Two youth attached to Uganda Youth Platform (UYP), a pressure group whose patron and founder is General David Sejusa, have accused the government of President Yoweri Museveni of persecuting them for associating with the embattled General.
Writing on his Facebook Page, Allan Kitonsa Saava, a member of the group who is also a Museveni critic on social media, claimed he was arrested by operatives of the Special Forces Command (SFC) and taken to Kabalagala Police Station where he was allegedly questioned about his association with General Sejusa.
Mr Kitonsa further claimed he was later detained at Kireka CIID headquarters until today when he was released on police bond.
Among the questions fired at him, he said, were why he left the NRM party and what he knows about the Forum for Democratic Change (FDC) flag bearer Dr Kizza Besigye’s ‘P10 strategy’, where it is said Besigye is recruiting ten youth per village ‘to protect’ his votes come polling day on February 18.
Kitonsa’s colleague, UYP National Coordinator Jude Nkoyoyo, also said that some of the group’s members are being arrested and that others including himself are targets by police and other security agencies.
“Allan Kitonsa was arrested; he was accused of dealing with Gen Sejusa and his relationship with me. I know Allan, he is a liberation fighter like me, I will not hide because SFC are planning to arrest me,’’ Nkoyoyo wrote on his Facebook page, adding: “our resolve is very clear, we must be liberated from dictatorship.”
General Sejusa was arrested last Sunday by the army and detained at Makindye Military Barracks and at a Court Martial hearing yesterday, the four star General was charged with insubordination, Absent without Official Leave AWOL), participation in partisan politics and appearing on a radio station without permission from the army.
Gen Sejusa was remanded to Luzira until February 9, when he will be produced again.
