Rowdy youth attack MP Igeme’s home over age limit
Jinja.
Police were on Friday involved in a hide and seek game with angry youths who stormed Jinja East Municipality MP Mr Nathan Igeme Nabeta`s home with an aim of setting it on fire on.
The youths accuse the legislator of ignoring their interests by supporting the controversial Bill aimed at among other things removing the presidential age limit from the Constitution of Uganda.
“We are seeing MPs everyday on TVs moving around their constituency consulting the public about the nationwide campaign on the presidential age limit but our MP has not spared time to come on the ground to talk to us about the issue,” said Mr Paul Onyango, one of the youths.
The angry youths before Police dispersed them had already accessed the home of the legislator and started burning the tyres at his gate.
The Kiira Deputy Regional Police Commander Mr Onesimus Mwesigwa confirmed the incident and said police arrested one suspect and more are to be pursued.
Mr Julius Kayira, a councillor in Masese -Walukuba Division Jinja Municipality condemned the action of police dispersing residents without finding out what exactly took place and where.
“You cannot just find a group of people and start teargassing them without finding out what they are doing. Police has disrupted school activities in the area because of the teargas,” said Mr Kayira.
When contacted Mr Igeme said the youths’ actions cannot disrupt the plans he has for his voters in the constituency.
“They have been just sent by some of my opponents in the system which I cannot rule out. I’m yet to find out. I expected a big number of people (protestors) but to my surprise, they were very few,”Mr Igeme added.