Makerere University students pursuing Bachelors degree in Ethics and Human Rights on Wednsday morning expressed their discontent with the government action on Besigye’s house arrest in a bare foot demonstration.

Since the February 18^th presidential elections, Dr Kiiza Besigye one of the strong candidates has been under a house arrest by police.

Citing a number of inconsistences in the government move, the aggrieved students decided to stage a "Barefoot Demonstration" as assign of discontent to the government’s action of the citizen’s house arrest.

Students say Uganda is a signatory to the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights 1966, African Charter on Human and People’s Rights which all advocate for human rights.

Furthermore, they (students) referred to the Constitution of the Republic of Uganda 1995 specifically chapter four that caters for the human rights where the denied right to movement to Besigye is among.

Dr. Stella Nyanzi, a fellow at Makerere Institute of Social Research who is a Besigye diehard said Dr. Besigye is also a citizen of the land and needs to be treated as others, regardless of the political affiliation.

“I am ready to stand and support these students in this struggle against Besigye’s house arrest,” she said.

According to Henry Lubega, a third year student of Ethics and Human Rights who led the bare foot demonstration, all Ugandans are supposed to be treated the same way as per the Uganda Constitution of 1995 regardless of religion, political, tribal and gender differences.

“We are much concerned with this un law full act by the government and we demand the state to use the law of the land. Besigye should be freed and exercise his rights provided by our constitution,” Lubega said.