Kabale boda boda riders protest alleged extortion by security officers; police disperse them with teargas

More than 200 boda boda riders in Kabale municipality protested what they said was extortion and harassment by police and soldiers enforcing the curfew on their work, The Independent reported. The riders took down a checkpoint at Rwakaraba on the Kabale-Kisoro road before anti-riot police dispersed them with teargas near Nyakijumba. Kabale DPC Brian Ampeire questioned why they protested and said officers sometimes react to riders becoming violent.