Two 'red top' men attack MPs during plenary

Two men jumped from the strangers' gallery in parliament this afternoon unto the floor of the house during plenary.

 

The incident happened at around 4 pm as MPs debated Lands state minister Persis Namuganza's statement on the upcoming Land Information System International conference scheduled for February 20-21 in Entebbe. 

Following the attack, the house became chaotic when the two men; Dafaala Ssenjako and Mutaasa Kafero started punching the MPs indiscriminately including Nwoya MP, Simon Oyet and state minister for Sports, Hamson Obua who fought back.

 

While jumping the floor of parliament, the two men also damaging the and railing and fluorescent tube which sparked off a sharp noise that many mistook for gunshots. The men jumped to where the MPs sat on the ruling National Resistance Movement side.

Ssenjako and Kafeero who were donning red tops are suspected to be linked to red top brigade which is opposed to President Museveni’s leadership. They entered parliament distributing documents titled "A letter to Africa and Uganda, stop cropping out citizens." They also claimed corruption that is eating up the country starts from parliament. 

For a moment, the Internal Affairs minister Obiga Kania ordered that no one else be allowed to enter parliament until after 5 pm. Speaker of Rebecca Kadaga condemned the attack on MPs and warned that the attackers are going to be dealt with "severely".

 

Plenary went on normally with MPs debating the administration of the Judiciary bill.