Police left numb as Besigye beats heavy deployment to enter city
SOURCE: THE DAILY MONITOR, 5 OCTOBER 2012
FDC leader Kizza Besigye receives food items from people after he beat security personnel at his house to get to the city. Dr Besigye was later arrested in connection to the Walk to Freedom campaign.
IN SUMMARY
By all means. Repeating a Monday stunt of sudden appearance, no explanation is yet clear of how the FDC leader got to town.
Kampala North Police Operations Commander Sam Omala was left speechless yesterday after the Forum for Democratic Change president, Dr Kizza Besigye, beat a security cordon at his home for the second day and entered the city.
Police said they are investigating reports that Dr Besigye may have used a taxi to enter the city centre before jumping into his car.
Police said they are investigating reports that Dr Besigye may have used a taxi to enter the city centre before jumping into his car.
The apparent ease with which he was able to leave his home was by yesterday gaining mythical proportions.
Dr Besigye emerged from his car at Namirembe Road in Kampala at around midday and waved the V-sign to a chanting crowd which quickly built up around him, surprising police.
Dr Besigye emerged from his car at Namirembe Road in Kampala at around midday and waved the V-sign to a chanting crowd which quickly built up around him, surprising police.
The police, who have been accused of illegally restricting the movements of Dr Besigye and other opposition politicians, blocked his car and diverted him to Central Police Station where he was held before being driven to Kira Division Police Station.
This is the second time he is leaving home unnoticed since the Walk to Freedom campaign started this week.
On Monday, the FDC leader suddenly showed up in the city, leaving a large number of security personnel deployed on 24-hour guard outside his home in Kasangati, bewildered.
Before the city fracas, police had erected roadblocks near homes of opposition leaders and were busy searching every car to make sure that they do not leave their homes.
On Monday, the FDC leader suddenly showed up in the city, leaving a large number of security personnel deployed on 24-hour guard outside his home in Kasangati, bewildered.
Before the city fracas, police had erected roadblocks near homes of opposition leaders and were busy searching every car to make sure that they do not leave their homes.
On Tuesday, Mr Omala swore that Dr Besigye will not leave his home unless he denounces the Walk to Freedom campaign: “We will not sleep. Dr Besigye will not leave his home until he denounces his plans. We will not even doze for even a minute, I swear he will not leave this house,” Mr Omala, said.
Dr Besigye, who was then at his home, responded that he can leave his home any time if he so wished.
When Daily Monitor yesterday asked Mr Omala how Dr Besigye slipped through his security without recanting activities related to Walk to Freedom, he declined to comment.
When Daily Monitor yesterday asked Mr Omala how Dr Besigye slipped through his security without recanting activities related to Walk to Freedom, he declined to comment.
The police officer was yesterday seen at CPS explaining to Kampala North Regional Police Commander Stephen Tanui how Dr Besigye beat his security. It was not immediately clear what he told Mr Tanui.
However, police managed to block outlawed pressure group 4GC Coordinator Mathias Mpuuga from leaving his home in the morning.
In 2001 after the chaotic presidential polls, Dr Besigye left his house in Luzira, a Kampala suburb, where he was under close surveillance, in an escape which to-date baffles security agencies.
He was next seen in the United States before relocating to South Africa where he lived in exile for months.
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