The Former Presidential Candidate in Uganda, Dr Kiiza Besigye was arrested on Tuesday morning and taken to Kira road Police station (a place which some Ugandans refer to as ‘torture Chamber’).
The Police said that Dr Besigye was arrested to stop him from using public transport (Public Taxi). But Dr Besigye’s car was attacked and damaged by some security operatives who were in plain clothes last Friday 1/03/2013.
What puzzles Ugandans most is that the same Police arrested Kiiza to stop him from using public transport well aware that his car was damaged and vandalized as police looked on.
Also Ugandans ask where in the world Police can arrest someone because he/she decided to travel by public transport? Police intercepted the former Forum for Democratic Change president at his home in Kasangati as he departed for court in Kampala.
Kampala North police chief, Steven Tanoi however says that Besigye was arrested because police had obtained information that Besigye was planning to cause mayhem in the city on his way to Buganda Road court where he faces charges.
Besigye was supposed to reappear in court on Tuesday in case he and others are accused of managing an unlawful assembly that led to the murder of an Assistant Inspector of Police (AIP) John Bosco Ariong.
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