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Police raids NUP Headquarters in Kamokya, Election-related Documents taken.

Police raids NUP Headquarters in Kamokya, Election-related Documents taken.

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Ugandan police and military forces armed with door cutters, AK-47 guns, tear gas canisters and batons stormed offices of the National Unity Platform party in Kampala on Wednesday.   Roads leading to party offices were cut off as police parked huge trucks in front.  Security officers forced open doors and took items from inside. They later asked members of the party to sign for what was taken.  Joel Ssenyonyi, the NUP spokesperson, said the officers took items from the office of party leader Robert Kyagulanyi, better known by his stage name Bobi Wine.   "They have taken paraphernalia, that is red berets. T-shirts. They have taken documents ... we are still trying to establish exactly," Ssenyonyi said. "They also broke into honorable Kyagulanyi's ...