{"id":55694,"date":"2023-09-19T22:34:36","date_gmt":"2023-09-19T22:34:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/police-deployed-ahead-of-birigwas-fdc-conference"},"modified":"2023-09-20T00:03:45","modified_gmt":"2023-09-20T00:03:45","slug":"police-deployed-ahead-of-birigwas-fdc-conference","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/police-deployed-ahead-of-birigwas-fdc-conference","title":{"rendered":"Police deployed ahead of Birigwa\u2019s FDC conference"},"content":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – Uganda. <\/strong><\/span>Dozens of anti-riot police have been deployed in Busabala and at Katonga, the latest in a series of dramatic turns highlighting a persistent great divide in the opposition Forum for Democratic Change (FDC) party.<\/p>\n

FDC members claim police have since Monday night camped at Katonga, a hotspot for a parallel extraordinary delegates meeting planned for September 19 in Busabala by party chairman Wasswa birigwa.<\/p>\n

\u201cUnfortunately, police who said they will not provide protection have driven three trucks and blocked roads in Busabala. They have also surrounded our Katonga accreditation centre,\u201d FDC spokesperson Ibrahim Ssemujju Nganda said of the Tuesday deployment which follows a September 18 High Court ruling against the conference.<\/p>\n

PHOTOS: Anti-riot police use teargas to disperse top members of FDC who wanted to attend a national delegates conference organized by party chairman Wasswa Birigwa on September 19, 2023.<\/p>\n

The conference was planned to be in Busabala but it was shifted to Katonga Road offices as… pic.twitter.com\/BcjxH6AAU8<\/p>\n

Close to the intended conference venue, barriers were in place on a blocked route for non-resident motorists amid thorough traffic checks on Tuesday.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe will be devising means of how we access Busabala or any other venue because delegates started arriving in Kampala yesterday,\u201d Ssemujju told NTV Uganda.<\/b>
\nSEE PICTORIAL:<\/b> Teargas, clashes welcome delegates as FDC faction names Lukwago president | Monitor<\/p>\n

At Katonga, a sizeable number of delegates from several parts of the country were able to access offices but pondered the next move.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019re waiting to see how we are going to travel or see what next because we don\u2019t know what\u2019s going on. We\u2019re fearing the police,\u201d FDC Western region chairman Sunday Katembeya said.<\/p>\n

Ssemujju reiterated accusations that FDC President Patrick Amuriat and party secretary general Nathan Nandala Mafabi are \u201cusing police in continued attempts to capture and destroy the party to surrender it to Uganda\u2019s President Museveni.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThe FDC people want to rescue their party from Mafabi and Amuriat who are paid agents of President Museveni because how can they fear that party members are meeting,\u201d he claimed in an interview.<\/p>\n

However, Ssemujju emphasized that resources for Tuesday\u2019s meeting were privately mobilized from local party loyalists and the diaspora.<\/p>\n

Asked to explain their deployment, an on-scene policeman who appeared in television footage told journalists to find out from the Force\u2019s spokesperson saying: \u201cI cannot tell you why we are here. I\u2019m not authorized to speak.\u201d<\/p>\n

Over two months ago, FDC descended into chaos with two rival factions volleying accusations that have since created a major split in what was once Uganda’s leading opposition party.<\/p>\n

As of September 19, a faction loyal to the Najjanankumbi establishment led by current party president Amuriat- is on course to holding a national delegates conference in October 2023.<\/p>\n

For More News And Analysis About Uganda<\/a> Follow Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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