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    FULL LIST: President Museveni Tightens Security, Reshuffles RDCs And Their Deputies

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    In a bid to improve the country’s security, President Museveni has started by reshuffling all Resident District Commissioners (RDC) in the country. Below is the full the full list:

    In Exercise of Powers confirmed on the President of Uganda by Articles 108(1), 108 (2), 113(1) and Article 99(1) of the 1995 Constitution of the Republic of Uganda, I have appointed the following Resident District Commissioners as indicated below:

    NAMES                                                      DISTRICT

    1. MPIMBAZA HASHAKA                                          ABIM

    2. TABAN DATA PETER                                            ADJUMANI

    3. NGOMPEK LENOS                                                 AGAGO

    4. OMARA JOSEPHINE                                             ALEBTONG

    5. EYALO LILLIAN                                                     AMOLATAR

    6. ALUMA GODFREY                                                 AMUDAT

    7. ISEET JULIAN FEDE                                              AMURIA

    8. AUMA LINDA AGNES                                            AMURU

    9. AKELLO AGNES EBONG                                        APAC

    10. NAHORI OYAA                                                     ARUA

    11. MARTIN OROCH                                                  BUDAKA

    12. WATENYELE JOHN NABENDE                           BUDUDA

    13. MUGABI MARTIN                                                BUGIRI

    14. BISOBORWA PETER                                           BUHWEJU

    15. KAGAYI JANE FRANCIS                                      BUIKWE

    16. WALUGEMBE RAMATHAN                                BUKEDEA

    17. DR. SAZIR NSUBUGA MAYANJA                         BUKOMANSIMBI

    18. CHESOL TOM                                                       BUKWO

    19. PAAK PETER PAX                                                BULAMBULI

    20. ASIIMWE AMOS                                                   BULIISA

    21. GUMA NUWAGABA                                             BUNDIBUGYO

    22. TIBEMANYA JOLLY                                             BUSHENYI

    23. CAPT. CHRIS MIKE OKIRIA                                BUSIA

    24. SEGAWA JIMMY EBIL                                         BUTALEJA

    25. HAJJI SEBYALA BADRU                                      BUTAMBALA

    26. NABIRYE AGNES                                                 BUVUMA

    27. OGWANG ADYERO                                              BUYENDE

    28. EGOLE LAWRENCE                                             DOKOLO

    29. SABIITI RUTH KASHAKA                                    GOMBA

    30. CAPT. OKOT LAPOLO                                          GULU

    31. KISEMBO SAMUEL ARAALI                               HOIMA

    32. AKATUHEBWA ELIASTO                                    IBANDA

    33. KWESIGA EVA NALONGO (MRS)                       IGANGA

    34. MUHANGI HERBERT                                          ISINGIRO

    35. AACHILA JOHN REX                                            JINJA

    36. NANDINDA DARIUS                                            KABALE

    37. ASIIMWE STEPHEN                                            KABAROLE

    38. ONYA AKONAPESA EDWARD                            KABERAMAIDO

    39. NAPAJJA ANDREW                                              KAABONG

    40. RUTERERAHO LILIAN                                        KAGADI

    41. MUGUME APOLLO                                              KAKUMIRO

    42. KIKOOLA DANIEL                                               KALANGALA

    43. BILLY JANAT MULINDWA                                 KALIRO

    44. TUKAIKIRIZA CALEB                                          KALUNGU

    45. MPIIMA FARIDAH                                               KAMPALA

    46. KIKOMEKO MWANAMOIZA                               KAMULI

    47. MUCUNGUZI GODFREY                                      KAMWENGE

    48. SSENGOOBA SSEKANDI SHAFIQ                       KANUNGU

    49. CHERUKUT EMMA ROSE                                    KAPCHORWA

    50. LT. WALUSIMBI JOE                                            KASESE

    51. BWALATUM MICHAEL                                       KATAKWI

    52. BIRUNGI ROSE                                                     KAYUNGA

    53. MBABAZI DEBORAH                                           KIBAALE

    54. MAWIYA LULE UMAR                                         KIBOGA

    55. NAJJUMA JULIET SENKOOLE                             KIBUKU

    56. MUHINDO AMINADABU                                     KIRUHURA

    57. DEBELE PETER                                                   KIRYANDONGO

    58. MUGISHA PETER                                                 KISORO

    59.OMARA CHRISTOPHER                                       KITGUM

    60. KAWOOYA ISAAC                                                KOBOKO

    61. OLWENY OMARA JOHANNAN                           KOLE

