Five grenades were thrown overnight at the homes of two lawmakers opposed to scrapping the presidential age limit and thereby extending President Yoweri Museveni’s rule beyond 2021.
The two legislators, Allan Ssewanyana and Robert Kyagulanyi Ssentamu aka Bobi Wine, have been outspoken in efforts to resist an ongoing effort to change the constitution to allow Museveni to stay on.
Two grenades were thrown at Ssewanyana’s residence and three others at Kyagulanyi‘s.
Both were among MPs forcefully ejected from the parliament chamber last week by Uganda’s Special Forces.
“The grenades were thrown, so yes it happened. The police (have) already gone to the residence of Hon. Kyagulanyi and they are piecing up evidence at the scene of crime, and trying to find out what really happened,” police spokesman Asan Kasingye said.
But he dismissed as “absurd” the idea that the attacks were politically motivated.
Talking to local NBS TV, Ssewanyana said he was scared but would not give up the fight against the constitutional change.
“I can’t give up and am calling upon all Ugandans not to give up because this is a serious fight. What shows the seriousness is the attacks that they have now started against us … Attacks involving weapons,” he said.
It should be remembered that last week, the same attacks were made to the home of Honourable Moses Kasibante who is also opposed to the lifting of presidential age limit.