After the visit to Umkuuka, we checked on the families of our comrades from the group of Olivia Lutaaya & Yasin Machete who have spent the past three years in prison. Among others, we visited the families of political prisoners Nagwere Asbert, Katabi Swaibu, Musakuru Steven, Ibrahim Wandera, and Siraji Mudebo. We also visited the graves of the mother and child of Kato Umar, both of whom passed away while comrade Kato was in jail. The families are visibly pained by the prolonged detention without trial of their children, but they nevertheless expressed gratitude for the support we continue to give them in the absence of their imprisoned loved ones. #FreeAllPoliticalPrisonersInUganda
A family member of #TheMissing18 @NUP_Ug supporters just called us wondering about the possibility of conducting a DNA test on these 17 skulls just in case one of them belongs to their relative whom the regime disappeared over three years ago. This is how pained and desperate the families of missing Ugandans still are! #BringBackOurPeople
After detaining them illegally for one week, the regime yesterday paraded 36 FDC activists in Court and charged them with "treason" after forcing their deportation from Kenya. They join a long list of comrades detained for opposing dictatorship, including @NUP_Ug political prisoners who have spent years in detention without trial. In his quest to cling to power, dictator Museveni has gotten so paranoid that his regime now treats any legitimate activity of the opposition as an attempt to overthrow him. We must all unite and take collective action to bring an end to this unceasing persecution! #FreeAllPoliticalPrisonersinUganda
Several young people- anti-corruption protesters who were violently arrested this week have spoken of how they were raped (sodomized) by the men who took them. Many of the NUP/ People Power supporters who have been abducted in the past were raped in detention - both male and female. Only a few of them had the courage to publicly speak about their ordeal. Very many of them have reported to us but fear or feel ashamed to speak about it in public. Those who have spoken publicly about being sodomized, with medical evidence include Ronald Mayega, Alex Kalyowa and Mukasa Joseph. The female victims are such a big number. The regime continues to shield the perpetrators of these heinous crimes against our people. Such a shame that the Museveni regime continues to use sexual violence as a tool of torture and subjugation- as they did during the Northern Uganda war. There must and shall be accountability for these crimes against humanity! #FreeUganda
Ahead of our planned activities in Bugweri, Pallisa and Soroti this weekend, the partisan police is through Frank Mwesigwa has yet again blocked our mobilisation activities! While other political parties and actors continue to have their activities including processions and rallies, the regime is always looking for any excuse to block us! We have done everything to remain civil and non-violent. They are pushing us to a point where we must RESIST all this madness! #FreeUganda
For the record, the 23rd July #March2Parliament protests are not organized by @NUP_Ug. But we support them with all our might because we are #PeoplePower and we absolutely believe in the Power of the People. We support every effort to protest against injustice, corruption and misrule. The effort by the regime to clamp down and make it look like an NUP initiative is meant to weaken it because they want to make it appear like a partisan matter. The #AntiCorruptionProtests as we know them are organized by the young people of Uganda regardless of their age, religion, tribe or political affiliation! The criminal regime and its antics will certainly fail!!
Yesterday, I met with cartoonist Ogon, a quiet yet giant pillar in the struggle for democracy and freedom in Uganda. He's the editorial cartoonist for the Daily Monitor newspaper. In a country where free speech has been reduced to "In 1986..." a country where hunger and disillusionment have taken away the smiles of the people, cartoonists like Ogon still manage to get us smiling away daily with their humour. "Ogon Drawing Attention" is a compilation of his original works that span various themes and subjects from recent times. The graphic novel will be launched on Friday, July 19. The beauty of documenting such great works is that while some of the past newspapers might not be readily available today, this graphic novel has a compilation of the best of them all. Ogon is unapologetically brittle with his pencil and he just seems to spare no one. Even if you were uncomfortable at what he depicts of you, you would still smile at the ingenuity of his work. Perhaps with more 'pen soldiers' like Ogon to support the foot soldiers in the trenches, the struggle would be seeing the horizon sooner! Let's support his cause, folks.
So, dictator Museveni created yet another unit in his office 'to fight corruption' and appointed a person previously convicted of tax fraud to head it? All happening at the same time the regime is merging entities to reduce wastage of funds? Open your eyes fellow citizens! https://t.co/IGenOtxdoU