Uganda: Walk to Work Protests in Photos

By • on May 19, 2011

This post is part of our special coverage Uganda: Walk to Work Protests .

Ugandans are taking to the streets to protest rising fuel and food prices and rapid inflation. Police have been using pink paint, tear gas and live bullets against the protesters. Here is the story of walk to work protests in photos.

This is the reason why Ugandans are the only ones protesting food prices in the region. Photo courtesy of @mugumya

Journalist Micheal Kakumirizi was targeted by Uganda Security Forces while covering #walk2work protest. Photo courtesy of @no_dictatorship

Uganda police in action. Photo courtesy of @no_dictatorship

Uganda Army hunting Ugandans. Photo courtesy of @no_dictatorship

Makerere area councillor Mr Bernard Luyiga went on hunger strike to protest police brutality. he camped outside Makerere University. Photo courtesy of @pjkanywa

Ugandan women telling police to respect women’s bodies during arrest. Photo courtesty of @vote4africa

Hunger strike against police brutality. Photo courtesy of @pjkanywa

Police in Kampala blocking peaceful demonstrators. Photo courtesy of @vote4africa

Ugandan police have been using excessive force against citizens taking part in the walk to work protests. But guess who was seeing walking to work…

@elijahbee says: guess who I saw walking to work this morning

Finally, read Echwalu’s post titled “When Cameras Lied to the Country.”

This post is part of our special coverage Uganda: Walk to Work Protests .

Written by Ndesanjo Macha