Uganda opposition demo plans unlawful: police

(AFP) – 39 minutes ago

KAMPALA — Police on Saturday said a call by opposition leaders for a peaceful protest against this month's general election, which they say was marred by fraud, was "unlawful" and would not be tolerated.
On Thursday, several losers in the vote that saw President Yoweri Museveni secure another five-year term with 68 percent support urged Ugandans to peacefully rally against the outcome of the election.
Uganda's constitution allows for peaceful demonstration.
However police chief Kale Kayihura said because opposition leaders "have neither notified the police, or provided the requisite details as required by procedure," their proposed protests are "unlawful, and shall not be allowed to take place," in a statement released Saturday.
He accused the opposition of trying destabilise Uganda.
"Opposition leadership intend to use the pretext of peaceful demonstrations, allegedly in protest of the outcome of the recent presidential and parliamentary elections, to cause widespread and sustained violence and destruction, and in the process destabilise the peace and security in the country," Kayihura charged.
Military and police deployment around Uganda were massive on the February 18 voting. The security presence has curtailed slightly, but soldiers continue to patrol much of the capital.
Kayihura is a long-time supporter of Museveni and fought alongside side the president in the 1981-86 bush war that brought the Ugandan leader to power.