By Website Writer; Uganda Police has opened up on journalist turned politician, Joseph Kabuleta who was picked earlier this week from his offices in Bugoloobi in Kampala and taken to an unknown destination by plain clothed men.
The Police says the former presidential candidate Joseph Kabuleta is under detention and will be tried for uttering sectarian statements.
According to the Uganda Police Force official statement, on 28th November 2022 at 1255hrs, Joseph Kabuleta was arrested after failing to honor Police summons issued to him to report to Kampala Metropolitan Police Headquarters on 3rd November 2022 at 1000hrs for interview and statement recording on charges of Promoting Sectarianism.
This follows a Police general inquiry that began on the 14th June 2022, by the Directorate of Criminal Investigations to verify allegations that Joseph Kabuleta and others still at large, made utterances which were likely to create alienation or despondency, raise discontent or disaffection and promote feelings of ill will or hostility among members of the public.
Police says that it is alleged that on 30th May 2022 in Kampala District, Joseph Kabuleta and others held a press conference under their Political Party, National Economic Empowerment Dialogue (NEED), where they alleged that social service delivery in Mbarara is based on ethnic lines of the Tutsi, Bahima, Bakiga and Banyakore.
Kabuleta and others shall be charged with Promoting Sectarianism C/S 41(1) of the PCA CAP 120.
The Police further urges and appeals to the general public to desist from making statements that may cause discontent, incite violence and instigate hostility among the affected communities.
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