President Museveni has warned Opposition extremists who think they can disrupt his swearing-in after being cleared by the Supreme Court.
Addressing the country on Sunday evening, the President warned that anyone who thinks they can destabilize the swearing-in ceremony are jokers.
Last week, posters written on “Museveni Tajja Kulayira” which loosely translates as “Museveni will not swear-in” were pinned in various parts of the city by a pressure group that calls itself Time is Now. The group said they will not allow President Museveni be sworn in for another term in May.
“The opposition had been planning to stop the swearing-in of the president, they won’t because the security forces will stop them. They won’t stop swearing-in. Security forces will go for him or her,” the President said.
The National Unity Platform leader, Robert Kyagulanyi, also known as Bobi Wine had declared himself the winner of the January 14 presidential election. Kyagulanyi asked his supporters to reclaim his 54.19% victory that he said was robbed from him by calling for riots in several parts of the country.
“All malicious plans by some opposition groups and their propagandists will back fire, because we cannot allow for anarchy to prevail in our peaceful country,” Assistant IGP Maj Gen Paul Loketch also warns.
The Supreme Court gave President Museveni a green light to be sworn in as a duly elected president after Kyagulanyi withdrew a petition that had wanted to challenge the former’s victory in which over 5 Million Ugandans overwhelmingly voted for him.