Police in Wandegeya have arrested at least 10 women for participating in an unlawful assembly and inciting violence
The suspects were arrested Wednesday from Kalerwe zone, Mulago III parish, Kawempe division in Kampala District.
Those celebrating with the government were busy enjoying but those from the opposition political side, to be specific, National Unity Platform ladies, at least 11 were arrested at Wandegeya.
These women went in protest against the illegal arrests of their brothers and husbands, torture. The women said that they can’t go in celebrations when they don’t have own freedom.
“Today Comrades @Sylvia_Namutyab @nyanziliz01 among other @NUP_Ug Women supporters have been arrested by @PoliceUg as they were protesting against illegal abductions,torture & detention of Ugandans.They saw no reason to celebrate the #InternationalWomensDay without own freedom!”
The celebrations came in time when Uganda is in challenge, most of National Unity Platform supporters are in jail, others don’t know their whereabouts and others are dead but till now, the government have fail to produce report about the abducted and the dead Ugandans.
“The suspects allegedly planned for the demonstration from National Unity Platform (NUP) offices at Makerere Kavule, then moved one by one and assembled at Zakaria plaza and they matched up to Kalerwe market,” Kampala Metropolitan Police Spokesperson, SSP Patrick Onyango, said in the statement.
He identified the suspects as; Kyeone Stella, Nakiku Allen, Namatovu Milly, Nankya Fiona, Sselonga Rukia, Bulungi Jackie, Nantume Allen, Sylvia, Ramuto Apio Flavia, and Nyanzi Elizabeth.
SSP Onyango said that they remain detained at Wandegeya Police Station as investigations continue.
Every 8th day of March, Uganda joins the rest of the world to celebrate the International Women’s day in appreciation of the value of women on the planet.
On Wednesday, March 8, Uganda, Africa and the world to celebrate International Women’s Day with pomp and ceremony.
The national celebrations took place at Kaaro Secondary School, Kiruhura District under the theme, “Digital, Innovation and technology for gender equality.”
The theme for Women’s Day is aligned to the theme of the 67th session of the UN Commission on the Status of Women, namely, “Innovation and technological change, and education in the digital age for achieving gender equality and the empowerment of all women and girls”.
The Commission will meet from March 6 to 17.
International Women’s Day was celebrated for the first time in 1911, in Austria, Denmark, Germany and Switzerland. In 1913 it was agreed that March 8 be designated as a day to mark the big event. The UN celebrated International Women’s Day for the first time in 1975.
