Mayor Lukwago, opposition MPs arrested

Police arrest Kampala Lord Mayor, Mr Erias Lukwago and some Opposition members in Nakivubo Park Yard market where they had gone to address vendors. Photo by Abubaker Lubowa

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Their arrest comes just a day after minster in charge of Kampala, Beti Kamya wrote a letter ordering the vendors to vacate Park yard on grounds that the land belongs to Nakivubo Stadiums and that government has plans to develop it.

Kampala Lord Mayor, Mr Erias Lukwago and several opposition MPs have been arrested by police in Kampala.
Mr Lukwago was on Wednesday arrested along with Rubaga North MP, Moses Kasibante, Kawempe South MP Mubaraka Munyagwa and Makindye West MP Allan Ssewanyana, among other Kampala Capital City Authority councillors and whisked way to a yet to be known location.

Antiriot police deployed at Nakivubo Park Yard Market where Kampala Mayor Erias Lukwago and some opposition MPs were arrested. Photo by Abubaker Lubowa


They were arrested in Nakivubo Park Yard market, Kampala where they had gone to address city vendors.

Vendors and police in Nakivubo Park Yard Market. Photo by Abubaker Lubowa


Their arrest comes just a day after minster in charge of Kampala, Ms Beti Kamya wrote a letter ordering the vendors to vacate Park yard on grounds that the land belongs to Nakivubo Stadium and that government has plans to develop it.

Antiriot police have also been deployed down town Kampala.

On February 8, Ms Kamya wrote to KCCA executive director Ms Jennifer Musisi requesting for the clearance of illegal vendors from Park Yard, Plot 26 Nakivubo Place. In her letter, Ms Kamya said she received a letter from the Board of Trustee of Nakivubo War Memorial Stadium asking her to extend instructions for vendors to vacate illegal stations. According to the letter, the minister had verbal communication with the trustee members, saying that they had discussions on how to develop the disputed plot of land.