Police\nhas cautioned opposition politicians against violation of the law especially\nthe Public Order Management act <\/p>\n\n\n\n
While addressing the media at the police headquarters in Kampala on Monday, the force’s spokesperson Fred Enanga said politicians who intend to reach out to the people should always follow the law.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
He\nsaid the force will not allow ill intended politicians who are after gaining\npolitical mileage through unlawful means. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
“We\nshall use whatever minimum but necessary force including teargas to arrest some\nof the offenders who are not following the guidelines that were issued by Electoral\nCommission,” he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
He\nalso revealed that the force is closely monitoring the consultative meetings of\nthe presidential aspirants who were cleared by the electoral commission to\nconduct their meetings a head of the 2021 general elections.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
It should be noted that the Electoral Commission cleared six presidential aspirants to conduct consultative meetings while coordination with the police for proper safety of the public <\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u00a0Enanga said that police is monitoring the consultative meetings of the the presidential aspirants because some of them have failed to notify the police about their meetings\u00a0 and instead put them on social media.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
He said Police\u00a0 will continue to gather intelligence about the public gatherings of politicians where they will continue to use all the means including teargas to disperse them once they are organized illegally.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
However,\nEnanga said the force is willing to\npolice all public gatherings of\npoliticians especially the presidential aspirants who cooperate with the force during their preparation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Police has cautioned opposition politicians against violation of the law especially the Public Order Management act While addressing the media at the police headquarters in Kampala on Monday, the force’s spokesperson Fred Enanga said politicians who intend to reach out to the people should always follow the law. He said the force will not allow […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2270,"featured_media":1931,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_paywall_metabox":[],"jnews_override_counter":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[98],"tags":[31],"class_list":["post-13486","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-featured"],"yoast_head":"\n