On Thursday morning, Makerere University woke up to several paintings of “K’ogikwatako 102 (b)” that were in all corners of the university.
This was just before DP President General Nobert Mao released a statement thanking the Uganda Young Democrats (UYD) chapter of Makerere for launching the ‘Art Attack’ campaign in the struggle to prevent amendment of Art. 102 (b) of the constitution that creates the age limit of the president.
UYD who had also scheduled a meeting/assembly at 5pm the same day at the Music Dance and Drama (MDD) grounds, were also caught unawares when the Police deployed tens of trucks of Policemen around the university to ensure that the meeting doesnt prevail.
Afande Japheth Mucunguzi, the Chief of Security in Makerere who was himself at the venue told our reporter that the meeting could not take place because it is political in nature and the Police had not been informed.
In a written missive however, the UYD Chairman of Makerere, Steven Nuwagira condemned the Police’s actions calling the force unprofessional and very partisan.
“It is unwise and not fitting of a professional Police to curtail a normal students’ gathering with guns and bullets. At this rate, even our discussion group gatherings are at risk,” read part of his statement.
The Democratic Party, in Chairman Mao’s message vowed to deploy more graffiti activists to also go to other universities and institutions of higher learning and sensitize the population about what they term as “government’s plot to abrogate the constitution of Uganda.”
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