Police arrests Mbale students for blocking road in fees protest

Mbale City, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Mbale city police have arrested thirteen students from three major secondary schools for staging a protest and obstructing traffic. The suspects are from Nkoma Secondary School, Mbale Secondary School, and Progressive High School.

The students took to the streets after being ejected from their schools Tuesday morning over unpaid fees. They blocked Pallisa road and pelted vehicles with stones.

Rogers Taitika, the Elgon region police spokesperson, says that police swung into action to disperse the errant students and arrested thirteen suspects, who are locked up at Mbale Central Police Station.

He explained that they are actively searching for more students who are on the run. Taitika said the students would face charges of inciting violence and causing deliberate damage to property.”