Police has blocked boda boda cyclists from entering Muteesa II Memorial Stadium in Wankulukuku, where an opposition rally is currently going on.
The rally is the fifth to be organised by the Activists for Change members after the re-launch of the Walk to Work campaign early this month.
A Uganda Radio Network reporter in the area says there is heavy deployment in Wankulukuku and around the entire Kabaawo Zone in Rubaga division. Heavy deployment is also reported from Kibuye Round About on Entebbe Road to Kabuusu on Masaka Road. Phillip Acaye, the Regional Police Commander for Kampala was seen in charge of the operation.
This comes just hours after police issued a statement warning A4C against pre and post-rally processions. Kampala Metropolitan Police Commander Andrew Felix Kaweesi said that any attempts geared towards harming of police officers and disrupting business would be countered by use of force and arrest.
He attached incidences of brutality that have occurred during the A4C rallies in areas of Kawempe, Luzira, Kireka and Kasubi to the processions that followed after gatherings.
Kaweesi also accused Kampala woman MP Nabilah Ssempala of breaching the rules they had set to okay the rallies. Among the rules, police say they had banned processions after rallies for purposes of clear flow of traffic and maintenance of public order in the city.
But Ssempala on Friday called on the Uganda Human Rights Commission to set up a desk to monitor and investigate what she called police brutality during the rallies.
The police also cast blame on opposition politicians for inciting violence and preaching hate speech that has seen charged crowds fight with police during the processions.
The general rally expected to take place at Kololo Airstrip on Saturday, will prove to be the vital point in the police's reaction towards the A4C rallies.
