Don’t Spread COVID In Guise of Preventing It, Buganda Premier Cautions Men In Uniform
The Buganda Premier Owek. Charles Peter Mayiga cautioned security officers not to spreading Tue deadly COVID-19 disease in a guise of preventing it against Ugandans.
Katikkiro who is not happy and worried with the way men and women in Uniform handling the pandemic and politics in this election period.
On many occasions, during political processions and rallies held by opposition presidential candidates, Police and Military brutally arrest candidates and their supporters without observing the COVID-19 SOPs.
Basing on such acts, the Katikkiro while at Bulange Mengo on Friday, welcoming a delegation from Forum for Democratic Change that was led by party presidential flag bearer, Patrick Oboi Amuriat, asked security officers not to spread COVID.
“We believe and accept that COVID-19 is in existence, but the way I see the security officers putting the SOPs guidelines in action, they are not preventing but spreading.” Katikiiro
“The officers themselves don’t observe the SOPs, you preventing people from gathering but when you arrest them, you put them in one congested place, so is that preventing or spreading?” Katikiro asked.
“Don’t spread COVID-19 in guise of preventing it.”
The furious Katikkiro also reminded the government and men in Uniform that hunger can’t stop hunger and endless oppression don’t cool down the oppressed. He also told them that enforcing the observation of SOPs doesn’t worth someone’s life.
“Hunger doesn’t stop hunger, when you oppress some the more, you ingnite much hunger into that person.
Don’t kill people while enforcing the SOPs, a person’s life is more worth than COVID-19 SOPs.”
The Katikkiro also condemned that act of Police of stopping presidential candidate Kyagulanyi Ssentamu from addressing electorates via Spice FM in Hoima district.
“These candidates need equal opportunity to speak to their voters, we have state media houses like UBC, I don’t know whether they can access them but if the pay for a space at a private media house, why do you deny them chance?
You say that you don’t want people to gather, and even on radios where these candidates can use to reach their voters you block them, then how will the voters get information?” Furious Katikkiro asking security and the government.
“I know you don’t want me to speak them out but I won’t stop talking about these acts until you change.”
The day started with the Executive Director of KCCA who bought 200 Kabaka Birthday run kits before Patrick Oboi Amuriat came in.
The FDC team led by Amuriat bought kits worth 4M Uganda shillings and a 2M certificate.
The Kabaka Birthday run which is going to be scientific is scheduled to take place on Sunday 29th November 2020.