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PACEID secretariat head Matthew Bagonza detained from Entebbe home; whereabouts and charges undisclosed

Civic Space & Media Freedom Single source Wakiso 25 Aug 2026 Severity: 3/5

According to ChimpReports, Matthew Bagonza, head of the PACEID secretariat and aide to PACEID chairman Odrek Rwabwogo, was picked up from his home in Entebbe. Chief of Defence Forces Gen Muhoozi Kainerugaba confirmed the detention by posting a shirtless photograph of him on X, without saying where he was held, which agency held him or what the charges were. Rwabwogo said he could not locate Bagonza through police, DIS or SFC, and that President Museveni told him he had neither ordered nor known of the arrest.

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

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1 arrested or detained

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