The Kyadondo East MP, Robert Kyagulanyi alias Bobi Wine says he is left with no option but to protest against police continued blocking of his music shows. The firebase musician turned politician and leader of People Power Movement says he will evoke Article 29 of the Constitution which guarantees Ugandans right to assemble and demonstrate peacefully. He appealed to Ugandans to join him on this cause. Bobi Wine had scheduled to address the press at his One Love Beach, Busabala. However, police deployed heavily at the venue prior to the press conference.
Kyagulanyi and his colleagues including Mityana Municipality MP, Francis Zaake were on Monday arrested and driven to his home in Magere, Wakiso district. Bobi Wine says he has written a letter informing police of the next course of action. He said he would take the letter to police headquarters today. Bobi Wine said he would use public means or walk from Magere to Naguru since all his cars had been confiscated by police. Bobi Wine had scheduled a number of concerts for the Easter Season which police first cleared and later stopped on grounds that security for the concerts was uncertain since most officers had traveled for Easter. Asuman Mugenyi, the Director of Operation Uganda Police Force argued that Kyagulanyi’s previous music concerts held at his One Love Beach fell short of security guidelines. Mugenyi further claimed that Bobi Wine shows have severally turned into a public nuisance, violated traffic rules and regulations and caused other misconducts, which don’t only breach law but endanger the lives of other people who are not even part of his music events. However, Bobi Wine claimed that he had met all requirement set by police. “Three days ago, they wrote back to us giving us a litany of requirements. We invested huge sums of money to meet their demands, some of which were unreasonable. This was in addition to what we had invested in advertising and preparing the show,” he said. For comments, call or text us on 0704142939.
