The opposition National Unity Platform-NUP party has denied reports by security agencies that they were planning to hold national wide demonstrations, starting today Monday 8/11/2021.
During the weekly press conference at Naguru on Monday, police spokesperson Fred Enanga told reporters that they received intelligence information that NUP and other ‘violent political actors’ were planning to hold violent demonstrations aimed at destabilizing the country.
He explained that the police and other sister security agencies were ready to crush any such groups because such demonstrations are illegal as per the directives on the spread of Covid-19.
However, while speaking to the media at their headquarters in Kamwokya, Kampala today, Joel Ssenyonyi, the NUP spokesperson said if they had any such plans they would have announced them publicly like they have done in the past.
He added that the talk of demonstrations is a creation of the security agencies in order to trigger the government to release money for them.
Sseyonyi also called upon the government to release the four NUP members who were arrested from the Kasese district last week on allegations of trying to overthrow President Museveni's government. The four are Bwambaale Geoffrey, Mumbere Isaac, Basisa Brian and Isande Adonozio.
He said that the party was surprised to hear that police were arresting NUP members for just meeting to chart a way forward for their party after the January elections but look the other way when the ruling National Resistance Movement leaders are also moving across the country holding meetings.
