Buganda Kingdom condemns arrest of presidential candidates

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MENGO - The Katikiro of Buganda Kingdom Charles Peter Mayiga has condemned the recent arrest of some of the presidential aspirants in the forthcoming general elections.

Speaking to Journalists at Bulange, Mengo, Mayiga described the arrests as a total humiliation and violation of individual human rights in the guise of preventing the spread of COVID-19 by security agencies.

"The price of preventing the spread of coronavirus should not be killing, maiming, torturing or imprisoning innocent people vying for different political offices," Mayiga said.

He said Coronavirus is real and it kills; however, security agencies should not make a case that they are trying to prevent the spread of COVID-19 pandemic by murdering innocent Ugandans.

Mayiga said it is not that whoever violates set guidelines and regulations or even breaks the law should be beaten, imprisoned, or violated upon.

"Sometimes word of caution is better to create harmony. So let us promote peaceful means of handling differences," Mayiga appealed.

He urged law enforcement agencies and government at large to ensure that the freedoms of all political aspirants and Ugandans are respected.

Mayiga wondered why some people like artist Bebe Cool aka Moses Ssali can hold processions and get away with it, unlike other political aspirants.