Omoro Resident District Commissioner, Andrew Onyuk told Uganda Radio Network in an interview that they are not taking chances with security and have deployed a joint force comprising personnel from the Uganda Police Force and Uganda People's Defense Forces-UPDF.
Uganda Radio Network interviewed some of the so-called strangers along Freedom Drive in Magere near the home of NUP’s presidential candidate Robert Kyagulanyi and they said they came from Entebbe.
Deputy Police Spokesperson Polly Namaye says police offices are now deemed to be under threat following three consecutive attacks in Gulu district, Northern Uganda and a number of cases from different parts of the country.
Edgar Nyabongo, the Kiira Regional Police Commander says they deployed heavily after receiving information that some people were planning to stage a demonstration in Jinja Town.