Four NUP Election Committee Members Abducted

By Spurb Ernest

Unknown gunmen dressed in civilian attire have reportedly abducted four members of the National Unity Platform (NUP) Election Management Committee

The individuals were reportedly kidnapped on the evening of February 18, 2025, as they were returning from a burial in Rakai District.

The abducted members, confirmed by NUP Secretary-General Lewis Rubongoya and party President Robert Ssentamu Kyagulanyi (alias Bobi Wine), include Mercy Walukamba, Alex Rovans Lwanyaga, Rahma Juma, and Eddie Kayabura. 

This abduction follows the disappearance of NUP’s chief mobilizer, Fred Nyanzi, who was kidnapped two days prior and remains in detention at an undisclosed location

Police and military spokespeople have not responded to inquiries regarding the incidents. 

However, Bobi Wine confirmed that their legal team has been informed that the abducted members are being held not in contact at the Defense Intelligence and Security (DIS), formerly known as the Chieftaincy of Military Intelligence (CMI), in Mbuya. 

He further linked the abductions to a recent threat made by General Muhoozi Kainerugaba, son of President Yoweri Museveni, who had promised to make NUP “weep.”