Several students from Makerere and Kyambogo universities have been arrested by police following protests over rising commodity prices . The students who chained themselves before marching to parliament were stopped from accessing the parliamentary grounds .<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Food and other commodity prices have shot-up causing anger among the population . Government is yet to intervene saying the factors responsible for the skyrocketing prices are global.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Several students from Makerere and Kyambogo universities have been arrested by police following protests over rising commodity prices . 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