{"id":65297,"date":"2024-01-21T17:05:28","date_gmt":"2024-01-21T17:05:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/?p=65297"},"modified":"2024-01-21T16:58:32","modified_gmt":"2024-01-21T16:58:32","slug":"countrymen-after-my-life-says-drc-refugee","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/countrymen-after-my-life-says-drc-refugee","title":{"rendered":"Countrymen after my life, says DRC refugee"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Uganda. <\/strong><\/span><b>A Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) refugee living in Uganda alleges that he is being trailed by his countrymen who are targeting his life.<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Mr Boniface Sehungu, who has lived in Uganda for 30 years, says he was advised by security operatives against staying in the refugee camp for his own safety, while others reportedly advised him to always change his place of abode.<\/p>\n<p>Mr Sehungu says he assumed refugee status after suspected M23 rebels in the DRC allegedly shot dead his father, who was a Major in the government army.<\/p>\n<p>Mr Sehungu, who visited press\u2019s regional bureau in Jinja City to narrate his ordeal, said he has a family of six, and therefore, cannot stay in one place for long.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI cannot concentrate and earn a decent living because everything I do is under the radar yet I have a big family to look after,\u2019\u2019 he said on Saturday.<\/p>\n<p>Mr Sehungu further alleges that one time, people, suspected to be from the DRC attacked him as he reached his residence, and left him with injuries, but managed to subdue and hand over one to Police, who later reportedly escaped from its custody.<\/p>\n<p>According to Mr Sehungu, his attackers were speaking Lingala, a Bantu language used by over eight million people as a lingua franca in Northern parts of Congo and the DRC.<\/p>\n<p>In his January 6, 2024 letter addressed to the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), Mr Gilbert Ouma, the Buikwe District Criminal Investigations Officer, confirms the security threat against Mr Sehungu by people suspected to be from the DR Congo.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe abovementioned refugee reported a case of malicious damage to his house by unknown people who were speaking Lingala,\u201d Mr Ouma\u2019s letter reads in part, adding that Police are investigating the matter.<\/p>\n<p>Mr Sehungu says he missed the renewal of his refugee status at the UNHCR office in Kampala reportedly because one of his family members was sick and his movement was limited by security operatives.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis identity card you are seeing has expired, but I have not got the opportunity to go for its renewal because of the challenges I am facing,\u2019\u2019 said.<\/p>\n<p>Asked for a comment on the matter, Ssezibwa Region Police Spokesperson Hellen Butoto corroborated the information in Mr Ouma\u2019s letter, noting: \u201cPolice wrote to the UNHCR and even the LC1 chairman of Kasanja Village is aware.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\">Uganda<\/a> Follow <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/\">Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Uganda. 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