Among the dead is a policeman who, according to reports, was shot by rioting youth after they disarmed him. Three civilians were killed by police in the city centre, and at least two others in other parts of town. Military Police took to the streets of the Ugandan capital Kampala, blocked several roads and fired live ammunition to disperse Buganda pro-monarchist protesters.
Tension has been mounting in recent weeks between the central government and members of the Buganda kingdom over land rights, and a recent decision by the state to block the King from travelling to a part of his kingdom where local residents resent himmay have caused riots.
Speaking to journalists earlier on Thursday, the minister for information Kabakumba Matsiko said the government would have a position before Saturday. She said that consultations where still going on and called for calm. President Yoweri Museveni was expected to address a press conference on the tensions later Thursday evening.
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