Kampala Lord Mayor Erias Lukwago’s self instated bodyguards and members of the infamous Solida Militia Group have been spotted in a meeting with the Kampala Minister, Beti Kamya on Thursday morning at Speke Hotel.
The Militia Group came into existence in August last year, to guard the Lord Mayor and counter the purported NRM leaning militia group that was reportedly being trained by Maj. Roland Kakooza Mutale to fight opponents of the President Yoweri Museveni, ahead of last February’s elections.
The meeting with Minister Kamya, whose agenda Chimpreports is yet to establish comes at a time when the city is faced with a challenge of handling the “chaotic” street vendors.
The Minister recently issued a directive to have all vendors pushed off the streets of Kampala which the Lord Mayor opposed by issuing a counter directive for vendors to stay on the streets.
Lukwago argues that the city can’t be governed on directives but rather through negotiations with all stakeholders including political heads.
The latest information indicates that Lukwago and the other division mayors snubbed a meeting with the President which was meant to take place yesterday.