    62. LOGILO PETER NGOROK                                    KOTIDO

    63. KATO MATANDA HUSSEIN                                KUMI

    64. BULWANIREGHA DENIS EPHRAIM                   KWEEN

    65. KABOYO DAVID                                                  KYANKWANZI

    66. KAWAMARA MISAKI                                          KYEGEGWA

    67. BWEBALE APOLLO                                             KYENJOJO

    68. KIDEGA JAMES                                                    LAMWO

    69. MWAKA LUTUKMOI                                           LIRA

    70. KABUYE NICKSON NUWAGABA                                    LUUKA

    71. NAMULINDWA PHOEBE                                    LUWEERO

    72. JUUKO KASIITA APOLLO                                    LWENGO

    73. KAMWINE CATHERINE                                      LYANTONDE

    74. MAGOMU MUBARAK                                          MANAFA

    75. SOET ESTHER                                                      MARACHA

    76. SSENTONGO HERMAN                                       MASAKA

    77. NYAKAHUMA GODFREY                                    MASINDI

    78. OGAJO BARASA                                                   MAYUGE

    79. SHILAKU JAMES                                                  MBALE

    80. MAJ. JAMES MWESIGYE                                      MBARARA

    81. NASIIMA ADA                                                      MITOOMA

    82. CAPT. YAHAYA KAKOOZA                                  MITYANA

    83. PETER KEN LACOP                                             MOROTO

    84.KOMAKECH WILLIAM                                         MOYO

    85. BYABASHAIJA ROSE MANDE                             MPIGI

    86. NYAKWEERA BAGUMA                                      MUBENDE

    87. BAMWINE FRED                                                 MUKONO

    88. MODO DAVID LAMRTO                                      NAKAPIRIPIRIT

    89. NAYEBARE KYAMUZIGITI                                  NAKASEKE

    90. MUGANGA DAN                                                   NAKASONGOLA

    91. OPIRA SYLVESTER                                             NAMAYINGO

    92. SEMPALA AMOS KIGOZI                                     NAMUTUMBA

    93. LUBEGA ABUBAKER                                           NAPAK

    94. LABEJA BOB WILLIAMS                                     NEBBI

    95. ONORIA AMBROSE                                             NGORA

    96. BIRYABAREMA ELAIJA                                       NTOROKO

    97. BAKUNDA GEORGE                                             NTUNGAMO

    98. AKELLO BEATRICE                                             NWOYA

    99. AKANYE SUSAN                                                   OMORO

    100. ABAK ROBERT                                                  OTUKE

    101. AKULLU GILLIAN                                              OYAM

    102. DUSMAN OKEE                                                  PADER

    103. KYEYUNE SSENYONJO                                      PALLISA

    104. MUBIRU CHARLES                                            RAKAI

    105. RWAKIFARI PETER                                          RUBANDA

    106. NAKAMYA HARRIET                                        RUBIRIZI

    107. KAGUTA DAN                                                    RUKUNGIRI

    108. BUSINGE HARRIET                                           SEMBABULE

    109. OKISWA GEOFFREY                                          SERERE

    110. KYERERE FRANK                                              SHEEMA

    111. LULABA ISAAC                                                  SIRONKO

    112. TUKEI WILBERFORCE                                      SOROTI

    113. OWOLE NIXON                                                  TORORO

    114. KIRABIRA ROSE NALONGO                             WAKISO

    115. ANDAMA RISHARD                                           YUMBE

    116. MUHINDO PULKERIA                                       RUKIGA

    117. TOKO SHUAB                                                     PAKWACH

    118. NDIBASA FATUMA                                           BUTEBO

    119. MAJ. RTD DAVID MATOVU                              KYOTERA

    120. KIAGAI MOSES WAMOTO                                NAMISINDWA

    121. ASIIMWA JANE MUHINDO                               BUNYANGABO

    122. KAJOINGE ANDREW KIWANUKA                    ZOMBO

    1. ASIIMWA MARTHA                                               SECRETARIAT OF RDC’S

    2. TWEHEYO JAMES                                                  SECRETARIAT OF RDC’S

    3. SR. AKIROR MARY GRACE                                    SECRETARIAT OF RDC’S

    SIGNED this 13th day of June in the Year of  our Lord Two Thousand Eighteen

    YOWERI KAGUTA MUSEVENI

    PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF UGANDA

    In Exercise of Powers conferred on the President of Uganda by Articles 108(1), 108 (2), 113(1), 114(1) and Article 99(1) of the 1995 Constitution of the Republic of Uganda, I have appointed the following Deputy Resident District Commissioners as indicated below:

