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Leader of Opposition blocked from leaving hotel In Kasese

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Leader of Opposition Betty Aol Ochan and three of her colleagues have been blocked from leaving their hotel rooms in Kasese district.

Ochan and her team were locked up at Sandton Hotel where they had spent a night ahead of their planned visits to the flood victims Internally Displaced camps in the District.

“How do you stop me as a member of parliament to carry out my duty because Museveni is in Kasese,” wondered Kalungu county MP, Joseph Ssewungu who is also part of the delegation.

Ssewungu believes that its president Museveni who has ordered the DPC of Kasese to block them from visiting the flood hit areas.

“If President Museveni is visiting Kasese District headquarters and some people, I also want to go to Bwera and carry out my business,” added Ssewungu.

He further said that; “We have to visit 35 camps and atleast the minimum of 20 shall be visited by the leader of opposition and our delegation.”

Leader of Opposition Betty Aol Ochan has condemned the move and opined that if this is a free and democratic country, they should let them move freely.

“We should be free, if anything to be a free country, good democracy, it would be my decision to go and attend the President’s function or not. But sometimes, the way people behave, it’s funny.”

Interestingly, Kasese RDC, Joel Walusimbi said that he doesn’t know if the leader of Opposition is in Kasese.

“I don’t know whether she is here or not. She has not even reported to my office or in the district to know that she is there, so how can I lock somebody that I have not seen?” he asked.

It should be noted that President Museveni as in Kasese District yesterday to access the level of damage caused by the recent floods that busted the bunks of river Nyamamba.

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