Tag Archives: abduction

Kyotera, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Victims of the 2021 electoral violence in Kyotera district are still struggling to regain their full lives a year later. Nineteen opposition sympathizers, largely youths were kidnaped from their homes in Kasaali and Kyotera town councils in Kyotera district on the night of January 8th, …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Maj Gen Abel Kandiho, the commander of Chieftaincy of Military Intelligence (CMI), has been personally involved in the abduction and torture of government critics. This is according to the United States Department of the Treasury Office of Foreign Assets Control-OFAC. Gen Kandiho was on Tuesday …

Kyotera, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | It is ten months after the general elections were conducted in Uganda. But it is far from over to the family of George Kasumba, who continue to wait for his return after abduction on January 19th. Jane Kyomugisha, an elder sister to Kasumba narrates that …

Nabilatuk, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Suspected warriors have abducted five women from Narisai settlement camp in Nabilatuk district. The women were cutting grass for thatching huts from the thickets of Lorengedwat, some 5 kilometers away from Lorengedwat trading centre when they were kidnapped on Monday and led to an unknown …

Kyotera, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Crowds formed at one of the homes whose member had returned after 73 days of abduction. Thrilled to see community members back, crowds gathered in small groups as they listened to stories of the returnees. Everyone who turned up was curious to glance at the …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A group of armed men yesterday morning raided the home of former parliamentary candidate Fred Nyanzi, a brother to the National Unity Platform-NUP party president Robert Kyagulanyi Ssentamu. The group, according to the family was searching for who however escaped from the home as soon …

Hoima, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Sixteen Ugandan fishermen who were allegedly abducted by suspected Congolese militiamen on Lake Albert waters have been freed. The fishermen were freed on Saturday after a week in captivity. They were allegedly abducted on March 14, 2021, while fishing near Kaiso landing site in Hoima …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Kira road police has launched a hunt for men who abducted and defiled two minors in separate attacks from the Conte Africa zone of Kamwokya, on the outskirts of Kampala. One of the victims aged eight is said to have been lured by a neighbour …

Mpigi, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A National Unity Platform-NUP victim who was abducted by non-uniformed masked gunmen has lauded his assailants for not torturing him contrary to his family and the public assumption that he may have been tortured to death. Abdu Rashid Nkinga who was abducted together with eight …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Wakiso women have peacefully demonstrated to express concern over their missing relatives as their way to commemorate world Women’s day. The grieving women read a list of many missing persons who are not on the list released by Internal Affairs minister Gen Jeje Odongo, and …