Police officers charged over ambush

Six senior Ugandan police officers are facing charges of negligence of duty for failing to stop the stoning of President Yoweri Museveni’s vehicle in August last year by opposition supporters. A report on The Citizen site notes that the suspects have appeared before a police disciplinary court in Arua, north-west Kampala. One of the officers told the court that they received inadequate support from senior police officers before the incident occurred. They have all pleaded not guilty.