I thought justice had truly been done regarding the late Susan Magara's murder until I read the 84-page Judgment and discovered details about TORTURE that, in good conscience, I found too troubling to ignore. This is my commentary on the Judgment. https://t.co/iocl8KQCdQ
The Phaneroo people landed on my Tweet castigating the other lady who claimed their pastor healed an HIV/AIDS patient and now my mentions are blowing up with Bible verses.
People need to appreciate that there is a fundamental risk of tweeting such stuff. In the 90s when the HIV/AIDS scourge was ravaging the population, one of the problems Ministry of Health fought against was Pastors & traditional healers who constantly claimed they cured the disease.
Many people lost their lives because they believed they’d been cured by their pastors and therefore they went off medication. To this day, we lose people simply because they replace taking meds with prayer and fasting.
It’s very dangerous to create the impression that your pastor cured a patient because what you’re communicating to other patients is that they don’t need to take medication, they just need to locate your pastor.
Therein lies the problem.
If you’re an HIV/AIDS patient, it’s okay to have your pastor lay hands on you but please, do not under any circumstances stop taking medication.
As of now, there is no known cure for HIV/AIDS. However, the virus can be fully managed through medication, lifestyle change & discipline. Short of that, you’re at risk of the disease spreading through the body & wiping out immunity hence leading to death.
Phaneroo people & their pastor are going to undo decades of hardwork put in by many people to teach the population about how to manage HIV/AIDS.
Believe in your God, worship him, hold hands and sing Kumbaya, but please do not spread falsehoods about HIV/AIDs. It is still a dangerous disease & must be treated as such.
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So when the video of Sam Mugumya leaked last week, the military (and the state) instead of releasing him is threatening me. Anyway, sometimes it’s even hard to tell if it is the military or the state because of the decentralized impunity… but I have received a couple of calls; one from someone that said works with “special forces” identified himself as Elly Tumwine and was demanding to know who gave me that video. I told the person that even if I knew its source my training as a journalist wouldn’t allow me divulge sources but I didn’t even know its source because I got it from social media. The person insisted that I was the first to share it and that they have technology to show that. A couple of days later I received another call. This time there were no introductions but the person said they are concerned about my life although they “like the work I do” but publishing that video of Mugumya “was not wise”. Yesterday, I was told (by a different person that doesn’t know about these calls) of a plan to abduct me because the video I shared has caused so much anger and led to some reshuffle.. I am both informing the state that is supposed to protect its citizens of these threats and Ugandans. #SaveSamMugumya #JusticeForSamMugumya
Dear Mr. President,
Thank you for writing against the terrible, barbaric act of torture again, as you did in 2017 when many people were being tortured at the infamous Nalufenya detention center.
Just in case you didn’t know, let me join many other Ugandans to bring it to your attention that so many more people have been tortured since then.
I will list some of them but let me start with Sam Mugumya who was disappeared by security operatives a year ago and has never been released or charged in any court of law even when the courts ordered the state to investigate this matter. I also interviewed his 83 year old mother Ednansi Katungwesi who appealed to you to intervene and ensure that her son is taken to prison where she can visit him and ascertain that he is alive, if he committed any crime.
Recently, a video of him surfaced and he has been visibly subjected to torture and inhumane treatment. He was tortured even worse than Nuwagaba (I say that because I interviewed Nuwagaba in 2024) and if Mugumya isn’t released to get the same treatment you offered to Nuwagaba, I am afraid he won’t survive.
Many other Ugandans have been abducted and disappeared and held incommunicado and tortured. The reason suspects are not arrested in accordance with the law and held in gazetted detention is to torture them. Some of those that have been lucky to make it out have told this harrowing tales. Some haven’t been lucky because they have not been seen again for 7,6,5 years. As we speak, countless Ugandans are still held incommunicado including two very young people Christopher Gody (King Zale) and 18 year old William Baliza.
Then there are others whose torture hasn’t even been hidden. Your son the CDF, has publicized it, e.g Eddie Mutwe, Erias Lukwago, etc.
Just in case these had not been brought to your attention, I and many other Ugandans are bringing them to your attention.
Otherwise Ugandans may think you only care about the torture of Nuwagaba who comes from Kiruhura where you also come from and not the plight of so many other parents like the 83 year old mother of Sam Mugumya and of these many other Ugandans that have been tortured.
Thank you for your attention to this critical issue.
@BostonTea84 Dieser Film der Regisseure von *Mondo Cane* ist eine dreijährige dokumentarische Odyssee durch die blutigen gesellschaftlichen Umbrüche im Afrika der 1960er Jahre, erkärt vieles https://t.co/kDGsWBFXym
Mzee @KagutaMuseveni , the cadres of the FRONASA/NRA are very happy with the Ideological missile you have just fired from your Pen launcher in Nakasero . The feeling is Triumphant for us.
You addressed our virtues on Torture. It should set us apart from the regimes that we fought. Thank you sir.
Apart from Nuwagaba Stephen, there is a disturbing clip that emerged a few days ago, of a visibly tortured/maimed man , Sam Mugumya, a Ugandan from Rukungiri , who disappeared last year. It’s making us NRA / @NRMOnline look bad , may his holders produce him in the courts of law if he has a case to answer - it’s justice. You may not have known about it.
Thank you sir.
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