Breaking: Police nabs Semujju, Nyanjura and Ingrid Turinawe

Kira Municipality MP Ssemujju Nganda, Kampala Deputy Lord Mayor Doreen Nyanjura, Harold Kaija, Ingrid Turinawe, and other officials from the Forum for Democractic Change (FDC) Katonga faction have been arrested.

The group was attempting to march to the Kenya High Commission in protest against the 36 nabbed and deported supporters of from Kenya.

The 36 supporters  were last month arraigned before Nakawa Chief Magistrate’s court and charged with terrorism.

The three dozen were arrested in Kenya and handed over to Ugandan authorities by Kenyan security last week. The group is alleged to have been engaged in covert activities suspected to be subversive to Kenyan security forces.

The prosecution alleged that on the 22nd and 23rd of July 2024, the 36 traveled to Kisumu, Kenya, to receive terrorism training. They have been remanded till August 13th.

According to Dr. Kizza Besigye, on July 23rd, 36 of our (FDC) colleagues traveled to Kisumu for a week-long leadership workshop. They were allegedly cleared by Ugandan immigration and security.

He said a few hours later (during the night), their residences at Ukweri Catholic Pastoral Centre, Kisumu, were violently attacked, doors broken, and all brutally arrested. This was by a combination of Ugandan security officers and the Kenyan military.

Their properties were confiscated, including computers and phones. They were tortured and several were injured during and after arrest. They were driven that night back to Uganda—this time without going through Kenyan or Ugandan immigration.

“They were detained in “safe houses” of Uganda’s External Security Organisation (ESO) until they were brought to Kololo grounds to be paraded before the media as having been handed over by the Kenyan government for engaging in suspicious circumstances,” he said.