested the diversion of iron sheets that were supposed to benefit vulnerable people in the Karamoja subregion.

The iron sheets were reportedly embezzled by several high-ranking government officials, including ministers.

In response, activists carried iron sheets in protest, which led to their arrest and subsequent imprisonment on charges of assaulting a police officer.