By Denish Ongora (denis.ongora@vol.co.ug)
Lira City.
Security has warned to arrest and follow with the law people who are rallying behind former Oyam South Member of Parliament Isa Otto Amiza to demonstrate over the delayed reconstruction of Lira-Kamdini road.
Isha Otto Amiza was this Monday morning arrested at his home in Loro,Oyam for mobilizing people to demonstrate over the poor state of the 68Km Lira –Kamdini road.
On 31 /12/2021, Otto Isha had given Uganda National Roads Authority 14 days to work on the road else he mobilizes people of Lango to demonstrate to show their grievance against government failure to improve the status of the road.
While addressing the press Monday afternoon at Lira city board room Lira Resident City C commissioner Egole Lawrence said the move by Otto to mobilize the masses for civil disobedience is politically motivated.
Egole said Otto is being used by opposition politicians in Kampala to destabilize the peace of the people, something which will not be condoned.
Egole called for calm from the public and said the government is doing everything possible to work on Lira-Kamdini road.
North Kyoga Regional police commander SSP Katungwesi Anatoli acknowledged that Lira-Kamdini road is in poor condition but said people should not use violent means to address the matter.
Katungwesi by press time said Otto was being interrogated at the regional police headquarters in Erute, Lira city east division.
According to a statement released by UNRA on Sunday, the design for the planned intervention which is total reconstruction is complete and the start of work awaits clearance safeguards documents by the World Bank.
The authority said the contractor is sufficiently equipped and on site to immediately embark on the works.
