MK Movement Spokesperson, Andrew Mwenda, has called for the arrest of what he termed as “thugs” using the pressure group as a ruse to rob unsuspecting Ugandans.
“Many thugs are using the name of the MK Movement to rob, intimidate and grab property from ordinary citizens. This is to inform everyone that the MK Movement does not approve of anyone exercising impunity,” said Mwenda on X (formerly Twitter).
He urged the police to arrest such persons who use car numberplates with the initials “MK Movement” unless they are officially registered.
“Police are hereby requested to apprehend such people upon sight. Anyone using a car numberplate with initials MK Movement or MK army, unless officially registered, should be arrested. Anyone using even a registered number plate with MK initials but gets involved in criminal activity should be apprehended by police and thrown in jail.”
According to him, Senior Presidential Advisor on Special Operations, Gen Muhoozi Kainerugaba, personally and the MK Movement generally do not tolerate such acts of criminality because they go against the principles, values and ethics of the movement.
All pretenders using the name of the movement to commit crimes should be arrested by police, noted Mwenda.
“Those wearing MK Movement Tshirts and other paraphernalia should exhibit the best values of the movement: humility, integrity, moral uprightness, honesty, patriotism, pan Africanism etc. Crooks, fraudsters, criminals, liars, cheats etc do not represent the movement,” he said.
In May this year, President Museveni commended Gen Muhoozi and his supporters under the MK Movement for their efforts to bring about cohesion in the country.
He urged them to pursue patriotism, Pan-Africanism and democracy in the socio-economic transformation of Uganda and Africa.
He, however, also warned about opportunists embedded in the MK Movement.
