The\nCivil Society Organisations in Uganda have condemned the Police brutality\nagainst Kyadondo East MP Robert Kyagulanyi alias Bobi Wine and his pressure\ngroup who were blocked from conducting\ntheir first consultative meeting in\nGayaza in Wakiso district. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Police\naccused People Power for not fulfilling some of the requirements in the public\norder management act. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
While\naddressing the media in Kampala, Henry Muguzi from the Alliance for finance\nmonitoring explained that; “The police, from what we have seen, it has\nbecome a tool for serving the interest of the regime.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n
He\nnoted that it is so embarrassing to see police violating human rights calling\nupon Ugandans to identify individual officers to be prosecuted in the courts of\nlaw. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
“As\ncivil society, we call upon people to document individual police officers\nviolating their rights,\u201d he said. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Richard\nSsewakiryanga, the Executive Director of the Uganda National NGO forum also\nsaid that parliament should consider addressing the issue of electoral reforms\nwith immediate effect. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
“The\nabsence of the meaningful electoral reforms continue to make the citizen’s participation\nin elections meaningless. We are entering the last year of ruling party’s 5-year\nterm in office, the constitution and the electoral reforms necessary to secure\nthe conducive democratic environment for citizen have not been enacted,” he\nsaid. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Charity\nAhimbisibwe from the Citizen’s Coalition for Electoral Democracy said they will\nnot only engage parliament about this but also other stake holders will be\ninvolved in the electoral process. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
“We\nare going to dialogue with institutions like Electoral Commission, Police,\nUganda Communication Commission because many journalists have been arrested in\ntheir day to day work. We need democracy,” she said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Civil\nsociety organizations also tasked government to address the problem of land\ngrabbing, poor implementation of environmental policy measures and economic\ngrowth that is not having a positive impact at the household level.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
They\nsaid that if these issues are not solved with immediate effect, they could lead\nto chaos in the country.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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