KAYUNGA-UGANDA/NEWSDAY: Police in Kayunga yesterday Friday shot at an ambulance that was carrying opposition National Unity Platform (NUP) supporters.
A team of about ten supporters had travelled from Kampala to canvass support for the NUP candidate Harriet Nakwede, who was campaigning at Kayonza sub county for the LC V seat that fell vacant following the death of Muhammad Ffeffeka Sserubogo, a month after occupying the office.
When the supporters who were travelling in the ambulance belonging to the Lubaga South MP Aloysius Mukasa, refused to stop at a temporary checkpoint at Kayunga town council, police shot at the vehicle, deflating the tyres.
However, none of the occupants was injured. The ambulance was later towed to Kayunga police station. Ssezibwa regional police spokesperson Hellen Butoto, said that all people entering the district were supposed to be screened, but the NUP supporters declined.
Nakwede criticized the actions of the police saying that their intentions were to disrupt her campaigns. Nakwede wonders why police established the checkpoint at the route they knew was to connect her campaign venue.
The other candidates in the race are Anthony Waddimba from the Democratic Party (DP), National Resistance Movement Candidate Andrew Muwonge, and independent candidates; Boniface Bandikubi, Majid Nyanzi, and Jamil Kamoga.
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