{"id":10247,"date":"2021-05-13T17:05:18","date_gmt":"2021-05-13T17:05:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/?p=10247"},"modified":"2021-05-13T15:40:35","modified_gmt":"2021-05-13T15:40:35","slug":"release-political-prisoners-since-elections-are-done-mufti-mubajje","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/release-political-prisoners-since-elections-are-done-mufti-mubajje","title":{"rendered":"Release political prisoners since elections are done- Mufti Mubajje"},"content":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press<\/a> – Uganda<\/a>. <\/strong><\/span>The Mufti of Uganda sheikh Shaban Ramadhan Mubajje Thursday called for unity among Ugandans and urged the president and the government to release all political prisoners.<\/p>\n

\u201cLet them be released, let them enjoy their freedom with families. Some of them are Muslims and would love to celebrate Eid with their families,\u201d Sheikh Mubajje said during Eid prayers at Uganda National Mosque, Old Kampala before reechoing president Museveni\u2019s message that elections are over.<\/p>\n

He also asked security to pardon boda boda cyclists who had been arrested or whose motorcycles had been impounded for allegedly violating curfew hours.<\/p>\n

VIDEO: Muslims lineup for checking upon arrival at Uganda National Mosque, Old Kampala, for Eid prayers ? David Lubowa #EidUlFitr | #EidMubarak| #MonitorUpdates pic.twitter.com\/ggquSnhXrg<\/p>\n

\u201cI see thousands of motorcycles at police stations impounded for allegedly violating curfew hours. Let them be pardoned to continue earning their daily bread. Now that elections are over, let\u2019s reunite, forget the past and continue with our lives as we strive to develop this country. Let\u2019s forgive those who wronged us in the past,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n

Muslim faith seen praying at Uganda National Mosque, Old Kampala to mark Eid celebrations<\/p>\n

The Mufti also condemned social media misuse and the spread of fake news on social media.<\/p>\n

\u201cSome people hide behind fake names to commit crimes on social media and say all sorts of things against others. It\u2019s absurd that some of them use Muslim names,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Mbarara City Mayor-elect Robert Mugabe Kakyebezi, has told muslims at Mbarara Muslim Supreme Council headquarters, that politics is ‘over’ after President Museveni’s swearing-in. He urges them to focus on development & fight poverty in their households.#MonitorUpdates #EidAlFitr pic.twitter.com\/iZwnsRr1wN<\/p>\n

He also congratulated President Museveni who was yesterday sworn in for his sixth-elective term of office.<\/p>\n

Similarly, Sheikh Mahmood Kibaate, the deputy Supreme Mufti of Kibuli-based Muslim faction tasked Mr Museveni\u2019s \u2018new\u2019 government to prioritise the security and protection of Ugandans and their property.<\/p>\n

In his message during Eid prayers at Kibuli Mosque, Sheikh Kibaate, said in Mr Museveni\u2019s last term, many Ugandans were killed by security operatives, especially the Local Defence Unit (LDU) personnel.<\/p>\n

He said they expect the president to lead a whole new government following his swearing in ceremony on Wednesday and focus on protecting Ugandans.<\/p>\n

Women praying to mark Eid celebrations at Kibuli Mosque on May 13, 2021. PHOTO\/ ALEX ESAGALA<\/p>\n

\u201cThe \u2018new government\u2019 should not be like the one whose term expired yesterday because there were challenges of government failing to protect the citizens and their property. We want to think that this is a new government and we expect the new leadership to protect citizens and their property. We lost so many people in the last five years but what hurts most is that some of the perpetrators are security operatives like LDUs and others, who ought to protect the lives of citizens,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Acholi District Kadhi, Sheik Musa Khalil also urged members of the Muslim community who converged at Gulu Primary School for Eid prayers to continue keeping peace and engaging in activities that will help develop Uganda.<\/p>\n

