Police Clash with NUP Supporters at Belated Women's Day Event in Mityana

The belated Women's Day event organized by the National Unity Platform (NUP) in Mityana District, Uganda, turned into chaos as police violently disrupted the gathering. The event, which had been organized by opposition MPs and local politicians, was meant to commemorate International Women's Day, which is celebrated globally on March 8th.

 However, the police showed up in large numbers, wielding batons and tear gas, and clashed with NUP supporters, leading to injuries and arrests.

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 “…Woman's Day celebration organized by our Members of Parliament in the area has been violently disrupted by trigger-happy goons in security uniform,” the National Unity Platform (NUP) principal, Mr Robert Kyagulanyi alias Bobi Wine tweeted Thursday.

 According to him, many guests were arrested and some injured in the ensuing commotion after the armed “brutes fired projectiles into the peaceful crowd.”
“First ask them if they notified police under section 5 of the Public Order Management Act (POMA)…,” police spokesperson SC Fred Enanga told this reporter when sought for a comment.

 Meanwhile, a similar event organized in Mityana district and attended by Lands Minister Judith Nabakooba went on undisrupted.

The event which was located about 200km from Mityana went on smoothly with Buyende Woman MP,  Ms Mary Nakato of the ruling National Resistance Movement (NRM) and the deputy spokesperson for the office of the party (NRM) national chairman (ONC), Dr Brenda Tibamwenda as some of the key guests.