Police have said they have no plans of blocking Kyadondo East legislator and singer Robert Kyagulanyi also known as Bobi Wine from performing at Enkuuka y’omwaka fete on December 31.
After blocking his boxing- day concert at his One Love beach in Busaabala early this week, reports had indicated that police had issued orders to the organisers of the event in Mengo not to allow the singing legislator perform at the function set for Monday.
However, police spokesperson, Emilian Kayima said no plans have been made to block the singer from performing at the event organised by Buganda kingdom.
“It is just a rumour. No one from Police has stopped Bobi Wine from performing at Enkuuka. If there is any change in communication we shall inform you,”Kayima said on Friday afternoon at police headquarters in Naguru.
On Wednesday, there was a scuffle at Bobi Wine’s One Love Beach in Busaabala as police that deployed heavily blocked revelers from accessing the venue that was set to host a boxing -day concert.
They would later fire live bullets in the air and teargas to disperse the revelers who wanted to access the venue.
The police spokesperson said they had to cancel the concert because the organisers had not followed the required guidelines.
“If we must play by the rules of engagement, why not him? The last time he had such, he had over 30,000 people. And we all know when you are going to gather all those people, are you sure that they are going to be secure? We put these guidelines not out of the blue. We want them to abide by these,”Kayima said on Wednesday.
“If he(Bobi Wine) writes and the response does not come, then you can’t have it.”
A number of people have raised concern over deliberate efforts by government using security agencies like police to frustrate the singer cum legislator’s efforts to hold concerts in various parts of the country.
Many have lashed out at government for illegally blocking the singer from enjoying his right to earn a living through music.
Kyagulanyi this week said police had not explained to him why his concerts had been blocked despite writing to them early enough in December informing them of the same.
“We wrote to police long ago and complied with all legal requirements. As they have been doing recently, they did not respond to us at all, until last night when they showed up to disrupt the event,”Kyagulanyi posted on his social media accounts on Wednesday.