“Let us congratulate our president Yoweri Museveni and work to develop this country. It is through peace that we shall develop this country, \u201che said.<\/p>\n

VIDEO: This video recorded on May 13, 2021 shows Muslim faithful at Kibuli sanitizing their hands as they enter the mosque for Eid prayers which kicked off at 9am? @MukhayeD #EidMubarak pic.twitter.com\/ZqUGtiqjIy<\/p>\n

Following a bloody electoral period marked by death, arrests and intimidation, Mr Museveni who was inaugurated yesterday after being declared winner of the January 14 presidential poll by 58 percent of the votes, said \u2018\u2018elections are over! Let us get down to work, so as to chase poverty from your homes.\u2019\u2019<\/p>\n

\u2018\u2018Engage in commercial agriculture, counting profitability, industries and services,\u2019\u2019 he urged.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – Uganda. The Mufti of Uganda sheikh Shaban Ramadhan Mubajje Thursday called for unity among Ugandans and urged the president and the government to release all political prisoners. \u201cLet them be released, let them enjoy their freedom with families. Some of them are Muslims and would love to celebrate Eid with their families,\u201d Sheikh […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":10246,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,7,8,12],"tags":[233,240,234],"class_list":["post-10247","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-head-lines","category-homepage-english","category-policy","tag-africa-press","tag-africa-press-uganda","tag-uganda"],"yoast_head":"\nRelease political prisoners since elections are done- Mufti Mubajje - Uganda<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The Mufti of Uganda sheikh Shaban Ramadhan Mubajje Thursday called for unity among Ugandans and urged the president and ...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/release-political-prisoners-since-elections-are-done-mufti-mubajje\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Release political prisoners since elections are done- Mufti Mubajje\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The Mufti of Uganda sheikh Shaban Ramadhan Mubajje Thursday called for unity among Ugandans and urged the president and ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/release-political-prisoners-since-elections-are-done-mufti-mubajje\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Uganda\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AfricaPressTunisiaa\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2021-05-13T17:05:18+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/uganda\/sites\/34\/2021\/05\/img-609d485420c20.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"720\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"480\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"3 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/release-political-prisoners-since-elections-are-done-mufti-mubajje#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/release-political-prisoners-since-elections-are-done-mufti-mubajje\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"Release political prisoners since elections are done- Mufti Mubajje\",\"datePublished\":\"2021-05-13T17:05:18+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/release-political-prisoners-since-elections-are-done-mufti-mubajje\"},\"wordCount\":653,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/release-political-prisoners-since-elections-are-done-mufti-mubajje#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/uganda\/sites\/34\/2021\/05\/img-609d485420c20.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Africa Press\",\"Africa Press-Uganda\",\"uganda\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"head lines\",\"homepage-english\",\"policy\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/release-political-prisoners-since-elections-are-done-mufti-mubajje#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/release-political-prisoners-since-elections-are-done-mufti-mubajje\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/release-political-prisoners-since-elections-are-done-mufti-mubajje\",\"name\":\"Release political prisoners since elections are done- Mufti Mubajje - Uganda\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/release-political-prisoners-since-elections-are-done-mufti-mubajje#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/release-political-prisoners-since-elections-are-done-mufti-mubajje#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/uganda\/sites\/34\/2021\/05\/img-609d485420c20.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2021-05-13T17:05:18+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"description\":\"The Mufti of Uganda sheikh Shaban Ramadhan Mubajje Thursday called for unity among Ugandans and urged the president and ...\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/release-political-prisoners-since-elections-are-done-mufti-mubajje#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/release-political-prisoners-since-elections-are-done-mufti-mubajje\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/release-political-prisoners-since-elections-are-done-mufti-mubajje#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/uganda\/sites\/34\/2021\/05\/img-609d485420c20.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/uganda\/sites\/34\/2021\/05\/img-609d485420c20.jpg\",\"width\":720,\"height\":480,\"caption\":\"Release political prisoners since elections are done- Mufti Mubajje\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/release-political-prisoners-since-elections-are-done-mufti-mubajje#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Release political prisoners since elections are done- Mufti Mubajje\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/\",\"name\":\"Uganda\",\"description\":\"Just another Africa News Agency Sites site\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\",\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7417380fa9e23b5c57fdbfdaf3fdf92ee478f759a084addda5faa3732853e74a?