Things are getting worse for Uganda’s opposition politicians and followers every day that passes. At first the police halted them from holding political rallies at Kampala City Square grounds, as if that was not enough, the same police directed that any political gathering organised by the opposition has to first get clearance from Uganda Police.

In fact many members of opposition who have attended political gatherings that have not been cleared by Uganda police have ended up in jail or tortured.

The Inspector General of Police Maj. Gen. Kale Kayihura has now instructed all opposition members intending to hold political rallies at Kalolo airstrip to first get clearance from the president’s office.

The MP for Masaka Central Mathias Mpuuga has confirmed that he has got a letter from Kayihura halting all political gatherings taking place at Kololo (Kampala) Airstrip unless the president’s office as cleared such functions.

Mpuuga however asks how the president’s office will clear a political rally that is going to expose the government’s wrongs.

By Walakira Nyanzi