Kyadondo East Member of Parliament and Musician Robert Kyagulanyi Sentamu popularly known as Bobi Wine’s consultation meeting in Lira District hangs in balance after police and Uganda People’s Defense Force (UPDF) cordoned off the venue last night.
Bobi Wine was expected to host a consultative meeting ahead of the 2021 general elections at Lira’s Pacific Grand Hotel today, Wednesday January 8, but police and UPDF forces surrounded the place and ordered all ‘People Power’ coordinators to vacate hotel premises.
The people power team that was led by Latif Ssebagala tried to seek an audience with the Resident District Commissioner (RDC) OF Lira but they were informed that he was busy in a security meeting.
On Tuesday, The RDC Milton Odongo told journalists that although police had initially granted permission to Kyagulanyi to hold the meeting, they will not be allowed on the premises because the hotel owners had failed to give People Power a written consent letter as stipulated in the Inspector General of Police(IGP)’s letter.
Odongo said that a clear programme and proof of consent for use of the intended venue had to be given by the legal proprietor of the premises at least three days prior.
This is the third time this week that a People Power meeting is called off following the stand off in Gulu district and in Gayaza.