The women led by Joan Nabatanzi, the FDC Chairperson for Wakiso District vowed to walk to the office of Frantile Lwamusayi, the Disional Police Commander of Kasangati Division in protest againt what they termed as illegal arrest of Dr. Kizza Besigye Warren Kifefe.
“We stand here to warn the DPC Kasangati against heavy deployment at the residence of Dr. Kizza Besigye. From here, we are going to walk to DPC Lwamusayi’s office demanding for the release of Dr. Besigye”, Nabatanzi said
The women who were carrying placards with messages; “Muzeyi kukyemiwendo gy’ebintu essuse. Biganyi!!” asked the government to immediately intervene in the exorbitant fuel, food, household commodities prices and the cost of other services like health, education and transport .
Suzan Nanyonjo, the FDC deputy secretary for culture, ethics and religious affairs says that high commodity prices have vanished the hopes of vulnerable women who are head of most families in Uganda.
She disclosed that men have neglected and run away from their families leaving the heavy ladden at the mercy of vulnerable women.
“Women have lost marriages because husbands are unable to take care of families”, she said
Furthermore, the women have urged government to stop making lame execuses of blaming price fluctuations of commodities on external wars like in Ukraine and DRC which seem not to end soon. They have appealed to women from other political parties including NRM, pressure groups and women activists to join them in the protest campaign noting that this is not a political war but an economic crisis that requires urgent interventions.
Nabatanzi has advised Museveni to learn from his fellow regional leaders such as H.E Uhuru Kenyatta of Kenya and Her Excellence Samia Suluhu Hassan of Tanzania who recently declared increase on minimum wage by 12 per cent and increase of public servants salary by 23.3% respectively, than belching to Ugandans to eat Cassava.
It should be recalled that while addressing the nation on International Labour Day at Kololo on May 1, president Museveni told Ugandans to eat Cassava if they cannot afford bread.
“If there’s no bread, eat cassava,” Museveni tells Ugandans
Attempts to get a comment from DPC Lwamusayi remained futile.
