Uganda Governance Monitor
Uganda Governance Monitor
According to the Daily Monitor, Ugandan security personnel arrested Long Distance Drivers Union chairperson Sudi Kauli Mwatela and two colleagues at the Elegu border town on Sunday after they addressed striking truck drivers. Police spokesman Rusoke Kituuma said the leaders were inciting drivers not to drive to South Sudan after a deal to end the strike, and confirmed on Monday that they had been released; a drivers' leader said they were explaining that the deal had been signed under duress.
Disputed: Police say the leaders were arrested for inciting drivers against resuming trips to South Sudan, while a drivers' leader says they were arrested while explaining that the deal had been signed under duress.
3 arrested or detained