This just got spicy. A guy named Lawrence Ampe, freshly fired from the Uganda Prisons Service, announced he is immediately joining the campaign of opposition figure Bobi Wine. The presidential candidate, whose real name is Robert Kyagulanyi Ssentamu, has been doing rallies in the Teso area. Ampe said he would show up at an event in Ngora District to stump for him, telling people online to vote for leaders who care about development.
Ampe got the boot after he publicly backed Bobi Wine and started criticizing higher-ups. He accused prison officials of corruption and abusing both rights and junior officers. He framed his dismissal as part of a bigger fight for national liberation, saying people should push for change even when it costs them. Now the ex officer is worried about his safety, though. He posted a warning that state security might grab him under the fake pretense of a legal arrest. He said such tactics would not stop him from speaking out.
The whole thing reignited arguments about political rules for security forces. By law, serving uniformed personnel in Uganda have to stay neutral and cannot engage in partisan politics. People are pointing out the apparent hypocrisy, noting that folks in the military and police often openly campaign for the current leader, Yoweri Museveni, and his NRM party without any punishment. Bobi Wine is carrying on with his planned rallies in Ngora and Bukedea districts.
Ampe got the boot after he publicly backed Bobi Wine and started criticizing higher-ups. He accused prison officials of corruption and abusing both rights and junior officers. He framed his dismissal as part of a bigger fight for national liberation, saying people should push for change even when it costs them. Now the ex officer is worried about his safety, though. He posted a warning that state security might grab him under the fake pretense of a legal arrest. He said such tactics would not stop him from speaking out.
The whole thing reignited arguments about political rules for security forces. By law, serving uniformed personnel in Uganda have to stay neutral and cannot engage in partisan politics. People are pointing out the apparent hypocrisy, noting that folks in the military and police often openly campaign for the current leader, Yoweri Museveni, and his NRM party without any punishment. Bobi Wine is carrying on with his planned rallies in Ngora and Bukedea districts.
