Saturday 20 October 2012

What ever happened to President Museveni’s repentance and Dedication of Uganda to God: MP Ssemujju Nganda violently arrested for Consulting his Constituents



While attending national jubilee prayers in the early morning of Tuesday at 2:00pm last week, the President openly repented saying,” I stand here today TO CLOSE THE EVIL PAST and especially in the last 50 years of our national leadership history and at the THRESHOLD OF A NEW DISPENSATION IN THE LIFE OF THIS NATION.”



Dedicating Uganda to God to become a nation established on God’s principles of righteousness and JUSTICE, the President repented of sins of idolatry, shedding innocent blood, witchcraft, POLITICAL HYPOCRISY, dishonesty, corruption, bribery, selfishness, PRIDE, tribalism, sectarianism, sexual, immorality, drunkenness, HATRED, BITTERNESS, INJUSTICE, OPPRESSION AND STRIFE.

 




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MP Ssemujju Nganda violently arrested

http://observer.ug/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=21641%3Amp-ssemujju-nganda-violently-arrested&catid=74%3Abreakingnews&Itemid=117

Friday, 19 October 2012 15:58

Written by Edris Kiggundu

Kyadondo East MP, Ibrahim Ssemujju Nganda was this afternoon detained at Kira Town Council Police Station, after being violently apprehended at Bweyogerere trading centre, where he had planned to hold a rally.
He was arrested at 2PM at Bweyogerere as he talked to his supporters. Police had deployed heavily in the trading centre and many shops remained closed. Earlier in the morning, Ssemujju had been put under preventive arrest at his home in Kirinya, three kilometers from Bweyogerere.
Police later relented after the MP told them he had to perform his Jumaa prayers at a nearby mosque. His arrest was dramatic and executed violently. In the ensuing scuffle as he tried to resist arrest, the legislator’s jacket was torn before he was carried off the ground by three officers. They bundled him into a waiting police pick up and drove him to Kira Town Council Police Station at break neck speed.
Meanwhile other officers fired tear gas and rubber bullets to disperse his supporters who had started throwing stones at them. Ssemujju says that around 9 o’clock this morning, the DPC of Kira went to his house with a letter from Kampala Metropolitan Police Commander Andrew Felix Kaweesi. In the letter, Kaweesi said the rally would be permitted unless Ssemujju first wrote to the police.

He would have to submit to the police, for approval, the content of the speech and the names of guests invited. The content of the speech was not, in any way, to be similar to speeches that have been made at previous A4C and 4GC rallies.

Second time unlucky

Ssemujju was previously arrested in on September 25, as he attempted to hold a consultative  rally at Kireka, in Kampala. Then the police said it had banned all rallies and marches because terrorists could use them to disrupt the country’s 50th independence anniversary celebrations, which climaxed on October 9.


Petition

Ssemujju says he recently received a petition from 16 out of 21 councillors at Kira town council, complaining about excessive corruption at the council. The petition is now with Parliament; but Ssemujju says he wanted to report back to his constituents and explain to them why it takes time for Parliaments’ investigations.

“I also wanted to explain to the people the processes involved because some do not know that a lot of money is sent to the council to give them services,” he said.

Ssemujju says when the speaker was sending MPs into recess, she urged them to consult their constituents and return for business on November 3. Now, he argues, his consultation process has been sabotaged by the police


At the time of writing he was still being interrogated but was expected to be released later in the evening.

 The Brutal Arrest of Kizza Besigye last year

Teargas in Bweyogere as MP Nganda is arrested

http://www.monitor.co.ug/News/National/MP+Ssemujju+Nganda+arrested+again/-/688334/1537200/-/rypoip/-/index.html

By Frederic Musisi



Posted  Friday, October 19  2012 at  16:58

 

Bweyogere town was on Friday rocked by bullets and teargas as anti-riot police prevented Kyadondo East MP Ibrahim Ssemujju Nganda from holding a rally.

Mr Nganda was later arrested at round 2pm and detained at Kira Division police station for attempting to hold an ‘illegal’ rally.

The opposition FDC MP had vowed to hold a rally to address the constituency about what he says is the increasing crime rate in his constituency as well provide updates from an on-going investigation into corruption allegations amongst the area local councilors.

Earlier on in the morning, Mr Nganda had been put under preventive house arrest at his home in Kirinya, a Bweyogerere suburbs, until he was allowed to go for Juma prayers at a nearby mosque.

Mr Nganda says the DPC of Kira visited his home in morning with a letter from the Kampala Metropolitan Police Commander, Andrew Felix Kaweesi, urging him to call off the rally. Mr Kaweesi apparently told him to seek written approval from police, which was subject to him providing a list of all the invited guest, among other requirements.

Police heavily deployed in Bweyogerere, where the rally was scheduled to take place, but that did not stop the outspoken MP.

When Mr Nganda arrived at the venue of the rally he was advised against proceeding from holding the rally, which he ignored.

 The Arrest of Kizza Besigye this year

An altercation between Mr Nganda and police officers ensued, which ended when four officers carried him and bundled him onto a waiting Police pick up, which sped off to the station.

Police then embarked on dispersing the crowd, who started hurling stones at the officers. The police officers responded by firing teargas and rubber bullets at the crowd bringing business in the town to a standstill for about 30 minutes.

This is the second time in less than a month that Mr Nganda is stopped by Police from holding a rally in his constituency. The first incident occurred in Kireka days before the Golden Jubilee on October 9, with police saying at the time that all rallies were banned to keep law and order as the country geared up for the Jubilee celebrations.

Mr Nganda was still in police custody by press time, while all our attempts to get a comment from police were futile.