The Special Forces Command(SFC) has dismissed reports that one of their soldiers had shot and killed a National Unity Platform supporter in Kampala.
A NUP supporter on Saturday evening posted on X claiming that one of their colleagues had been shot dead at Bwaise roundabout by an SFC soldier who was traveling on a police pickup.
However, in a brief statement, SFC public information officer, Maj Jimmy Omara said the tweet being circulated by one Motive Kasagga is fake and deserves to be taken with contempt.
“No such an incident was not recorded anywhere our troops operated. This is to warn the propagators of this falsehood to stop forthwith, otherwise, your continuous false allegations against the institution of SFC shall be met with the full force of the law,” Maj Omara said.
He insisted that the claims are being circulated by “NUP radicals” but noted that the Special Forces Command will not be distracted from its work by anyone.
The claim being circulated was made hours after NUP president, Robert Kyagulanyi, also known as Bobi Wine returned to the city after attending a memorial service for Ritah Nabukenya, an NUP supporter who was knocked dead by a vehicle in 2020.
The service was in Kiboga.The opposition party has since accused a police vehicle registration number UP 4841 of knocking Nabukenya as she travelled to attend a consultative meeting the party had organised for its presidential candidate.
Police however denied the claims that Nabukenya was killed by their vehicle.
Relatedly, last year , Alex Kayiwa, a member of the National Unity Platform accused Ugandan security forces of sodomizing him whilst under detention.Kayiwa, commonly known as ‘Musaayi Gwa Bobi’ was among the alleged casualties who shared ordeals at the special joint prayers held at the NUP headquarters in Kamwokya in honor of persons facing gross human rights violations and those facing trial in military courts.
The prayers led by Kimaanya Kabonera MP Abed Bwanika, Sheikh Kato Khalid, and pastor Dorothy Nantongo, were also attended by former Forum for Democratic Change (FDC) president Dr Kizza Besigye, Alliance for National Transformation (ANT) president Gen Gregory Mugisha Muntu, NUP president Robert Kyagulanyi and other seasoned politicians.
Kayiwa naratted that he was abducted on July 15, 2023, by the Special Forces Command (SFC) in Kireka and taken to an isolated location from where he endured extensive torture and interrogation regarding his allegiance to NUP party and its president Kyagulanyi Sentamu.
He added that his captors sodomized him before he was released.In his speech, Kyagulanyi observed that such incidents were not isolated, and that many of NUP supporters have privately shared similar experiences but were hesitant to speak publicly. He commended Kayiwa for being brave to share his story.
