Police Declare Besigye Terrorism Agent
SOURCE: THE RED PEPPER, 4 JULY 2012
There will be nothing to smile about if Besigye is arrested over terrorism related activities
Police have said FDC boss Kizza Besigye and his For God and My Country (4GC) members would be considered terrorism agents and charged as so, should they proceed with plans to resume the infamous walk-to-work demonstrations amidst terror alerts in place.
Speaking to the press in his office at Central Police Station (CPS) Kampala yesterday, the Kampala Metropolitan Police (KMP) Commandant, Andrew Felix Kaweesi said any public rallies in the city are currently prohibited until further notice. He hence re-declared 4GC activities unconstitutional, illegal, outlawed and the agitators, out of order.
“We are not going to joke with public security. Anybody who pretends not to realise the terrorists’ seriousness is considered their (terrorists) agent and we shall handle them as so. We are still on top of the situation but it doesn’t imply we can entertain any diversionary measures,” Kaweesi said, adding that threats to name and shame before closing down all businesses and public installations without required security measures in place.
Saying the terrorists have changed approach by targeting churches and security facilities, Kaweesi cautioned members of the public to triple their vigilance. “We have also upped access control to our stations and we ask our ‘clients’ to bear with the changes,” he said.
Terrorists believed to belong to Al-Shabaab Islamist group over the weekend attacked and killed 17 people in two churches in Garissa, North Eastern province of Kenya . And this came at the backdrop of several other attacks and attempts that have claimed Kenyans’ lives in a space less than a year.
Kaweesi said the goons have on several occasions attempted to penetrate Uganda but with little or no success due to security vigilance.
Turning to 4GC plans, Kaweesi said the group, and other similar ones to come, were banned by government and hence are unconstitutional. 4GC was created soon after the Attorney General Peter Nyombi declared Activists for Change (A4C) illegal.
Kaweesi also said they would not permit Kawempe Mayor Mubarak Munyagwa to hold his planned consultative rally at Growers Grounds in Kawempe due to terror threats.
Information minister Mary Karooro Okurut yesterday implored 4GC coordinator Mathias Mpuuga to convince Besigye to abandon Walk-to-Work protests in Kampala, but he demystified her statement saying they want to sensitise masses how Museveni has failed to deliver, and preach regime change gospel.
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