Tension in Sembabule: Sam Kutesa’s people used a nutcracker to remove my teeth – victim

There is tension in Sembabule district especially Mawogola north ahead of National Resistance Movement (NRM) parliamentary primaries slated for September 30, 2020 with Foreign Minister Sam Kutesa’s daughter Shartsi Kutesa facing President Museveni’s brother Godfrey Aine Kaguta.

Mawogola West will also vote on the same date,with incumbent Joseph Ssekabiito Kitayimbwa facing Sembabule district woman MP Hanifa Bangirana Kawooya and only those in the NRM register will be allowed to vote.

Some people who have been assaulted have accused minister Kutesa for allegedly being behind their attack in Mawogola North.

‘We came from Mengo to work on a farm – disputed land, and the one that brought us is called Justus. As I was working, a group of people came and asked me who had allowed me to work on this farm…they hit me on the head with a stick and my colleagues ran away,’ one of the victims narrated.

Another bleeding man alleged that he was beaten and his teeth removed by Sam Kutesa’s people (soldiers) using a nutcracker.

‘He is a murderer, don’t vote his daughter,’ the man cried.

Meanwhile, the NRM electoral commission chairman, Dr. Tanga Odoi has threatened to call off Sembabule primaries and the constituencies remain without flag-bearers if violence escalates despite heavy security deployment.

For Bukanga (26 villages) in Isingiro district and Nyabushozi (28 villages) in Kiruhura district,fresh primaries are slated for October 2, 2020.