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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Police has re-echoed the statement issued by the State Minister of Internal Affair Mario Obiga Kania that Mityana municipality Member of Parliament Francis Zaake’s torture marks were self-inflicted.
Speaking today at the Uganda Media Centre, Fred Enanga the police spokesman explained that Zaake is a violent person who caused bodily injuries to himself to seek political capital and donor money from outside the country.
Writing on his Facebook timeline in a long account of what happened to him after he was arrested on April 19, Zaake detailed numerous acts of torture that he suffered in the hands of the security forces.
Indeed on Wednesday, Zaake dragged the Attorney General to court on behalf of government and individual officers who he accused of torture. He said contrary to what the police claimed that he was arrested for, distributing food to people contrary to the presidential guidelines, for all the time he was in the hands of the police, they never mentioned anything about the food distribution. He said they made him to swear that he will never again oppose President Yoweri Museveni, his wife mama Janet Museveni and his son.
Zaake said he was also made to swear that he will never be heard saying again that, “that dog Bobi Wine is your next president?” Zaake writes. But Enanga said all these are Zaake’s concoctions.
Yesterday Obiga Kania told the same to parliament that Zaake throughout the course of his arrest made sure that he inflicts injuries on himself so that he can turn around and accuse the security.
Zaake is receiving treatment at Lubaga hospital in Kampala.
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This is nonsense, even bobi wine in arua,he put guns, grenades, bullets and army uniforms in his hotel room so that he may be arrested by uganda govt, does it make sense??? He Was arrested and charged treason, only to find out that he had no such items!!!!! Who is fooling who??????, And in this case saga again who is fooling who?????? Don’t tell us nonsense
Whereas it may be true that Zaake could’ve inflicted the wounds on himself, the question to be asked and answered by the authorities is :- if the police are faced with a self harming suspect in their custody, what do they do? Bse that would be a case of mental health and a sachytrist doctor / mental health personnel should have been involved. So where’s the report on Zaakes mental health occasioning self harm?
Otherwise it leaves government in bad taste.