    NAMES                                                                       DISTRICT

    1. HELLEN PULKOL                                                   ABIM

    2. MUGWERI MOSES                                                 ADJUMANI

    3. AKWETEIREHO JONATHAN                                 AMOLATAR

    4. KEDI RONALD ONGODIA                                      AMURIA

    5. KOMAKECH SALIM                                               APAC

    6. ALICE AKELLO OPIO                                             ARUA

    7. BAKALE SADIQ                                                      BUGIRI

    8. HUDU HUSSEIN                                                     BUIKWE

    9. HANIFAH KALADI                                                 BUKOMANSIMBI

    10. MUHANGUZI UMAR                                            BUNDIBUGYO

    11. LOY NAMARA                                                      BUSHENYI

    12. KALIKWANI PAUL                                              BUSIA

    13. ELIJAH MADOI                                                     BUTALEJA

    14. KIGONGO JUMA                                                   BUVUMA

    15. OREE TONNY                                                       GULU

    16. TABARO RICARD                                                HOIMA

    17. BASHONGOKA MARY                                          IBANDA

    18. NAKAMANDA PAMELA WATUWA                    IGANGA

    19. TUSIIME GIDEON                                                ISINGIRO

    20. SAKWA ERIC                                                        JINJA

    21. RUGAJU GAD                                                       KABALE

    22. BANDEBA FESTUS                                              KABAROLE

    23. ODONG SAMUEL                                                 KABERAMAIDO

    24. MODO AUGUSTINE                                             KAABONG

    25. NANYANZI SARAH                                              KALUNGU

    26. HAWA NDEGWA                                                 KAMPALA (CENTRAL)

    27. NABUKENYA DEBORAH MERCY KITYO           KAMPALA (KAWEMPE)

    28. KAGOLOLA IBRAHIM                                          KAMPALA (MAKINDYE)

    29. BURORA HERBERT ANDERSON                        KAMPALA (NAKAWA)

    30. SENTAMU KABUGA DANIEL                              KAMPALA (RUBAGA)

    31.DUMBA MOSES                                                     KAMULI

    32. NYAKATEMBA REUBEN                                     KAMWENGE

    33. EMMY NGABIRANO                                            KANUNGU

    34. TWOYEN KENNETH CHEMONGES                    KAMPCHORWA

    35. SENKUNGU TEOPISTA                                       KALANGALA

    36. MASEREKA JOSHUA                                            KASESE

    37. ENOMU VINCENT                                               KATAKWI

    38. MUKOSE JAMES                                                   KAYUNGA

    39. NANSHEMEZA CAROLINE KASHAIJA               KIBAALE

    40. KAGAMBI DOREEN KEITA                                 KIBOGA

    41. KAMUKAMA NICHOLAS                                     KIRUHURA

    42. NUWAGABA MOSES                                            KISORO

    43. AMULI KASUGGA                                                KITGUM

    44. BERU ABBEY                                                       KUMI

    45. ROSE BYABASHAIJA                                           KYANKWANZI

    46. ANKUNDA SHARON                                            KYEGEGWA

    47. KAHONAHO ISAAC                                              KYENJOJO

    48. LWOROMOI TROBISCH                                      LIRA

    49. LILLIAN NAKAWESA                                          LUWEERO

    50. NALUBEGA MARIAM SEGUYA                           LWENGO

    51. TIITWE RHODAH KAGAAGA                              LYANTONDE

    52. EMMY KATERA TURYABAGYENYI                    MBARARA

