Ugandan police stand monitor outside a prevalent shopping center in the capital Kampala - 14 September 2014
Ugandan powers urged general society to stay vigilant in the midst of reasons for alarm that there could be more terrorist cells
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Police in Uganda say they have seized a lot of explosives amid attacks on suspected al-Shabab aggressors.
Powers said the terrorist cell was wanting to do impending assaults in the capital Kampala.
Nineteen individuals have been captured and are constantly examined about their propositions, a police representative said.
Uganda has been on high caution since al-Shabab's pioneer, Ahmed Abdi Godane, was killed in a US air strike in Somalia not long ago.
A week ago, the US consulate in Kampala cautioned of conceivable vengeance assaults against US focuses in light of the air strike on 2 September.
On Sunday, the US lifted its warnings in the wake of saying it accepted the "quick danger of an al-Shabab assault has been successfully countered".
More terrorist cells?
Anyhow Ugandan Information Minister Rose Namayanja urged people in general to "stay vigilant" as powers keep exploring the arranged assault.
"The operation is even now going on," Ms Namayanja said. "We simply need to guarantee that we deplete all the leads so that there are no more terrorist cells."
Police said the suspected al-Shabab cell had been wanting to do assaults in Kampala and different towns through the weekend.
An Ugandan unexpected of the African Union constrain on watch in Somalia - 27 February 2012
Uganda has been focused by al-Shabab activists in light of the fact that its troops are a piece of the AU drive in Somalia
"We are grilling 19 to see what heads we get to help grow the examination," police representative Fred Enanga told news people.
He said the suspects had been found with "touchy materials identified with demonstrations of fear" and their plans "were, clear."
The BBC's Catherine Byaruhanga says the suspects are accepted to be outsiders.
Ugandan troops are some piece of the African Union drive in Somalia, known as Amisom, that is battling al-Shabab aggressors.
The administration in Kampala said it had furnished the US with key discernment in regards to Godane's developments in front of the US strike.
Al-Shabab has promised to counter for the demise of its pioneer.
The Islamist bunch, which needs to oust the UN-sponsored government in Somalia, has since named Ahmad Umar as its new pioneer.
Its contenders were behind twin impacts that slaughtered 76 football fans who were viewing the World Cup last in Kampala in July 2010.
At the time, Godane said the assault was requital for Uganda's arrangement of troops as a major aspect of the AU drive in Somalia.
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