The Inspected General of police – IGP Martins Okoth Ochola has instructed Professional Standards Unit to open investigations into the alleged beating and torture of Buvuma district woman MP Susan Nakaziba Mugabi. The revelation was made by Police spokesperson Fred Enanga.
The MP was over the weekend assaulted by the police and military as they blocked her belated Women’s Day celebrations in Buvuma.
The enforcement of that unlawful assembly, there are disturbing images that went viral that captured some of our officers using excessive force during the arrest of some of the suspects in Buvuma,” he said.
He said police have summoned 11 officers who will be discontinued from their duties and report to the Professional Standards Unit headquarters in Kampala for further investigations.
The summoned officers include the Acting Regional Police Commander SP Kanyesigye Jamal; District police Commander –DPC Buvuma, Bagole Frank and other officers who took part in the operations.
Over the weekend, Ssezibwa regional police spokesperson Hellen Butoto said for the National Unity Platform –NUP party members will be charged for unlawful assembly and inciting violence. The group was nabbed at Kyanja Village, Bwema Sub County in Buvuma District.
She claimed that Nakaziba’s event was not cleared by police as the law mandates.
“Just learnt of the violent assault on Susan Mugabi, the Woman MP for Buvuma District under the NUP. In trying to block her Women’s Day celebrations, the shameless thugs in our national uniform pounced on her and other leaders and assaulted them,” Robert Kyagulanyi, NUP Party President said on Twitter.
“This is how Susan Mugabi and the District Speaker of Buvuma were treated by the police and military yesterday. Journalists were detained and forced to delete footage to hide these criminal actions. In a sane government, these security men would now be behind bars,” he said.
NUP party spokesperson Joel Ssenyonyi said Buvuma Woman MP and the District Speaker were brutalised by the military and police because of a Women’s Day function they had organised in the District. Sometimes one wonders whether some of these guys in uniform are real human beings!