    53. OKWI GILBERT                                                   MANAFA

    54. CAPT. JOHN KADDU                                            MASAKA

    55. BAHEBWA LONGINO                                          MASINDI

    56. MITAALA EMMY                                                 MAYUGE

    57. SEBYALA BADRU                                                MBALE

    58. KASORO WILLIAM                                              MITOOMA

    59. ISHA NTUMWA                                                   MITYANA

    60. ACHAM PROSCOVIA                                            MOROTO

    61. GORE GRIFFIN                                                     MOYO

    62. BASUUKA HELLEN NSEREKO                            MPIGI

    63. KIIZA EVELYNE TINKAMILILWE                      MUDENDE

    64. BWABYE RICHARD                                             MUKONO

    65. AJILONG MODESTA                                            NAKAPIRIPIRIT

    66. AHARIKUNDIRA AFRICANO                              NAKASEKE

    67. MAJID DHIKUSOOKA                                          NAMAYINGO

    68. ADYANGO RACHAEL                                          NEBBI

    69. KANYAMAHANE ISAIAH                                    NTUNGAMO

    70. AYA WILLIAM                                                     PADER

    71. EMOKOL J.P. ONYANGO                                      PALLISA

    72. MUHINDO JUSTINE MUTABAZI                         RAKAI

    73. BITARUHO FRANCIS                                           RUBIRIZI

    74. KEMIGISA GRACE MASIKO                                 RUKUNGIRI

    75. KINTU MUSOKE                                                   SEMBABULE

    76. MAGUNDDA GEORGE                                         SIRONKO

    77. EKOOMU JOHN STEVEN                                     SOROTI

    78. WERE YAHAYA                                                    TORORO

    79. HAJJI NJUKI NOOR MBABAALI                          WAKISO (ENTEBBE)

    80. EMOKOL J.P. ONYANGO                                      BUKEDEA

    81. MBABAZI JUSTINE                                              WAKISO (KASANGATI)

    82. SEKASAMBA JOSEPH                                          WAKISO (KIIRA)

    SIGNED this 13th day of June in the Year of our Lord Two Thousand Eighteen

    Yoweri Kaguta Museveni

    PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF UGANDA

     

    THE ROLE OF RDCs

    The office of the Resident District Commissioner just like any other office has got its mandate as stipulated by the Constitution, the Local Government Act 1997. Article 203 of 1995 Constitution provides for the establishment of the office of the RDC and the roles provided for as, i) To monitor implementation of central and local government services in the district, to act as chairperson of the district security committee, to carry out other functions as may be assigned by the President or prescribed by Parliament. Article 71 of the Local Government Act 1997 depicts the functions of the RDC as, a representative of the President and the government in the district, coordinate government services in the district, advise the district chairperson on matters of a national nature that may affect the district or its plans or programmes and particularly the relations between the district and the government. Monitor and inspect the activities of local governments

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    Bobi Wine Declines To Meet Troubled MP Luumu Concerning His Amendment Involving Electing LoP…

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    NUP leader Bobi Wine and MP Richard Lumu (inset)

    Controversial Mityana South legislator Richard Kizito Lumu is stranded waiting for feedback from the leadership of the National Unity Platform (NUP) over his prayer to meet them to get their view concerning his proposal to amend the Parliament’s Administration Bill 2024.

