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Aide to Kawempe North MP Nalukoola found at Lugogo Bypass after two days missing

Civic Space & Media Freedom Single source Kampala 19 Dec 2025 Severity: 4/5

The National Unity Platform said Hussein Bitumu, an aide to Kawempe North MP Elias Nalukoola, was found early on Friday after being missing for two days. NUP Secretary General David Lewis Rubongoya said Bitumu had been abducted, held incommunicado and mistreated before being left at Lugogo Bypass at about 4am. Nile Post reported that security agencies had not commented on the allegations.

Single source: Reported by one outlet; not yet independently confirmed.

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