Tension is high in Mubende Municipality where Dr. Kizza Besigye, the former Forum for Democratic Change-FDC party president is said to have been arrested after he stepped out of Mubende FM studio where he had been locked up as security personnel attempted to stop his show. It all started this morning when a combined team […]
Tension is high in Mubende Municipality where Dr. Kizza Besigye, the former Forum for Democratic Change-FDC party president is said to have been arrested after he stepped out of Mubende FM studio where he had been locked up as security personnel attempted to stop his show.
It all started this morning when a combined team of Uganda People’s Defense Forces-UPDF and police officers , led by Mubende DPC Martin Okoyo, stormed Mubende FM where Besigye was appearing on a talk show and tried to pull him out.
It is said that the radio went off just ten minutes into the talk show. Minutes later security officers reportedly surrounded the radio station prompting management to lock the premises.
Ingrid Turinawe, the FDC Women League Chairperson, said the officers failed to gain entry into the studio because of the biometrics lock and fidgeted to break-in in vain.
Besigye had managed to reach Mubende evading several police road blocks mounted on Kampala-Mubende road.
When Besigye got out of the radio, people surrounded Prime Building where the radio is located blocking police from getting out prompting the officers to resort to force and tear gas.
The Wamala Region Police Spokesperson, Norbert Ochom declined to divulge details about the ongoing operation, only saying there was no chaos in the municipality and that Dr. Besigye wasn’t under arrest.
Last week in Kabale, the Resident District Commissioner turned off Hope Radio station for hosting Besigye.
