Forum for Democratic Change strongman Kizza Besigye has said the Inspector General of Police, Gen. Kale Kayihura, made a Fool’s Day prank when he said police had withdrawn from his home.
Dr. Besigye, who has been restricted at his home in Kasangati for over a month, posted photos of himself struggling to crossover a police barricade at his home at midnight and said the police chief appears to enjoy telling lies.
“IGP Kayihura once again deceived Ugandans today that I’d been freed. It was Fools Day anyway!!! I took the pictures here after midnight– on 2nd April 2016,” Besigye posted on his Facebook page.
He added: “It is terrible to have a leader of a police force that breaks the law routinely and willfully; that seems to enjoy telling lies; and that has no regard for the opinion of others.”
Earlier yesterday Gen. Kayihura had told a news conference at police headquarters in Naguru that he had ordered the police at Kasangati to withdraw security officers deployed at Besigye’s home.
Kayihura said that Besigye was put under preventive monitoring because he attempted to announce his own results yet the job is meant for the Electoral Commission. “That we could not allow happening because it would cause confusion; he had not notified us as is required under the Public Order Management Act when he organized a procession to the Electoral Commission to demand for results. We detected this was going to cause chaos and disrupt business in the city. We then intervened and took him home,” Gen Kayihura said.
“Withdrawal of our officers from Besigye’s home is an extension of a token of good will but we expect him to respect the law,” Kayihura added.
