Uganda arrests two Trump supporters

TWO supporters of US presidential candidate Donald Trump have been arrested while campaigning for the Republican Party leader outside the US embassy in Kampala.

Uganda’s Chimpreports news website reported that the youth activists included aides for former Ugandan spy master General David Sejusa, Moses Bigirwa and Allan Kitonsa.

The group, from the Uganda Young Democrats, had tried to storm the embassy in the Nsambya suburb of Kampala where they sought to declare their support for Trump.

The young Ugandans’ support for Trump appeared to be linked to his comments about ridding Africa of long-serving dictators, including Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni, who critics believe rigged February’s presidential elections.

“Trump in his manifesto said he would deal with long-serving African presidents including Museveni. We had to show our solidarity with him,” Hakim Kizza, one of the members of the group who had stormed the embassy, told Chimpreports.

However, on arrival, the group was told by police that they would not be allowed inside the embassy because they had not obtained the necessary permission.

A number of the activists then dispersed but two who remained were arrested and taken to Kabalagala police station.

Last month members of the group were arrested at Kampala’s parliament entrance after they protested against the Presidential Age Limit Bill.

They were detained at Kampala Central Police Station before being charged at Buganda Road court.

Things turned ugly when they abused the trial magistrate and beat up the state prosecutor for refusing to grant them bail. – ANA