Dozens of residents on Monday held a peaceful demonstration against the prosecution of the inspector General of police General Edward Kale Kayihura.
Led by the State Minister for regional cooperation Dr Philemon Mateke, the people that included opinion and local leaders walked through the streets of Kisoro town as they protested the prosecution of their son Gen Kale Kayihura that doubles as the national police head.
Kayihura is charged together with seven of his top commanders for alleged violation of the rights of opposition supporters.
Dr Philemon Mateke, The State Minister for regional cooperation while addressing the demonstrators at Kisoro Mayors Garden, said that the charges against Gen .Kayihura are aimed at intimidating and scaring the police force from doing its noble duty of keeping law and order in the country.
“I am asking the Director of Public Prosecution and the courts of law to throw out the case against General Kayihura by the opposition, Said Dr Mateke.
Mateke warned that if the courts and the DPP insist on prosecuting the police boss, they are to walk to Kampala and request to be charged together with their son. He noted that whatever Gen Kale Kayihura is doing, he does it on behalf of the state and therefore it’s should be the state to be taken to court in case anybody is aggrieved with the actions of the police.