Opposition Missing Persons Were Not Reported

In Summary
  • The relatives and families of missing persons fdid not cooperate with police.
  • The leaders of NUP instructed the relatives not to talk to police. 
  • Opposition say the report by Government lacked substance. 
State Minister for internal affairs David Muhoozi in parliament after presenting a report on missing persons.
Image: Parliament of Uganda

Government has finally tabled  the long  awaited report by members of the opposition on the  alleged  18 missing persons ,following the boycott of opposition MPs from plenary sitting for almost a month.

The report  read by the internal affairs minister Gen David muhoozi indicate that police failed to investigate the disappearance of the 18 people because they were  never reported to police.

Muhoozi also indicated that  the next of kin of the reported  missing persons, given to police did not cooperate with police investigators ,alleging that they  had got directives from Nup leadership not to meet any person.

He added that some cases where Mpuuga attributed alleged disappearances to security operatives had been reported earlier by the relatives of these people as unwitnessed disappearances.

``The case of Kasumba George and Kisembo Godfrey fall in this category ,for the case of Kibalama John Bosco, his vehicle wad reportedly found abandoned along the road and all the belongings that he had at the time ,were intact in the vehicle, including a mobile phone, laptop and an iPad, 'Muhoozi said.

However the Leader of Opposition in parliament Mathias Mpuga while speaking to journalists at parliament  he said the report lacked substance but they will respond to it next Tuesday.

Mpuuga added  that he will first seat with the rest of his members to study the report and then give response to the statement .

Although the minister said that the police had failed to investigate the disappearance of the 18 missing  persons due leaders of National Unity Platform refusing  the relatives and families of these  persons  to  provide information to police ,Mpuuga said they have provided enough information on the abducted people.