PRESIDENT Goodluck Jonathan was, on Thursday, attacked in Uganda after the inauguration of Yoweri Museveni who has been in power since 1986. But the president�s spokesman, Ima Niboro, said there was no attack on Jonathan.
In his reaction, Niboro said: �We only passed by opposition elements, whose leader returned to Uganda today [yesterday], during a peaceful procession on our way to the airport.�
But online agencies, quoting a government spokesman, reported that Ugandan police had to shoot at a crowd in the capital Kampala after it attacked a car carrying President Jonathan, who had attended President Museveni's inauguration.
At least one person was killed in the incident.
�The car belonging to Goodluck Jonathan was stoned by mob,� said Fred Opolot, director of the government media centre. �The security shot around the area, and one person was shot dead.�
Museveni was sworn in for a fourth term after 25 years in power.
Opposition leader, Kizza Besigye, over the last month has been leading �walk to work� protests over the rising cost of food and fuel. Besigye, whom Museveni defeated in his February re-election win, said the marches were also to protest government corruption.
Those marches have been the most serious unrest in sub-Saharan Africa since protests swept out leaders in Egypt and Tunisia. Museveni says he will not be swept from office by Egypt-style protests.
A 21-gun salute rang out before a crowd of thousands who watched the country�s chief justice administer an oath to Museveni. Leaders from Kenya, Tanzania, Southern Sudan, Nigeria, Congo, Ethiopia and Zimbabwe attended the ceremony.
Museveni appeared to make reference to Besigye in a speech, saying that opponents wanted to cause chaos but that their �disruptive schemes� will be defeated.