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FDC welcomes US sanctions against Museveni regime but want more
April 21, 2021 Written by KAKWENZA RUKIRABASHAIJA
The US Department of State recently announced visa restrictions targeting Uganda government officials implicated in gross human rights violations during and after the recently concluded violent elections where Gen Yoweri Museveni was announced winner with 58% against his main challenger, Robert Kyagulanyi Sentamu with 35%.
A statement from the US Secretary of State, Antony J. Blinken said that the government of Uganda s actions during the recent electoral process undermined democracy and respect for human rights and announced visa restrictions on those believed to be responsible for, or complicit i
Ssegirinya further remanded till April 15
April 8, 2021 Ssegirinya pleaded with the magistrate to grant him bail
Kawempe North MP-elect Muhammad Ssegirinya has been further remanded to Kitalya prison until April 15 after his legal team indicated that it was not ready to start his trial today.
Ssegirinya, who faces charges of inciting violence was arrested on March 22, 2021, from Mini Price in downtown Kampala during a protest organised to contest the outcome of the January 14 presidential election, and demanding the release of National Unity Platform (NUP) supporters who are detained in various facilities across the country.
At the time of his arrest, Ssegirinya was marching through the streets, holding placards with a list of names of those who are still held in custody. Free, Eddy Mutwe , read one of the placards in reference to the personal bodyguard of the former presidential candidate Robert Kyagulanyi Sentamu aka Bobi Wine, wh
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Daily Monitor
Tuesday March 02 2021
Mr Joel Ssenyonyi, the NUP spokesperson, says the State has continued to persecute people simply because they are NUP supporters. He says that police and military should instead be going after corrupt people, robbers, land grabbers and other criminals; that way, they will be putting their time to good use.
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Several supporters of the National Unity platform (NUP), among them party leaders in Busia District, are said to have fled the country to Kenya fearing arrest and harassment.
Over the past few weeks, the media has been awash with news of arrests, detention and torture of NUP members in various parts of the country allegedly by security operatives travelling in ‘drones’ - unmarked vehicles in which people are being driven to unknown destinations.