One person is reported to have died on Sunday after police clashed with protesters in the capital, Kampala.
The protesters were agitating over the arrest of some lawmakers, charged with instigating an attack on the President, Yoweri Museveni.
Police said the President’s convoy was attacked in the town of Arua in the country’s northwest last Monday.
Several people have been arrested and detained including one vocal MP, Bobi Wine who was campaigning for an independent candidate, Kassiano Wadri.
Wadri was also arrested and the MPs have been in custody for days. They are reported to have been brutalized in custody.
This has angered their supporters who were protesting on the streets on Sunday. But they were met with force as police fired teargas and live bullets to disperse them.
Five others were also wounded in the incident, Daily Monitor reports. Police spokesman Emilian Kayima said a policeman trying to quell the unrest in Mityana, west of the capital Kampala, fired at a minibus.
Kayima told the NTV Uganda channel that “One policeman fired bullets into a moving taxi (minibus) with passengers, injuring six people. Unfortunately one of them died.”
Uganda under pressure
The European Union and the United States of America have all condemned the treatment of the detained MPs.
The arrest of Robert Kyagulanyi also known as Bobi Wine gained prominence during the week. He has been severely brutalized while in custody, according to his lawyers.
The Musician turned lawmaker is unable to walk and seriously sick since his arrest on Tuesday.
On Thursday Bobi Wine appeared before a military court martial over charges of instigating an attack on President Yoweri Museveni.
The EU and the USA have all called for the respect of the rights of those arrested.
President Museveni has blamed the stoning of his convoy on “weak management by the police and the criminal behavior of some of the opposition leaders.”
“Some leaders have been acting with impunity … these acts are strongly rejected and will be punished,” he said in a statement.
Source: Africafeeds.com
