Religious leaders under their joint organization the Inter-Religious Council of Uganda are demanding solutions to the violent security acts on both presidential candidates and Ugandans.
On Wednesday, the religious interfaced with the Police to resolve a way forward.
They met with the Police director of operations, AIGP Edward Ochom among other police bosses this afternoon.
The leaders have stood their ground, accusing Police and other security operatives of being unbalanced and vicious towards the public on many occasions since the campaigns kicked off.
In a joint statement, they claim police has failed in its mandate to maintain law and order in the campaign season.
‘The way you are fulfilling your mandate will have a direct bearing on the outcome of this election,” the statement from the religious leaders reads.
This they say has led to the loss of innocent lives in addition to preventable brutality.
However, the police insist that some presidential candidates are to blame for the loss of lives and violence.
AIGP Edward Ochom, Police director of operations, says they continue to disregard the guidelines put in place by the Electoral Commission on how to hold campaigns.
“Some Presidential candidates have failed to comply with the campaign programs that they submitted to the Electoral Commission. This can’t be accepted, ” Police director of operations, AIGP Edward Ochom says.
Candidates including NUP Robert Kyagulanyi, ANT’s Mugisha Muntu, Henry Tumukunde, FDC’s Patrick Oboi Amuriat, Willy Mayambala, and John Katumba have all complained about police interference in their campaign trail include
