{"id":426387,"date":"2011-05-17T23:41:51","date_gmt":"2011-05-17T23:41:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/05\/17\/opposition-leader-besigye-allowed-to-leave-home\/"},"modified":"2011-05-17T23:41:51","modified_gmt":"2011-05-17T23:41:51","slug":"opposition-leader-besigye-allowed-to-leave-home","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/05\/17\/opposition-leader-besigye-allowed-to-leave-home\/","title":{"rendered":"Opposition Leader Besigye Allowed to Leave Home"},"content":{"rendered":"<div readability=\"64.5537885875\">\n<hr class=\"thin clear\" \/>\n<hr class=\"thin clear\" \/>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.monitor.co.ug\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/allafrica.com\/img\/static\/publishers\/minibanners\/monitor180.jpg\" alt=\"The Monitor (Kampala)\" title=\"Visit The Monitor (Kampala)\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Tabu Butagira<\/p>\n<p>18 May 2011<\/p>\n<hr class=\"thin clear\" \/>\n<p>It seemed like a garrison. A huge teargas truck stationed at the Kalerwe Road roundabout with its nozzle pointing to Kasangati trading centre in Wakiso District. Beside it was a pickup and lorry full of anti-riot police.<\/p>\n<p>Then a sentry at Masoli trading centre, a few kilometres to Kasangati, where police screened every car and passenger.<\/p>\n<p>This neighbourhood of opposition politician Kizza Besigye shot to fame since commencement of the walk-to-work protests on April 11.<\/p>\n<p>Besigye said yesterday&#8217;s deployment was a culmination of how security forces have besieged his home since Saturday and he would not understand why.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We are living in a rather strange situation where all roads, including footpaths, are filled with soldiers. We don&#8217;t know their intention,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<p>The air was pregnant with anticipation, of something ominous, as he departed for the Forum for Democratic Change Najjanankumbi offices.<\/p>\n<div readability=\"29.0526315789\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/allafrica.com\/img\/csi\/00170957_1b041a217608c8a7acef1edc36b54039\/w260x.jpg\" width=\"260\" align=\"right\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.monitor.co.ug\/\">Monitor<\/a><\/p>\n<p>President Yoweri Museveni being sworn in after the recent elections.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Four pickup truckloads carrying action-ready anti-riot police slopped charily on the jagged, dirt road to Dr Besigye&#8217;s home with Kiira Road police boss James Ruhweza in command.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Journey starts<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>As Dr Besigye left home at 1:04pm, a battery of journalists scrambled ahead of his motorcade, expecting prompt police intercept.<\/p>\n<p>Other FDC officials: Maj. John Kazoora, Mohammed Angoliga and MP Geoffrey Ekanya followed in separate cars interchanging space in the convoy along the way.<\/p>\n<p>While at the Wandegeya Traffic lights intersection after turning off Mulago Road, a lead patrol police pickup truck with sirens blaring closely followed by an armoured car smashed through the afternoon traffic menacingly, shoving terrified motorists off the road.<\/p>\n<p>Dr Besigye&#8217;s convoy, which was heading in the opposite direction, took the turn on Bombo Road for the city centre and while at Shell Capital on Kampala Road, he stood a metre or so away from his main rival, President Museveni, returning from the swearing in of his wife Janet as Ruhama MP.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;This is our city and we will get there,&#8221; Dr Besigye said at Najjanankumbi, apparently surprised at his incident-free errand.<\/p>\n<p>DPC Ruhweza arrived shortly at Najjanankumbi as the FDC leader and his top lieutenants entered for a closed-door meeting.<\/p>\n<p>The blue police van used in previous exercise to evacuate Dr Besigye parked sneakily at a village path turn between Kenjoy Supermarket and FDC offices.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Police&#8217;s take<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Police Spokesperson Judith Nabakooba would later say Dr Besigye&#8217;s previously proscribed drive through the city centre had nothing &#8220;unusual&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Driving when alone in the car is not the problem,&#8221; she said. &#8220;The problem is procession and crowd not regulated by police.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>She also denied claims that Dr Besigye had been placed under house arrest.<\/p>\n<p>Things have in the past month exploded whenever security operatives attempted to stop Dr Besigye from walking or driving to work. Last evening, Dr Besigye, however, arrived back home around 7:30pm undisturbed.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<fieldset>\n<legend align=\"center\"><strong>More News on allAfrica.com<\/strong><\/legend>\n<\/fieldset>\n<p>AllAfrica &#8211; All the Time<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p>Visit site:<br \/>\n<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/allafrica.com\/stories\/201105171107.html\" title=\"Opposition Leader Besigye Allowed to Leave Home\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Opposition Leader Besigye Allowed to Leave Home<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> Tabu Butagira 18 May 2011 It seemed like a garrison. A huge teargas truck stationed at the Kalerwe Road roundabout with its nozzle pointing to Kasangati trading centre in Wakiso District. 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