DPCs transferred for failing to stop Besigye
SOURCE: THE DAILY MONITOR, 6 OCTOBER 2012
Police officers arrest Nansana town mayor Wakaima Nsereko at the Constitution Square in Kampala where the politician and other people wanted to demonstrate on Friday. The police cordoned off the area.
IN SUMMARY
Heads of police units in areas that opposition leader reportedly passed through as he took his protest to Kampala city centre moved to new stations.
KAMPALA
Division police commanders in areas that Forum for Democratic Change president managed to stage his protest this week have been transferred to upcountry stations as Military Police take over city security.
Kasangati Division Commander Alfred Bagambaki and Old Kampala Division Commander Rusoke Kituuma, were redeployed on Thursday afternoon after Dr Kizza Besigye, who was supposed to be confined to his home, managed to escape and enter the city centre.
Other changes
According to a police document seen by Saturday Monitor, Mr Bagambaki has been replaced by Mr Seiko Chemonges, formerly the Mukono Division Commander. Mr Kituuma has been replaced by Moses Gobolo from Napak District in Karamoja Region. Mr Kituuma and Mr Bagambaki have been transferred to Mityana and Napak districts as division commanders, respectively.
According to a police document seen by Saturday Monitor, Mr Bagambaki has been replaced by Mr Seiko Chemonges, formerly the Mukono Division Commander. Mr Kituuma has been replaced by Moses Gobolo from Napak District in Karamoja Region. Mr Kituuma and Mr Bagambaki have been transferred to Mityana and Napak districts as division commanders, respectively.
Kira Division Police Commander Samuel Mission was also replaced by Mr Peter Nkulaiga. Deputy police spokesman Vicent Ssekate confirmed that there were changes in the city commanders but declined to mention the officers and offices. “I don’t have the message right now but I know some people were transferred. It is normal for officers to be transferred,” Mr Ssekate said yesterday.
Police changes come after Dr Besigye managed to beat twice a 24-hour surveillance aimed at blocking him from leaving his home in Kasanagati, a Kampala suburb this week. The affected officers are in areas where opposition leaders have been able to hold demonstration despite police ban on rallies except those organised by the government.
Several police officers have been either transferred or sent on forced leave after the officers failed to block opposition politicians from either leaving their homes or holding peaceful rallies. Police personnel at Kasangati and Old Kampala have been the major victim.
Meanwhile, just three days to the Golden Jubilee, heavily armed military police officers have taken over security in the city. There was heavy military police deployment yesterday morning at the Constitution Square, Shimoni Road, Independence Grounds and Entebbe Road. All these areas have been under the police security.
Meanwhile the mayor of Nansana Town Council, Mr Wakayima Musoke, was yesterday morning arrested as he tried to access the Constitution Square. Police has banned any form of protest in the city ahead of the October 9, Independence Celebration.
Kampala metropolitan spokesperson Ibn Ssenkumbi said the Constitution Square are being guarded for security reasons. “We are concerned about the security threats and we want to keep this place even away from people who want to use it as a demonstration ground until after independence,” Mr Ssenkumbi said.
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