As the National Unity Platform (NUP) leaders urged their supporters to turn up in large numbers to welcome their leader, Robert Kyagulanyi, alias Bobi Wine, back in the country today, the police vowed to stop any such assembly.
Bobi Wine was expected to arrive at Entebbe International Airport at 10am and then march to Kampala City in a procession dubbed ‘One million march.
He has been on a tour in Canada and South Africa.
At the same time, President Museveni is expected to be at Kololo Ceremonial Grounds for celebrations to mark the National Teachers’ Day.
Security agencies yesterday met several groups, especially those in the transport and informal sectors, to avoid joining the procession about the return of Bobi Wine.
Kampala Metropolitan Police spokesperson Patrick Onyango said the procession to welcome Kyagulanyi is illegal and would likely disrupt traffic flow as well as attract acts of criminality.
Onyango promised that security agencies are on alert to avert any chaotic situations.
Last month, the police halted all NUP mobilisation activities countrywide on grounds that the party leaders, including Bobi Wine, want to illegally remove the National Resistance Movement from power but Bobi Wine said he would continue with the tours when he returns to Uganda.
