KAMPALA– Uganda Police Claim NUP Supporters Sparked Chaos in Bulindo-Kira that resulted in injuring their president Robert Kyagulalanyi Ssentamu.
Updating the COuntry on the incident, the Police Spokesperson, Kituuma Rusoke has said, the situation escalated when NUP leader Robert Kyagulanyi’s team began throwing stones at officers conducting traffic duties.
Despite this, police maintain that Kyagulanyi’s injuries may have been caused by him ‘stumbling and falling’ during the altercation.
We’re a professional body and we cannot jump into conclusions based on social media videos circulating, but until we carry out thorough investigations” Kituuma Rusoke said.
Police insist the cause of Robert Kyagulanyi’s injury can only be established after thorough investigations have been conducted. We insist that Kyagulanyi stumbled while getting into his vehicle, causing the injury, whereas his supporters assert that he was shot.
Police Spokesperson Kituuma Rusoke reports that police personnel were injured and vehicles damaged in the chaotic scenes, which were allegedly instigated by the NUP procession.
“In the course of stone-throwing, three officers were injured, with one in serious condition. The windshields of two police vehicles were also shattered. Kituuma noted.
