3 NUP legislators, 7 others remanded after clashes with security forces

Three Members of Parliament (MPs) subscribing to Uganda’s largest opposition political party, the National Unity Platform (NUP), and seven others were Monday evening sent behind bars following clashes they had with the police at their party headquarters in Makerere, Kavule.

The remanded MPs are Francis Zaake, (Mityana Municipality), Hassan Kirumira (Katikamu South), and Charles Tebandeke (Baale County, Kayunga District).

MP Zaake was charged alone on three separate traffic offenses after he clashed with police as he approached the party’s headquarters with security towing his…