MaK students, current & former attached to NUP in hideout

By Charles Katabalwa

20^th July 2022

A number of Makerere University students and former student leaders affiliated with the National Unity Platform-NUP political party are in hiding for fear of being arrested following the recent death of a student.

Police are investigating the chaotic scenes that mattered the guild campaigns at Makerere University on July 14 resulting in the death of a Uganda Christian University- UCU law student Bewatte Betungura, after a confrontation between FDC and NUP supporters.

Betungura was at Makerere to support his old friend Justus Tukamushaba, a Forum for Democratic Change -FDC candidate in the race. But it’s alleged that he was stabbed in the neck and he died moments later due to excessive bleeding.

In the aftermath, police arrested a number of supporters in the NUP camp. Among those arrested include Kassanda South Member of Parliament Frank Kabuye who has since been released, Muzafaru Kabuulwa, Kenneth Katushabe and Allan Ssekidde.

Julius Kateregga, a Kampala Capital City Authority Councilor for Kawempe division, himself a former Makerere University Guild President said he and many of his colleagues are in hiding for fear of arrest.

Frank Kabuye says their release was due to the demand by the speaker of parliament Anita Among and his colleagues in parliament.