Uganda Governance Monitor
Uganda Governance Monitor
According to URN, the Inspector General of Police, in an affidavit sworn by ACP Godwin Tumugumye, told the High Court Civil Division that police neither arrested nor detained Muwanga Kivumbi and had no record of his custody since 10 July 2026, and asked that the habeas corpus application be dismissed. The matter was heard before Justice Collins Acellam on Tuesday, and the court reserved its ruling. The Chief of Defence Forces, also named as a respondent, had not filed a reply by the close of the hearing.
Disputed: Police say they have no record of arresting or holding Kivumbi, while his family's application says uniformed and plain-clothed personnel took him into custody.