    Lumu was told by the Speaker Annet Anita Among to proceed with his amendments and he was given leave to draft and table the bill where he is seeking to amend Parliament’s Administration Act  which among others seeks to change the method of choosing the Leader of Opposition in Parliament.

    Lumu wants the LOP to be voted by the entire opposition MPs and not the leader of the leading opposition party in the country.

    Lumu also wants the Deputy Speaker of parliament to be elected from members of opposition and the number of opposition parliamentary commissioners to be increased from one to two among others.

    Lumu confirmed that he notified all opposition political parties which have legislators in parliament in writing seeking for their audience to collect their views on his proposals before he presents it on the floor of parliament for the first reading.

    Last week, Lumu met the leadership of UPC.

    He added that this week, he is going to meet other opposition political parties even though the leadership of NUP declined to reply him.

    He adds that he doesn’t know whether to meet their leadership at their party headquarters at Makerere Kavule in Kawempe Division or at the home of their party president Robert Kyagulanyi Ssentamu (Bobi Wine).

    However, Alex Mufumbiro the NUP deputy spokesperson noted that they don’t have time for Lumu given that they have a lot of issues to deal with especially liberating Ugandans from president Yoweri Kaguta Museveni’s alleged bad leadership.

    He explained that if Lumu really wants their input in his controversial bill, he would have first met them before presenting it to parliament.

    Recently, theGrapevine reported that Bobi Wine claimed that Lumu is being used by President Museveni and speaker Among to weaken the opposition and deny Ugandans right to elect their president.

    He predicted that after the passing the Lumu bill on electing the LOP, his next assignment will be to produce a bill giving parliament powers to elect the president.

     

    By Hadijjah Namagembe

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    Pressure On MP Ssemujju Mounts As M7’s NRM And Bobi Wine’s NUP Plot To Kick Him Out Of Kira Municipality…

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    NUP boss Bobi Wine (L) at lawyer George Musisi's home. Inset is MP Ssemujju Nganda

    Highly placed sources in National Unity Platform (NUP) have revealed to theGrapevine that the reason why their party president went to the thanksgiving ceremony organized by his personal lawyer and also human rights activist George Musisi at his Bulindo home was to make sure that the entire Kira Municipality feels his presence in the area.

    Credible sources said that NUP inner circle has already taken a decision to front lawyer Musisi to contest on their card against Ibrahim Ssemujju Nganda who has been in parliament since 2011.

    Ssemujju recently told theGrapevine that he will retire from parliamentary politics once President Museveni is defeated thus pouring cold water on rumours that he was going to retire and give other politicians an opportunity to represent the area in parliament.

    Early this year, Musisi told theGrapevine that he was going to contest against Betty Nambooze in Mukono Municipality.

    However, NUP insiders have told theGrapevine that Bobi Wine and his handlers established that it is not the right time to lose Nambooze one of the senior legislators who decided to stomach public attacks from his longtime political comrades like Mathias Mpuuga Nsamba shielding the actions of Bobi Wine in the Shs500 million service award saga.

    Sources added that Ssemujju is in NUP’s black book of MPs who undermine Bobi Wine and he recently faced off with Alex Waiswa Mufumbiro who declared him a hypocrite.

    Sources said that Bobi Wine was briefed that Ssemujju can be defeated if a strong candidate is fronted against him because voters have established that he is among the opposition legislators who have been sealing multibillion deals with members of the DEEP STATE.

    “You have seen how Ssemujju shields Mpuuga concerning the Shs500m scandal. He has been demeaning our party president that he was misled by our Leader of Opposition in Parliament Joel Ssenyonyi. He said that he cannot sign any document that is against Mpuuga because of their friendship. But when it comes to Museveni, he roasts him like nothing; that kind of person cannot be a leader,” a source who is a top decision maker in NUP said.

