Unknown person(s) today dropped piglets at the Bank of Uganda premises. The piglets were reportedly dropped by an unidentified man at the main gate of the Central Bank around 10am.
They were draped in placards with the pictures of the Central Bank governor, Emmanuel Tumusiime-Mutebile and Juma Kisaame, the outgoing managing director of dfcu bank.
On seeing the piglets, security guards at Bank of Uganda alerted Central Police Station Kampala, which dispatched a team of officers to pick up the piglets. However, they were unable to find the person who dropped the piglets.
The Kampala Metropolitan Police spokesperson, Luke Owoyesigyire, says the piglets were taken for safe custody at CPS Kampala.
"We have not been able to arrest any suspect and we don't know the reason for dropping the piglets but we are investigating the matter," Owoyesigyire said.
Bank of Uganda is currently under probe by members of parliament for its role in the sale of Crane bank to dfcu in which over 470bn of taxpayers money was spent. The auditor general in his annual reports, also raised issues with the Central Bank for failing to compile reports on several of closed banks.
This isn't the first time piglets are being used in Uganda by aggrieved individuals to express dissatisfaction. Piglets have been dropped in the past in the city centre and parliament by activists to express their dissatisfaction on key issues.
During one of the incidents, poor youth activists dropped piglets at parliament to protest a decision by members of parliament to increase their pay. The piglets that were painted yellow had tags with names of several legislators. Some suspects were picked up and arraigned in court and their trial is still ongoing.
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