600 abducted NUP members still missing

 

ROBERT KYAGULANYI: NUP PRESIDENT

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Opposition National Unity Platform (NUP) party have said they will continue to force government to account for the rest of their supporters who were arrested by security forces and have not been seen again by their families.

KAGADI TV UG has established that only 71 people appear on both the government list of 177, which was tabled in Parliament by the Internal Affairs minister, Gen Jeje Odongo, and on the NUP list of 680 that was also presented in the House last week.

This means that 106 people on the government list were not known to NUP before the minister tabled them in Parliament. It also means that 609 people on the list that NUP tabled in the House remain unaccounted for. 

Gen Odongo told Parliament that government was continuing with the investigations and the list was not final. He said the list could increase if families report more relatives who have disappeared.

Mr Joel Ssenyonyi, the NUP spokesperson, said the struggle to push for unconditional release of those in jail and accountability for others whose whereabouts have not been established still continues.

Meanwhile President Yoweri Museveni has urged Ugandans to discuss in an honest and balance way, the recent security operations that have had hundreds jailed.

He said the Police and UPDF have been criticized for brutal conduct and use of excessive force.