Police in
Kasese are holding two supporters of the Forum for Democratic Change for
allegedly defacing posters of Rehema Muhindo the NRM candidate in the woman MP
parliamentary elections.
The Officer
in charge of electoral crimes Aidah Akelo said that the two were arrested in
Maliba sub-county and Nyamwamba Division respectively.
Akelo
identified the suspects as Moses Muhindo picked from Maliba sub-county
yesterday and Cicilia Kabugho a vender in Mawa Market who was arrested today.
According
to Akelo, Muhindo was found defacing Rehema’s posters in Maliba where as
Kabugho did the same in Mawa market.
She said
both will tomorrow be produced to court and charged with related election
crimes.
On
interrogation, Kabugho told police she wanted to defend herself from NRM
supporters who wanted to paste posters against her will.
The
district general secretary for FDC Johnson Kamalha says that NRM has started
intimidating Winfred Kiiza supporters by imposing posters on them and when
someone insists they accuse him or her of defacing posters.
However,
reports suggest that top NRM officials were chanced out of Mawa and Kasese main
market as they campaigned for Rehema Muhindo.
One of the
NRM campaigners Aineah Kabale said that FDC is likely to have deployed youths
who shout at whoever approaches them with party colours or the candidate’s
posters.
The Kasese
Woman parliamentary by-elections scheduled for August 8th is highly
contested by Winfred Kiiza (FDC) and Rehema Muhindo (NRM).
The Officer in charge of electoral crimes
Aida Akelo has warned supporters of different candidates to desist from
committing offenses because they will take sole responsibility once arrested.
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