We're ready for you, police tell anti-corruption youth
Police have warned youth planning to march to parliament in the anti-corruption protest that they should be ready for consequences.
Addressing journalists on Monday, Police spokesperson, Kituuma Rusoke said despite efforts to persuade the organisers of the march to drop the move, they have persisted.
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“We reiterate our position we shall not tolerate disorderly conduct. We understand, feel and acknowledge the existence of rights of individuals but we have a duty to keep law and order that we can’t run away from. We can’t delegate or gamble over this duty,” Rusoke said.
Young Ugandans have been using social media to demand an end to government corruption.
They are partly inspired by their counterparts in Kenya, who organised mass demonstrations that led President William Ruto to abandon plans to increase taxes.
In a televised address on Saturday, President Museveni cautioned the group planning to protest, stating that they will be "playing with fire" if they move forward with the anti-corruption march to parliament on Tuesday.
However, the organisers of the protest have insisted that they wont be deterred by anything as they show discontent over the affairs of the county in regards corruption.
Aloikin Praise Opoloje, a participant in the planned protest, said Museveni's warning highlights how disconnected leaders are from the citizens.
"It also peels away the layer of pretentious attention he has paid to corruption. It most importantly reminds Ugandans that this is a bad place to be in and it only gets worse a place of impunity," said Opoloje.
Opoloje emphasized that protest is a democratically protected right, adding that no threat should deter Ugandans from marching.
"We are already burning in flames of corruption! It's like Hell visited Uganda before the coming back of Jesus. Tomorrow, in a peaceful march, let's go and start the journey of demanding what is our accountability," he said.
Speaking on Monday, police warned they will not allow the planed march that they said might breed anarchy.