Police denies using expired teargas to disperse presidential campaigns

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Uganda Police has denied using expired teargas to break up political campaigns of especially presidential candidates.

Speaking to reporters at the Uganda Media Centre, Edward Ochom, the Director of Operations in the Uganda Police said that before they use teargas which he said is the most effective nonlethal method of crowd control, they first inspect it.

There has been talk in the media of police using expired teargas to break up campaign rallies of opposition presidential candidates. Kyagulanyi Robert Ssentamu, the National Unity Platform presidential candidate and Patrick Amuriat Oboi of the Forum for Democratic Change have majorly been at the receiving end of this teargas.