Opposition forum for Democratic change (FDC) has demanded that the leaders of the army and police should be held accountable for the ongoing security mess at Makerere university.
FDC though its spokesman Ibrahim Ssemujju Nganda said that breaking into student’s rooms, including those of female students on Thursday night is the worst terror and humiliation any leader can mete on his people.
‘Is a party, we condemn that Thursday night military raid on Makerere university in which students were brutalized, molested by Uganda people’s Defence force soldiers.
We stand with all victims of the raid including their parents Gen. Yoweri Museveni and his wife Janat Kataha minister of education must be a shamed of the barbaric behaviour”, Nganda told journalists at the party’s headquarters at Najjanankumbi.
He added that such raids last happened during Idi Amin and Obote regimes recalling the mayhem that happened in the Parliament during the Age limit bill Nganda said UPDF has now officially been turned into a tool of suppression towards Ugandans.
“It is UPDF that invades court, Parliament and now Makerere. The country will and should held individual UPDF offices behind these operations such as Maj. Gen. Muzei Sabiti (acting inspector general of police) and Gen David Muhoozi chief of Defence forces (CDF) responsible for the brutality.
The students are protesting against a cumulative increment is being implemented as pary of a policy passed by university council in June 2018.
He added in the budget of 2019/20 Museveni increased money for donation under state house from shs80 billion to shs 240 billion yet the total budget of Makerere remains shs316 billions of which government contributes about shs 220billion and private students shs 95 billions.
Makerere is a public university which not be abandoned to the students and their parents. part of the money Museveni gives himself for donation should be given to Makerere and Mulago.
Nganda also cautioned Makerere vice chancellor prof Barnabas Nawangwe to stop using highhanded methods when dealing with grievance of students.
He also asked police and UPDF to compensate all injured students and pay for their Vandalised belongings.
