Daily Monitor
Sunday March 14 2021
On January 29, 1986, at the entrance to Parliament a ceremony took place at which a lean guerrilla leader was sworn in by the Chief Justice of Uganda as President.
In a humble speech to a crowd gathered to witness the historic occasion, the guerrilla leader told Ugandans that what happened on that day was not “a mere change of guard; it is a fundamental change in the politics of our country.”
Thirty five years later, patriotic Ugandans are wondering whether what happened was really a fundamental change. Recent events have raised serious concerns and doubts in the minds of Ugandans and as Sabalwanyi predicted accurately in the same speech: “We have had one group getting rid of another, only for it to turn out to be worse than the group it displaced.”
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image captionVillagers from Kisamula want to know where their relatives are
Hundreds of people in Uganda are still missing after being detained following raids on their homes or in the aftermath of election campaign rallies. The BBC s Patience Atuhaire has been talking to some of those affected.
It was in the early hours of the morning when more than a dozen people - armed, uniformed and masked - descended on the village of Kisamula, 150km (95 miles) south-west of the capital, Kampala. After driving house to house, they made off with 18 young men, said to mostly be opposition supporters.
Daily Monitor
Monday March 08 2021
This photo taken on February 26, 2021 shows NUP leaders holding posters of their supporters said to be in detention during their prayers for Ugandans abducted by security operatives during and after the recently concluded elections.
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Opposition National Unity Platform (NUP) party have said they will continue to force government to account for the rest of their supporters who were arrested by security forces and have not been seen again by their families.
Daily Monitor has established that only 71 people appear on both the government list of 177, which was tabled in Parliament by the Internal Affairs minister, Gen Jeje Odongo, and on the NUP list of 680 that was also presented in the House last week.
Daily Monitor
Thursday March 04 2021
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However, the minister’s statement accompanying the list indicates that a total of 222 people were arrested by security operatives.
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Several MPs Thursday expressed concern after internal affairs Minister Jeje Odongo tabled before the House a list of names of 177 missing Ugandans who he said are in detention following their arrest during and after the January elections.
Whereas the minister tabled the list with names identifying the person, the date, the place, the reason for their arrest and the case management history, some MPs questioned the authenticity of the list with others saying the names on it did not match what they had on their lists.
Daily Monitor
Thursday February 25 2021
Internal Affairs Minister, General Haji Abubaker Jeje Odongo is Thursday expected to present to Parliament a list of all Ugandans who were kidnapped by security agencies before, during and after the January 14 general election.
The Speaker of Parliament Rebecca Kadaga on Wednesday tasked the Gen Odongo to present the list saying the continued refusal to make the list public is a violation of rights of all these people.
Ms Kadaga’s directive followed a concern raised by Kawempe North MP Latif Ssebagala, urging her to reign on security agencies that have failed to respond to the presidential directive to publish the list.