{"id":66561,"date":"2024-02-08T19:40:08","date_gmt":"2024-02-08T19:40:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/?p=66561"},"modified":"2024-02-08T16:56:32","modified_gmt":"2024-02-08T16:56:32","slug":"nup-questions-updf-double-standards-after-mp-apologises-for-wearing-army-uniform","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/nup-questions-updf-double-standards-after-mp-apologises-for-wearing-army-uniform","title":{"rendered":"NUP questions UPDF \u2018double standards\u2019 after MP apologises for wearing army uniform"},"content":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – Uganda. <\/strong><\/span>National Unity Platform (NUP) leaders have questioned what they described as double standards by the Uganda People\u2019s Defence Forces (UPDF) after photos of the ruling National Resistance Movement (NRM) Member of Parliament clad in army uniform went viral on social media.<\/b><\/p>\n

Photos of Kitgum Woman MP, Ms Lilian Aber, clad in full UPDF uniform as she, on February 5, flagged off the cleaning exercise by UPDF as a pre-event ahead of Terehe Sita celebrations went viral on various social media platforms, stirring debate on how and under what circumstances civilians may freely wear the army uniform.<\/p>\n

This comes amid reports of arrests of opposition supporters accused of wearing red berets which the UPDF said was gazette for only armed forces.<\/p>\n

The UPDF spokesperson, Brig Gen Felix Kulayigye, however, told journalists the legislator was earlier summoned and subsequently apologized to the Commander of Defence Forces (CDF) for her actions.<\/p>\n

\u201cHonourable Lilian Aber was taken to the task [on Monday] and she did apologize and actually removed it immediately. Since she apologized the CDF forgave her and cautioned her not to do it again,\u201d Brig Gen Kulayigye told NTV-Uganda, on Tuesday.<\/p>\n

\u201cBut the officer who gave her the uniform was arrested,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n

Businessman and journalist, Andrew Mwenda and the state minister for Sports, Mr Peter Ogwanga have in the past been seen donning army attires in public without any legal actions taken against them.<\/p>\n

Government officials, including civil servants and NRM MPs, among others attending training or holding meetings at the National Leadership Institute (NALI) in Kyankwanzi District are normally seen dressed in army uniform.<\/p>\n

The Law<\/b><\/p>\n

Section 160 of the UPDF Act, 2003, subsection 2 (part C) prohibits nonmembers of security forces from receiving, possessing, selling or delivering any [of the gazetted] attires of the armed forces.<\/p>\n

In the past, several people, mostly supporters of NUP have been arrested and arraigned in the courts of law for allegedly wearing attires purported to be a monopoly of the armed<\/p>\n

Many who were found wearing NUP\u2019s red berets are still on remand and grappling with criminal charges before the General Court Martial in Makindye, Kampala.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s against this background that NUP leaders have accused UPDF of \u2018double standards\u2019, arguing that it is unfair to enforce laws in a selective manner.<\/p>\n

\u201cThese double standards are sickening and show that there is no rule of law. If Lilian Aber just apologized [and they let her go] why are we seeing our supporters being taken to courts when they are not actually putting on military uniforms,\u201d Mr Lewis Rubongoya, NUP secretary general questioned.<\/p>\n

Through his X(formerly Twitter) handle, the NUP president, Mr Robert Kyagulanyi also said: \u201cI think we can all agree that it is not for violating the law that hundreds of NUP\/ People Power supporters have suffered abduction, arrest, torture, prosecution and even death for putting on the People Power red berets. They endure that persecution simply because they oppose Museveni…. that’s why NRM’s Lilian Aber (Woman MP Kitgum District) can freely put on the full UPDF uniform and nothing is done to her..\u201d<\/p>\n

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