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7417380fa9e23b5c57fdbfdaf3fdf92ee478f759a084addda5faa3732853e74a?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"cfeditoren\"}}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Release political prisoners since elections are done- Mufti Mubajje - Uganda","description":"The Mufti of Uganda sheikh Shaban Ramadhan Mubajje Thursday called for unity among Ugandans and urged the president and ...","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/release-political-prisoners-since-elections-are-done-mufti-mubajje","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Release political prisoners since elections are done- Mufti Mubajje","og_description":"The Mufti of Uganda sheikh Shaban Ramadhan Mubajje Thursday called for unity among Ugandans and urged the president and ...","og_url":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/release-political-prisoners-since-elections-are-done-mufti-mubajje","og_site_name":"Uganda","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AfricaPressTunisiaa","article_published_time":"2021-05-13T17:05:18+00:00","og_image":[{"width":720,"height":480,"url":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/uganda\/sites\/34\/2021\/05\/img-609d485420c20.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"cfeditoren","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"cfeditoren","Est. reading time":"3 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/release-political-prisoners-since-elections-are-done-mufti-mubajje#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/release-political-prisoners-since-elections-are-done-mufti-mubajje"},"author":{"name":"cfeditoren","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb"},"headline":"Release political prisoners since elections are done- Mufti Mubajje","datePublished":"2021-05-13T17:05:18+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/release-political-prisoners-since-elections-are-done-mufti-mubajje"},"wordCount":653,"commentCount":0,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/release-political-prisoners-since-elections-are-done-mufti-mubajje#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/uganda\/sites\/34\/2021\/05\/img-609d485420c20.jpg","keywords":["Africa Press","Africa Press-Uganda","uganda"],"articleSection":["all news","head lines","homepage-english","policy"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/release-political-prisoners-since-elections-are-done-mufti-mubajje#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/release-political-prisoners-since-elections-are-done-mufti-mubajje","url":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/release-political-prisoners-since-elections-are-done-mufti-mubajje","name":"Release political prisoners since elections are done- Mufti Mubajje - Uganda","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/release-political-prisoners-since-elections-are-done-mufti-mubajje#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/release-political-prisoners-since-elections-are-done-mufti-mubajje#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/uganda\/sites\/34\/2021\/05\/img-609d485420c20.jpg","datePublished":"2021-05-13T17:05:18+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb"},"description":"The Mufti of Uganda sheikh Shaban Ramadhan Mubajje Thursday called for unity among Ugandans and urged the president and ...","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/release-political-prisoners-since-elections-are-done-mufti-mubajje#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/release-political-prisoners-since-elections-are-done-mufti-mubajje"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/release-political-prisoners-since-elections-are-done-mufti-mubajje#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/uganda\/sites\/34\/2021\/05\/img-609d485420c20.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/uganda\/sites\/34\/2021\/05\/img-609d485420c20.jpg","width":720,"height":480,"caption":"Release political prisoners since elections are done- Mufti Mubajje"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/release-political-prisoners-since-elections-are-done-mufti-mubajje#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Release political prisoners since elections are done- Mufti Mubajje"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/","name":"Uganda","description":"Just another Africa News Agency Sites site","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb","name":"cfeditoren","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7417380fa9e23b5c57fdbfdaf3fdf92ee478f759a084addda5faa3732853e74a?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7417380fa9e23b5c57fdbfdaf3fdf92ee478f759a084addda5faa3732853e74a?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"cfeditoren"}}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10247","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/84"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10247"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10247\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/10246"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10247"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10247"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10247"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}