Opposition chief says that Eddie Mutwes reminders “a reminiscence of the world” of legislation and order in Uganda.
Uganda’s army chief, the son of lengthy -time President Yoweri Museveni, says that he had a lacking opposition activist in his basement and threatened violence towards him after the person’s occasion was kidnapped.
Eddie Mutwe was lacking on April 27, after being packed by armed males close to the capital Kampala, the NUP occasion of the Nationwide Unity Platform (NUP) stated.
Mutwe acts as the principle bodyguard for Uganda’s main opposition determine, Bobi Wine.
In a social media contribution on Thursday, Ugandischer Common Muhoozi Kainerugaba stated that Mutwe was captured “like a grasshopper”.
“He is in my basement … you’re the subsequent!” Kainerugaba wrote on X in response to a put up of wine through which he stated that Mutwe was kidnapped.
Kainerugaba, who is thought for his Brandsocial Media contributions, additionally performed that Mutwe was tortured. He stated he had hit him and shaved his head.
“In case you all the time provoke us, we’ll self-discipline you much more,” he stated concerning the opposition.
He’s in my basement. Be taught Runyankore. You’re the subsequent! https://t.co/8pmgdgcru2
– Kaineruza Kainerugaba (@mkainerugaba) May 1, 2025
Kainerugaba’s feedback come in the course of an escalating method to the Ugandian opposition, and when wine, a marketing campaign for “protest tuning” ought to begin earlier than a normal elections in January.
Spokesman for the Ugandian authorities, the army and the police didn’t instantly reply inquiries about feedback from the Reuters information company.
On Friday, Wine stated – a former singer whose actual title is Robert Kyagulanyi and who has change into the main opponent of Museveni – stated to X that safety forces had “simply cleared and cordoned off our headquarters”.
He additionally condemned the kidnapping of Mutwe and instructed the AFP information company that it was “a reminiscence of the world of how legislation and order collapsed in Uganda”.
The Ugandian authorities was suspended with a global conviction concerning the kidnapping of opposition figures, together with the skilled chief Kizza Besigye, who was confiscated in Kenya final 12 months and was violently charged with betrayal.
Museveni, who has dominated and plans to search for a re -election in January, has denied allegations of human rights violations.
Nonetheless, the Uganda Legislation Society stated that the kidnapping of Mutwe, the principle working guard of the wine, was not an remoted incident.
As a substitute, it’s “a part of a scientific marketing campaign to silence disagreements and to destroy the efforts of younger folks after freedom,” stated the group in a proof.
The Uganda Human Rights Fee, which is commissioned to analyze abuses and the monitoring of the federal government’s human rights report, stated that it had issued a publication rules that the authorities listed at Mutwe’s publication on Friday.
The transfer was welcomed by David Lewis Rubongoya, Common Secretary of the Nationwide Unity Platform Celebration, as a “courageous step”.
📢 📢Launch ordered order
We have now issued a publication order to direct the course @cdfupdf @Mkainerugaba and updf @Modva_updf To launch the Edwards Roguers Ssibuufu alias @eddie_mutwewe With instant impact.The order was granted by ours @Chairpersuhrc .@ckaheru @Lo_apitta @Sisteinsubuga @Livere_n.… pic.twitter.com/eyqfrv1jzn
– Uganda Human Rights Fee (clock) (@uhrc_uganda) May 2, 2025