Uganda, April 23 -- The Leader of Opposition in Parliament, Mr Joel Ssenyonyi has accused President Museveni of suppressing government agencies meant to address public concerns and resort to using public outcries to gain political capital.

Referring to the Friday meeting between the President and the traders, Mr Ssenyonyi noted that trader's issues would ably be solved by the ministry of trade and ministry of trade in consultations with Uganda Revenue Authority (URA), not necessarily the President.

"When you have somebody who has been in power for 38 years now and continues to do anything and everything to keep power that means everything, including service delivery, institutions become choked and this one person becomes the institution...