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NUP's Jolly Tukamushaba charged with incitement in Kabale after reported three-week disappearance

Civic Space & Media Freedom Verified Kabale 6 Feb 2026 Severity: 4/5

NUP Deputy President for Western Uganda Jolly Jacklyn Tukamushaba was produced in court in Kabale and charged with incitement to violence over statements allegedly made in December 2025 and January 2026. NUP officials said she had been missing for nearly three weeks, and Secretary General David Lewis Rubongoya said she appeared shortly after the state filed an affidavit saying it was not holding her. NUP described the charges as politically motivated.

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