By Olivia Nabaggala
26h January 2021
The National Unity Platform (NUP) party and its President Robert Kyagulanyi Ssentamu have dragged the government and four security chiefs to the High Court over the October 2020 raid on their party offices at Kamowkya.
The four being sued include the Chief of Defense Forces Gen. David Muhoozi, the Inspector General of Police Martin Okoth Ochola, Military Police Commander Keith Katungi and Kampala Metropolitan Police Commander Moses Kafeero.
The party wants court to make a declaration that the actions of more than 1,000 officers directly under the control of the said officers in going through their offices stealing and damaging property amounts to an infringement on their freedom of consciousness, expression, movement, assembly and association.
Through their lawyers from four law firms, the applicants contend that on October 14th 2020, the party headquarters located at Kamokya, a Kampala suburb were ambushed by a large number of joint security officers both plain clothed and uniformed like they were attacking the enemies of the State and as a result documents such as those bearing Kyagulanyi’s nomination signatures, branding materials, berets, bandanas, umbrellas, fliers, masks , CCTV cameras and digital video recorders from the office were looted and 23 million shillings was taken too.
The case is before Lady Justice Esta Nambayo who will be hearing it on March 22nd 2021.
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