Ugandan police have arrested scores of protesters in Kampala, Uganda, for taking part in a banned rally impressed by youth-led anti-government protests in Kenya. Police detained protesters who had been marching with anti-corruption slogans in numerous elements of the town. On Monday evening, the police arrested a number of MPs from the nation’s greatest opposition get together, the Nationwide Unity Platform, together with its Vice President Lina Zedriga. NUP’s chief Bobi Wine voiced his help for the protest however said that his get together shouldn’t be concerned. The police, citing safety issues, blocked roads to parliament. Previous to the protest, social media posters had urged demonstrators to march to parliament, akin to what occurred in Kenya. The demonstrators had been protesting towards corruption within the nation, with public officers implicated in quite a few scandals.
SOURCE: THE GUARDIAN