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Africa-Press – Uganda. <\/strong><\/span>A section of leaders in Kayunga District have petitioned President Museveni over the \u201cgross misconduct\u201d of Special Forces Command (SFC) soldiers who guard former State minister for ICT Ida Nantaba.<\/p>\n

Led by the Bbaale County Member of Parliament, Mr Charles Tebandeke, the leaders accuse the SFC guards of committing acts of assault on a number of occasions, with the most recent one documenting soldiers beating up mourners during the funeral of former Kitimbwa Town council mayor Isaac Kanzaali on June 25.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe SFC soldiers who guard the Kayunga District Woman Member of Parliament have on many occasions beaten up innocent people in the district without any security agency like the police taking action against them,\u201d the June 29 petition reads in part.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt is the taxpayers whose taxes were used to buy the guns being used to terrorise them, besides the fact that they are (tax payers) the ones who pay their salaries,\u201d it adds.<\/p>\n

In the petition, the leaders asked the President to \u201cimmediately withdraw the guns\u201d from former minister \u201cbefore residents fight for their rights.\u201d<\/p>\n

In last month\u2019s incident, three mourners sustained injuries during the funeral of late Kanzaali after being beaten by the SFC soldiers.<\/p>\n

When contacted, the SFC spokesperson, Mr Jimmy Dennis Omara, said the four soldiers were being investigated by a team of security agencies, including the police. \u201cIt is true they (SFC soldiers) acted in an unprofessional manner and we have sent a team to work with the police to investigate the matter. If we find out that she (Nantaba) is using the soldiers attached to her to cause mayhem, we shall withdraw them,\u201d Mr Omara said during a telephone interview.<\/p>\n

But Mr Tebandeke and Mr Michael Malinga, the Kitimbwa sub-county chairperson , said they were not sure that the alleged investigations into the soldiers\u2019 conduct would yield any fruits.<\/p>\n

They insisted that it is only the President who can prevail over the matter and \u201csave the people in Kayunga\u201d from being beaten. Mr Tebandeke also said cartridges of bullets fired by the soldiers have been handed over to police to help in investigations.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe have no problem with her[Nantaba] being guarded by SFC ,but our concern is on their misconduct,\u201d Mr Malinga said in a separate interview on Tuesday .<\/p>\n

But Mr Omara explained that Ms Nantaba was given SFC guards because she had \u201csecurity threats\u201d but noted that she (Nantaba) is not in any way special than other Ugandans.<\/p>\n

Ms Nantaba refused to comment on the matter ,but after the fracas that took place at the funeral, she accused her political rivals of orchestrating such acts and hiring goons to abuse her whenever she attends public gatherings.<\/p>\n

Ms Hellen Butoto, the Ssezibwa Regional police spokesperson, said investigations into the alleged assault of mourners by the SFC soldiers were ongoing, adding that action would be taken after the investigations are completed.<\/p>\n

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