    He added that voters see Ssemujju as a very conservative leader because he doesn’t even allow them to enter his home.

    He placed a tent near his home and whoever wants to see him waits for him from that tent.

    However, Ssemujju said that he was in a good life even before joining politics, his wife Faridah Ssemujju was driving a good car and his children were studying in good schools and even if he leaves parliament, his life will not change.

    Sources said that at first Bobi Wine and his people were planning to front real estate dealer Jimmy Lukwago who was was defeated by Ssemujju in 2021 elections because Bobi Wine’s brother Eddy Yawe had already declared his interest to contest for Wakiso district chairperson yet their secong option, Kira Municipality mayor Julius Mutebi, was still interested in contesting for the same position he is occupying.

    Sources in Lukwago’s camp are aware of the development at Makerere Kavule where the headquarters of NUP are situated and it is the reason why their man has decided to go back to the drawing board.

    But others insiders told us that Lukwago is hiding from voters who have already started asking him for money and he needs money to secure the NUP ticket because he thinks that this time it is going to be more expensive compared to 2021.

    Bobi Wine was briefed that Musisi is very strong and popular in Church of Uganda because he sits on the land committee of Kira Church of Uganda a position he has used to improve the lives of youths and women in Kira.

    Sources added that Musisi is easy to be marketed among the people of Kira municipality because most of them are elites like himself and are tired of the tricks Ssemujju and friends in the opposition in parliament play which costs the taxpayers money.

    Sources said that Bobi Wine was briefed that FDC Najjanankumbi leadership led by Patrick Amuriat and Nathan Nandala Mafabi have been clandestinely mobilizing people from their home areas of Teso and Bugisu who stay in Kira to register and vote from there so that they can use their numbers in the box to defeat Ssemujju.

    President Museveni’s National Resident Movement (NRM) is also on the ground mobilizing political support to force Ssemujju out of Kira and they plan to front a one Isaac Ssenkubuge who is the Bweyogerere Division chairperson.

    theGrapevine has established that strategic meetings for Ssenkubuge are conducted every weekend at Zebra spot hotel near Kira Division police chaired by Mamerito Mugerwa the former Kira Municipality mayor.

    Ssenkubuge confirmed his intentions to contest against Ssemujju explaining that for a long time he has been hoodwinking people that he is in the opposition while silently benefiting from Museveni’s government.

    However other sources said that Mamerito Mugerwa is the one fronting Ssenkubuge and financing his political ambitions to revenge on Ssemujju whom he accused of leading his downfall in 2021 when he contested to become Kira Municipality mayor.

    Mamerito says Ssemujju told voters that he is a thief.

    “Ssemujju told people that Mamerito is a thief who steals water from National Water and Sewerage Corporation. He also told them that he steals the checks that government donates to women groups to fight poverty. He further accused Ssenkubuge of being Mamerito’s barking dog and mouthpiece because by then Mamerito was sick and could not ably speak,” a source said.

    Sources claim that in 2021,  Ssenkubuge was defeated by NUP’s Faruk Muniga, Kkonde who was bankrolled by Ssemujju through FDC came next and Ssenkubuge was in 3rd position.

    Surprisingly, he was declared the winner and Muniga took the matter to Court. Up to now, the matter has not yet been decided.

    Sources said that Ssenkubuge is very sure with such political maneuvers, he is very likely of defeat Ssemujju and Musisi come 2026 parliamentary elections.

    He added that Ssenkubuge got a photograph when President Museveni was in a meeting with Ssemujju’s father Mzee Nganda who is his close friend and a supporter of NRM.

    Ssemujju admitted that his father is a friend to Museveni and one time when Museveni visited the defunct WBS TV to appear on Face the Press talk show moderated by senior political journalist Peter Kibazo, Museveni was very bitter with Ssemujju for attacking his government and family and threatened to report him to his father Nganda.

