Security operatives have raided the home Miria Matembe, the former Ethics and Integrity Minister in Luzira searching the premises without identifying themselves or explaining their mission before leaving empty-handed, according to her husband, Nehemiah Matembe.
Mzee Nehemiah Matembe says he believes the operatives intended to arrest or abduct the outspoken former minister, who was away from home at the time of the raid yesterday.
According to family members, the team comprised of operatives in military uniform and plain clothes.
Nehemiah Matembe narrates that the operatives forced their way into the residence and conducted a thorough search without speaking to him or presenting any documentation.
Nehemiah says he was left shaken by the incident, insisting he is a retired civil servant with no criminal record or reason to warrant such an operation.
He adds that his wife had left for the gym shortly before the raid and has since been unreachable, with her phones switched off.
Miria Matembe is a veteran politician, women’s rights advocate, and co-founder of the Centre for Domestic Violence Prevention.
A former Ethics and Integrity Minister and one of the architects of Uganda’s 1995 Constitution, she has become one of the government’s most outspoken critics.
By press time, no security agency had issued a statement explaining the operation or commenting on the raid at her residence.
By URN
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