By Ismail Musa Ladu
Police Monday
continued their occupation of Monitor Publications premises eight days
later even after court ordered the men in uniform to leave.
The Red Pepper Publication is also still under
police siege as managers there now turn to court to compel the armed
police to vacate its Namanve offices.
Mr Alex Asiimwe, the Monitor Publications Managing Director, said on Monday that discussions around the matter (closure) are now going on "at the highest level possible."
“We are not yet opened,” Mr Asiimwe said; “but by close of business today or tomorrow we
would have gotten an idea of when we will resume our normal
operations.” He said: “As per now I do not have clear timelines but
engagements with authorities are progressing.”
On Monday last week, gun-wielding police officers
surrounded the offices of Monitor Publications, stopping the operations
of the newspaper.
Instead of sticking to the search warrant, the
detectives switched off the Monitor printing press, disabled the
company’s internet servers and denied employees access to the premises.
They also shut down KFM and Dembe FM - both radios housed in the premises.
The raid on the Monitor Publications premises,
including the closure of the two radio stations, originates from a story
published by the Daily Monitor, concerning a letter written by Gen
David Sejusa, the Coordinator of Intelligence Services, alleging that
there was a plot to eliminate top government figures who are opposed to
the "Muhoozi Project."
In Gen Sejusa's letter to the Director General of
Internal Security Organisation (ISO), Col Ronnie Balya, it is alleged
that those opposed to Brig. Muhoozi Keinerugaba, the head the Special
Forces, taking over as President from his father, Mr Museveni, would be
assassinated.
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