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Ugandan police injure opposition leader Besigye and Kampala MP

The president of Uganda's Forum for Democratic Change, Kizza Besigye, was hospitalised Tuesday when a political rally was dispersed by police in Kampala. A women MP, Sempalla Nabila, was taken to hospital after passing out after police fired tear gas.

Tonny Singoro
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Reports indicate that opposition politicians led by Besigye, Kampala Mayor Erias Lukwago and A4C womens league boss Ingrid Turinawe among others, stormed the ground to hold a massively attended rally but security was already beefed up.

Kizza Besigye speaking to RFI from the medical care centre along Kampala Road said his leg was injured by grenade fragments.

He said he did not realise that he had been injured until he was on the way to hospital with Nabila.

He blamed the police for harassing the opposition, especially when they plan rallies.

Nabila said that she was hit on the head by a teargas canister, causing her to collapse. She was rushed to med care center and put on oxygen to clean her blood stream,

During the scuffle, women's youth league coordinator Ingrid Turinawe was sprayed with pepper spray in her eyes and her cars windscreen was smashed.

The Katwe DPC Ecega said he received a letter signed by the Kampala Metropolitan Police Commander Andrew Kaweesi not to permit A4c access the ground.

Besigye says he will continue with his rallies as planned. 

Another rally was planned Wednesday at Kalerwe trading centre on the outskirts of Kampala.

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