President Yoweri Museveni on Tuesday blamed the series of bomb attacks partly on the “laxity” of the intelligence system. Quoted by the ‘New Vision’, he termed the attacks as “urban banditry”, as opposed to “rural banditry” which the government was defeating in northern and western parts of the country. “There has been a lot of laxity in the intelligence system but I have pushed them and they are waking up,” he said. He noted that dealing with urban banditry should not cause panic, nor the mounting of roadblocks and the indiscriminate searching of people. The situation could be contained using “appropriate” methods which did not interfere with the flow of services.
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