Imam Makumbi, the Democratic Party vice president for western region has been arrested for participating in the walk to work protests.
Makumbi was intercepted along Makan Singh Street in Mbarara town on Monday morning as he started his walk to work journey just a few meters away from his home.
Makumbi was arrested at around 9.30am by the Mbarara district police commander Nicklaus Ngonzi, who found him addressing the media along the street on the walk to work protests.
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He was immediately driven away to Mbarara central police station in the DPC’s personal car. The police declined to talk to the media over Makumbi’s arrest.
Meanwhile, security remains tight in most parts of south western Uganda following the announcement by Activists for Change on Friday that they were resuming the walk to work protests.
By 5am on Monday morning, all hot spots and homes of prominent opposition leaders had been sealed off according to the regional police publicist, Polly Namaye.
Namaye says they could not sit and wait for the A4C to take advantage of their absence on the road to disrupt people’s businesses and the ongoing UNEB examinations.
Namaye says though they had talked to the organizers of the walk to work over the weekend to give up their plans, police could not take it for granted and had to deploy fully.
Mariam Kabasongora
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