MP Nabilah, police in accident

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SOURCE: THE DAILY MONITOR, 29 JANUARY 2012

 

FDC leader Kizza Besigye (L) and other supporters visit Ms Sempala at IHK on Friday. 

A traffic police officer apologises to the legislator, saying “to error is human” as Nabilah was taken to a city hospital.

Kampala

 Kampala Woman MP Nabilah Nagayi Sempala was on Friday admitted to Kampala International Hospital after she suffered chest injuries when her car got involved in accident along Namirembe Road.

The MP’s car hit a police mobile van Reg No UP 1982 at around 7pm which had suddenly stopped while Nabilah’s driver did not break in time. It is said the speeding police van was trying to overtake Ms Sempala’s car. She and other members of pressure group Activists for Change (A4C) were travelling from Kabowa where they had held a public rally.

Ms Sempala, who was waving through the open roof, hit her chest on the edge. She fainted and was immediately rushed to hospital where she was taken for a scan.
However, the police officer at the scene apologised to the MP and her driver, saying “to error is human.”

Meanwhile, the A4C rally that was set for yesterday afternoon at Kololo Airstrip has been temporarily called off after the group said it was still consulting other members of the group on the way forward.

Rally deferred?
“There are many of our members that are upcountry that would like to participate in this rally but they wanted us to first talk to the people they represent so that we explain to them as to why we are having such a rally,” A4C coordinator Mathias Mpuuga told Sunday Monitor. According to Mr Mpuuga, the pressure group plans to first hold several rallies in upcountry towns before climaxing at Kololo.

They also warned the police against aiding goons to attack them with stones, a claim the police denies. The A4C has also issued an ultimatum to police to have suspended KCCA City Planner George Agaba arrested for his role in the bloody Luzira eviction. And failure to do that, the activists said they will hold a demonstration in protest on Tuesday.