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Freed NUP supporter recounts CMI terror
Mr Harunah Lukyamuzi, a resident of Ndejje – Masitoowa in Makindye Saabagabo Division, Kampala City lives in trauma and distress after allegedly being abducted and tortured by armed police officers in April this year.
During a press conference at NUP headquarters in Kamwokya on Tuesday, Mr Lukyamuzi claimed that the reason for his abduction and torture was because of his support for the opposition National Unity Platform.
Mr Lukyamuzi, an electrician in Kampala, contends that on April 12 at around 2:30pm, as he was seated at Masitowa trending centre, he received a phone call from Katwe police station inviting him to work on their electricity.
“They told me that they had a fault with their electricity and they wanted me to rectify it. Without fail, I rushed there but upon reaching, they grabbed me and put me on a police truck with four others without telling me anything,” he narrated.
They later released the other four and I remained on the police truck alone. They drove me to my residence, searched my house where they picked my NUP Beret, phone contacts and my passport,” he added.
Mr Lukyamuzi further added when he asked the officers about the crime he had committed, he was told that he has a criminal group he leads, which he denied.
On April 14, Lukyamuzi was taken to Crime Intelligence (CI) headquarters in Kololo.
“At around 2.00am, they came for me and started torturing me while questioning my position in the NUP. When I said that I am just a supporter, and then they said ‘So, you want to remove the president, are you the one who voted him in, let us beat you and show you that we are the ones with powers,” he narrated.
On April 28, Lukyamuzi was taken to Chieftaincy Military Intelligence (CMI) Kireka and later back to CI headquarters on May 10. This was done severally amidst interrogations until June 6.
“Investigations officer at CI called me and asked the reason for my arrest, I replied that I didn’t know and he moved out to consult his colleagues. After some time, he came back and told me that there was a file indicating ‘simple robbery’. When I asked for the file to have a look, he told me that the file was available but I’m among the others in this case. I wondered how I became among others,” he narrated, adding that he was later charged with the case of attempting to burn a police vehicle.
On June 7, Lukyamuzi says was sent to Makindye court which remanded him to Luzira Prison and released after a few days.
Today marks 25 days since this comrade Muwanga Owen Martin was abducted by the military! He remains under incommunicado detention. He is an elected Councillor in Kyengera, and impassioned activist. Ironically, he was taken away by heavily armed operatives moving in a drone UAL 119V as he returned home after the screening of the Documentary about the gross violations of human rights. Although the police spokesperson admitted that he is in the custody of ‘security’, he has neither been produced in court. His family, lawyers, doctors, and friends have all been denied access to him. Today, our legal team will be asking court to issue a Habeas Corpus order for his release. Very sad state of affairs! #BringBackOurPeople
President Kyagulanyi Ssentamu Robert aka Bobi Wine was today outraged by the obscene poverty in Oyam District and Northern Uganda at large.
Bobi had gone to drum up for support for the NUP candidate Daniel Okello who is tussling it out with four other candidates.
In his message, Bobi expressed his disgust at the NRM regime which he says has impoverished the people of Northern Uganda.
Bobi Wine statement;
We spent the day in Oyam North Constituency preaching the message of liberation to our people there! The population in Northern Uganda has been deliberately impoverished and subdued. The levels of poverty are unbelievable. It was very painful seeing old people asking us if we moved with some food because they are starving! The NRM machinery only comes around during elections. It is then that these people get to see the “government” through the long military convoys driving around regime officials! It is during elections that these people are bribed with as little as 500 Uganda shillings and given new empty promises.
Well, we made several stop-overs around the constituency with our comrade Daniel Okello, and yet again reminded these people about the extent of the problem our country faces and everyone’s duty to deliver our nation from this mess. I am grateful to our people for the overwhelming reception, despite all the intimidation and military deployment everywhere! Uganda will be free!
The Constitutional Court will today begin re-hearing the 2022 impeachment case of Mityana Municipality Member of Parliament (MP), Francis Zaake.
Zaake petitioned the Constitutional Court seeking its declaration to, among other things; overturn his controversial removal from the position of commissioner of parliament for allegedly insulting Speaker Anita Among on social media.
This was after Zaake and his lawyer complained of a delayed judgment on June 5 before the court’s administrator Justice Geoffrey Kiryabiwre who informed them that court suffered manpower shortage on quorum following the promotion of Justice Steven Musota to the Supreme Court.
Justice Musota was among the five justices who heard Zaake’s petition in June 2022.
Other justices are; Catherine Bamugemereire, Christopher Izama Madrama, Muzamiru Mutangula Kibeedi, and Irene Mulyagonja.
In his petition, Zaake details the events that took place prior to his alleged removal.
He also claims that each member of the parliament’s committee on Rules, Privileges, and Discipline, who participated in his removal, received a kick-back of Shs6 million.
A total of 155 MPs voted to remove Zaake from the position after being found guilty of disparaging the speaker.
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