    However theGrapevine has established that Ssemujju is still strong on ground especially among the elites and Musisi and Ssenkubuge have to work so hard to defeat him.

     

    By Timothy Nyanzi

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    NRM Top Boss Asks IGP Byakagaba To Kick-Out New Bean Weevils In Police Force As CID, DPP Bosses Send Last Warning To Violent Politicians…

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    Abass Byakagaba the Inspector General of Police (IGP) shaking hands with Maj Dr Tom Magambo the CID director. Inset is Mr. Dombo

    Veteran legislator and also the National Residence Movement (NRM)’s Director For Communication Emmanuel Lumala Dombo has asked Abass Byakagaba the Inspector General of Police(IGP) to clean-out the violent and bad characters in the force who are placing President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni’s government in bad light.

    Dombo revealed that on several occasions as a politician who deals with people on a daily basis, he has observed a number of policemen during the execution of their duties violate the rights of civilians which has prompted him and other people in the ruling party to realize that their actions are intenteded to provoke the public against Museveni’s government.

    Appearing on Pearl FM Radio, Dombo explained that recently in the Dokolo by-election, he was shocked when he saw a policeman throwing a teargas canister at the public yet they were peacefully escorting their candidate.

    He insisted that the agenda of the said policeman was to provoke the public to turn against security.

    Dombo upheld that there are still bean weevils in the police force and Byakagaba has to flash them out because whatever they do, it is them the government spokespersons who defend them yet they are not involved in their activities.

    “The other time I received several phone calls from foreign media asking me for a comment about the statements which were made by former IGP Martin Okoth Ochola threatening to beat journalists in the course of doing their work.

    Police leadership and other security agencies should know that their juniors take whatever statement they make as an order to execute. So they should be very careful when making statements before the public,” Dombo said.

    He advised policemen to know that even though they are supposed to enforce law and order in the country, they are also Ugandans and among the people they are dealing with are their relatives.

    Dombo was responding to the ugly incident that happened in Bulindo in Kira Division Wakiso district where National Unity Platform (NUP) boss Robert Kyagulanyi Ssentamu (Bobi Wine) was injured with a teargas canister and admitted to Nsambya hospital.

    Police blamed the musician turned politician for disobeying the police advice of not disrupting the traffic laws in the area.

    They defended their men and women who were on the ground.

    The development comes a day after Maj Dr Tom Magambo the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) director warned politicians and other stakeholders against violating the law as the 2026 elections fever draws close.

    The soft spoken Magambo openly told Ugandans that they will not act like pastors and other religious leaders when dealing with people involved in election crimes.

    “We are not going to sit down and smile as you burn the city, that will not happen. I want to assure you, if you are planning anarchy, come prepared. You don’t expect a director of CID to turn into a pastor,” Magambo said.

    Jane Frances Abodo, the Director of Public Prosecution (DPP) said that they have started preparing themselves for the coming elections and their prosecutors are going through training on how to deal with election crimes.

    The 2021 general elections was one of the most violent election Uganda has experienced after a number of people especially in the opposition were imprisoned and killed while others survived with serious injuries on their bodies.

    Veteran journalist Andrew Mwenda alleged that intelligence had information that Bobi Wine supporters had planned to burn Kampala to ashes if Justice Simon Mugenyi Byabakama didn’t declare their presidential candidate as the winner of the 2021 presidential elections.

    However Dombo pleaded with Bobi Wine and other opposition politicians not to incite violence or provoke security, noting that even though they are always on planes flying abroad to receive medication, Uganda is still their home and it is the reason why they always come back.

    Before President Museveni fired former IGP Kale Kayihura, he first warned him that there were bean weevils in police. He tasked him to clean his force.

    The President sounded the warning after gruesome murder of Andrew Felix Kaweesi the police spokesperson, his bodyguard and driver at Kulambiro in Nakawa Division Kampala city.

     

    By Sengooba Alirabaki

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