Police quiz NGO boss over election posters
ULLA Stroebech was freed after recording a statement with detectives attached to the electoral offences squad.
THE Police yesterday interrogated the director of a Danish NGO, MS Uganda, over the controversial civic education posters it allegedly imported into the country that were seized last week, reports Steven Candia.
ULLA Stroebech was freed after recording a statement with detectives attached to the electoral offences squad.
Flanked by her lawyer Charles Peter Mayiga and Danish ambassador Stig Barlyng, Stroebech arrived at the CID headquarters, Kampala at about 9:30am, following police summons.
She left at about 11:30am.
Elly Womanya, the head of the political, elections and media unit at the CID headquarters, said Stroebech could be called back if it was deemed necessary.
The Police wanted Stroebech to explain whether the NGO imported the posters, whether the NGO had been accredited to carry out civic education and to explain why the NGO had chosen posters that “tend to portray the military as interfering with the elections.†Police said they would hold the posters until after elections.
Sources said in her statement, Stroebech admitted to having imported the posters but pointed out that though they were meant for civic education, the posters were not meant to be used in this year’s election and termed their arrival “an unfortunate coincidence.â€
ULLA Stroebech was freed after recording a statement with detectives attached to the electoral offences squad.
Flanked by her lawyer Charles Peter Mayiga and Danish ambassador Stig Barlyng, Stroebech arrived at the CID headquarters, Kampala at about 9:30am, following police summons.
She left at about 11:30am.
Elly Womanya, the head of the political, elections and media unit at the CID headquarters, said Stroebech could be called back if it was deemed necessary.
The Police wanted Stroebech to explain whether the NGO imported the posters, whether the NGO had been accredited to carry out civic education and to explain why the NGO had chosen posters that “tend to portray the military as interfering with the elections.†Police said they would hold the posters until after elections.
Sources said in her statement, Stroebech admitted to having imported the posters but pointed out that though they were meant for civic education, the posters were not meant to be used in this year’s election and termed their arrival “an unfortunate coincidence.â€