Uganda, March 18 -- Police on Monday teargassed and fired live bullets to disperse warring camps of opposition National Unity Platform (NUP) as they exchanged blows over the party's mobilization strategy commonly known as "Kunga Uganda."

Members from the two camps, one led by Masaka City Mayor Florence Namayanja and the other associating with under pressure former Leader of Opposition in Parliament (LoP) Mathias Mpuuga, had convened at the party offices in the city to dissociate themselves from seven area councilors who joined the Patriotic League of Uganda (PLU).

PLU describes itself as a pressure group led by first son Gen Muhoozi Kainerugaba, who visited the area over the weekend.

Monday chaos erupted when Kimaanya-Kabonera Municipa...