HURINET warns of possibility of escalation of violence during campaigns

Human Rights Network (HURINET) has warned that the exhibited forced disappearance and killing of people without following the law might take the country in turmoil it has ever experienced before. The Executive Director HURINET Muhammad Ndifuna says Ugandans would not want to be taken back to the history that caused war in the past regime where a number of people were innocently where adducted kept in hiding and others were killed.
This in relation to one Christopher Aine, former head of security for JPAM who for the last three weeks went missing and is being searched for by police. Ndifuna says such situations and many more that are kept silent if not quickly addressed are of much threat to the country’s peace because they might spark violence that might escalate. Meanwhile, Ndifuna is concerned about the continued violence that shows up in different rally camps that are not attended to by both police and electoral commission. He raises fear about the different militia groups that might disrupt peace in this campaign and election season.

In other news some opposition Members of parliament have hit back at Prime minister Dr. Ruhakana Rugunda and the Inspector General of police Edward Kale Kaihura  that they have a right to self defense though are warned against forming militias.

This week, Dr.  Ruhakana Rugunda and Kale Kaihura warned the Opposition against forming militia groups to disrupt peace during the forthcoming elections. Masaka Municipality MP Mathias Mpuuga says there is no way the duo will deny them to defend their selves and also protect their vote.Busiro East MP Medard Segona says government should stop training crime preventers because are the  cause forming the so called milias by the opposition. Luwero District woman MP Brenda Nabukenya says government has created ghost militias to frustrate the opposition’s meetings , campaigns and denied that no militias among the opposition. Makindye East MP John Simbwa says some opposition members  have militias who disrupt the NRM Candidates campaign meetings.

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