Despite the massive security deployment and intimidation, we have this afternoon held prayers at the @NUP_Ug headquarters for all political prisoners and missing comrades. We were honored to have in attendance leaders from different political formations, as well as Dr. @kizzabesigye1’s wife, Hon. @Winnie_Byanyima, and his lead lawyer, Hon. @MarthaKarua Beyond the message of solidarity and oneness shown at the prayers, today’s gathering was a testament to a growing reality: Uganda belongs to all of us. It has been powerful to see comrades from different political backgrounds standing together, united by a common dream: the dream of a new Uganda where justice and freedom abound; a new Uganda where power belongs to the people and not to a handful of oppressors. The ongoing illegal detention of Dr. Besigye, @kiizaeron, Bobi Young, Chairman Nyanzi, Yasin Ssekitoleko and other victims of political repression should remind us that under the Museveni dictatorship, no one is truly free. Today, it is Besigye; tomorrow, it could be any one of us. The fear tactics, the military trials, the abductions—all these are desperate actions of a regime in its twilight. Dictator Museveni knows that his time is up. The more he tightens his grip, the more Uganda and its people slip from his control. I call upon all comrades here and abroad to rise up and take action. We must do everything within our means to collapse dictator Museveni and his brutal regime. We must put our feet down and say "no more!" to this nonsense! Let us keep pushing, keep demanding, and never lose sight of the country we deserve. A new Uganda is within reach, but only if we stand and act as one. #FreeKizzaBesigye! #FreeAllPoliticalPrisonersUganda!#BringBackOurPeople!
At the joint prayers for Dr. Besigye and other political prisoners https://t.co/OHHNf42qdK
At the joint prayers for Dr. Besigye and other political prisoners https://t.co/JNDV6CyTQL
We're told that the abducted NUP Election Management Committee members are detained incommunicado at CMI Mbuya on the orders of Museveni's son! 😡😡😡
Four members of @NUP_Ug's Election Management Committee, Mercy Walukamba, Rovans Alex Lwanyaga, Rahma Juma and Kayabura Eddie are missing. The available information indicates that they were abducted on gunpoint around Lungala, Mpigi last night as they returned from a burial in Rakai. Onlookers say several other comrades were abducted violently and taken away in drones. A few days ago, Gen. Museveni’s son promised to make NUP weep and he is on it. But we can assure him and his father that they are not God. The people of Uganda will have the final laugh!