Police Arrests Presidential Advisor Buchaman For Blocking NEMA Meeting

KAMPALA, Uganda|SHIFTMEDIA NEWS| The self-acclaimed Presidential advisor on Ghetto matters, Musician, Mark Bugembe aka Bucha has been arrested for trying to antagonize a National Environment Management Authority (NEMA) meeting.

He was arrested by Katwe police and dumped in cells after he mobilized goons to disrupt the meeting.

The meeting that started on Thursday afternoon was organized by NEMA to address the problem of rising water levels and its effects on the distressed population.

Patrick Onyango, said  Bucha man stormed the meeting with a group of rowdy youth who disrupted the proceedings.

Onyango said Buchaman was arrested by Katwe police after he mobilized the youth to disrupt a NEMA meeting.

Onyango said NEMA and police were assessing the damage of rising Lake Victoria water levels in Makindye.

NEMA officials later held a meeting with people who have been affected by increased water but it was disrupted by Buchaman and his group.

Police said Buchaman stormed the meeting saying it was not supposed to be held in his area without his involvement as President Yoweri Museveni’s advisor. According to Patrick Onyango, Buchaman told the organisers that he did not want the meeting to take place.

Onyango says Butcher man attempted to stop the meeting under the alleged reason that as a presidential advisor, he needed to first be consulted the gathering for permission.

Onyango further narrated that Bucha man ordered the organizers to halt that the meeting using his mandate as President Museveni’s advisor.

Onyango said Bucha man was immediately arrested together with his bodyguard. The duo is currently detained at Katwe police station.

President Museveni appointed Bucha man to be his advisor on Ghetto matters and singer, Catherine Kusasira, as his advisor on Kampala in October last year during a meeting held at Kibuye, Makindye West constituency in Kampala.