Kitalya Prison: National Unity Party NUP officials could not physically talk to their colleagues incarcerated at Kitalya Prison on International Youth Day.

Uganda today marked the International Youth Day under the theme Transforming Food Systems: Youth Innovation for Human and Planetary Health at Kololo Airstrip.

President Yoweri Museveni was the chief guest at the celebrations to mark the day at Kololo Airstrip.

However, National Unity Platform Youth led by the Secretary General David Lewis Rubongoya decided to drive to Katalya to spend the day with their comrades.

NUP took to their Twitter handle to share: “Today, Our Secretary General @DavidLRubongoya together with other comrades drove to check on our comrades who are still under illegal detention at Kitalya prison.”

The party went on to confirm: “Unfortunately, they were not permitted to physically interact with the prisoners given the Prison’s Covid-19 guidelines”

The party castigated the move: “We have decried continuous political persecution perpetrated by security agencies that have since had their colleagues succumb to political struggles.” 

NUP voiced: “To date, thousands of Ugandans continue to rot in jail and other detention centres for absolutely no crime whatsoever, only battling with politically motivated charges.”

And summed up: “Injustices of this kind are the reason why we can never abandon the struggle despite all challenges we face.”

Secretary general Rubongoya was accompanied to Katalya Prison by Eddie Mutwe, who is party President Robert Kyagulanyi’s chief security officer.

Eddie Mutwe and a couple of other NUP sympathisers were recently released from different prison facilities after close to a year in incarceration.

NUP supporters were mostly arrested during campaigns from mainly the city and surrounding towns where there were demonstrations following the arrest of Kyagulanyi also known as Bobi Wine.

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