{"id":66606,"date":"2024-02-09T19:26:16","date_gmt":"2024-02-09T19:26:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/?p=66606"},"modified":"2024-02-09T16:46:33","modified_gmt":"2024-02-09T16:46:33","slug":"relatives-of-detained-missing-nup-supporters-laud-party-leaders-for-support","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/relatives-of-detained-missing-nup-supporters-laud-party-leaders-for-support","title":{"rendered":"Relatives of detained, missing NUP supporters laud party leaders for support"},"content":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – Uganda. <\/strong><\/span>The relatives of missing and detained National Unity Platform (NUP) party supporters who received scholastic materials at the party headquarters on February 8 have commended the party leaders for the unconditional support towards the education of the victims\u2019 children.<\/b><\/p>\n

Among others, the families of the victims received books, pens, reams of papers, toilet papers, buckets and sanitary towels for girls. The families which turned up for the support include those of the alleged missing persons like John Bosco Kibalama, Shafic Wangolo, John Ddamulira, Moses Mbabazi, Michael Ssemuddu and Martin Lukwago.<\/p>\n

Ms Khadijah Bazibu, mother to missing Shafic Wangolo reiterated that with the party\u2019s support, she has managed to school the five grandchildren who were left helpless after the arrest of their father.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe continue to demand for our people but we thank Mr [Robert] Kyagulanyi and the entire NUP leadership for standing with us during this trying time. We have always received the necessary support whenever we reach out to the party leaders,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

Ms Monica Nabukeera, Kibalama\u2019s wife, expressed her gratitude for the party\u2019s education support extended to their four children.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are hopeful that one day justice will be served and our children will reunite with their fathers. My appreciation goes to NUP for always reaching out to us with physical and psychological support,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

NUP secretary general, Mr David Lewis Rubongoya noted that the parading of the victims\u2019 relatives is proof that the issue of missing persons is not a political matter as branded by some government authorities.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are not doing this for sympathy, but to re-affirm that there are people who are still missing or detained who need justice,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe want these children to have a bright future so that they can disapprove the regime which thought that their future would be shuttered by its illegalities,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n

Mr Rubongoya revealed that the party is currently supporting 189 children of the missing, detained, tortured (incapacitated) and dead supporters.<\/p>\n

He emphasised that due to financial constraints and increasing needs from the affected families, the party is looking for partners to sustain support to the families.<\/p>\n

School fees crisis<\/b><\/p>\n

The Leader of Opposition (LoP) in Parliament, Mr Joel Ssenyonyi used the ceremony to ask government for immediate interventions on the untenable school fees and other requirements which he said to be forcing learners out of school.<\/p>\n

\u201cAs children are going back to school, the cost of education including in some government schools is worrying. Schools are charging Shs3-4m as school fees, not including other requirements. Officials in charge are simply sleeping on the job because they are also players in the education sector, this is unacceptable,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

For More News And Analysis About Uganda<\/a> Follow Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – Uganda. The relatives of missing and detained National Unity Platform (NUP) party supporters who received scholastic materials at the party headquarters on February 8 have commended the party leaders for the unconditional support towards the education of the victims\u2019 children. Among others, the families of the victims received books, pens, reams of papers, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":66605,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,7,10,258],"tags":[233,240,234],"class_list":["post-66606","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-head-lines","category-parties","category-to-homepage","tag-africa-press","tag-africa-press-uganda","tag-uganda"],"yoast_head":"\nRelatives of detained, missing NUP supporters laud party leaders for support - Uganda<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The relatives of missing and detained National Unity Platform (NUP) party supporters who received scholastic material ...\" \/>\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\/relatives-of-detained-missing-nup-supporters-laud-party-leaders-for-support\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Relatives of detained, missing NUP supporters laud party leaders for support\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The relatives of missing and detained National Unity Platform (NUP) party supporters who received scholastic material ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/relatives-of-detained-missing-nup-supporters-laud-party-leaders-for-support\" \/>\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=\"2024-02-09T19:26:16+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/uganda\/sites\/34\/2024\/02\/sm_1707484222.576446.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1500\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"900\" \/>\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\/relatives-of-detained-missing-nup-supporters-laud-party-leaders-for-support#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/relatives-of-detained-missing-nup-supporters-laud-party-leaders-for-support\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"Relatives of detained, missing NUP supporters laud party leaders for support\",\"datePublished\":\"2024-02-09T19:26:16+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/relatives-of-detained-missing-nup-supporters-laud-party-leaders-for-support\"},\"wordCount\":471,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/relatives-of-detained-missing-nup-supporters-laud-party-leaders-for-support#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/uganda\/sites\/34\/2024\/02\/sm_1707484222.576446.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Africa Press\",\"Africa Press-Uganda\",\"uganda\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"head lines\",\"parties\",\"to-homepage\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/relatives-of-detained-missing-nup-supporters-laud-party-leaders-for-support#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/relatives-of-detained-missing-nup-supporters-laud-party-leaders-for-support\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/relatives-of-detained-missing-nup-supporters-laud-party-leaders-for-support\",\"name\":\"Relatives of detained, missing NUP supporters laud party leaders for support - Uganda\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/relatives-of-detained-missing-nup-supporters-laud-party-leaders-for-support#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/relatives-of-detained-missing-nup-supporters-laud-party-leaders-for-support#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/uganda\/sites\/34\/2024\/02\/sm_1707484222.576446.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2024-02-09T19:26:16+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"description\":\"The relatives of missing and detained National Unity Platform (NUP) party supporters who received scholastic material ...\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/relatives-of-detained-missing-nup-supporters-laud-party-leaders-for-support#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/relatives-of-detained-missing-nup-supporters-laud-party-leaders-for-support\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/relatives-of-detained-missing-nup-supporters-laud-party-leaders-for-support#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/uganda\/sites\/34\/2024\/02\/sm_1707484222.576446.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/uganda\/sites\/34\/2024\/02\/sm_1707484222.576446.jpg\",\"width\":1500,\"height\":900,\"caption\":\"Relatives of detained, missing NUP supporters laud party leaders for support\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/relatives-of-detained-missing-nup-supporters-laud-party-leaders-for-support#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Relatives of detained, missing NUP supporters laud party leaders for support\"}]},{\"@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":"Relatives of detained, missing NUP supporters laud party leaders for support - Uganda","description":"The relatives of missing and detained National Unity Platform (NUP) party supporters who received scholastic material ...","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\/relatives-of-detained-missing-nup-supporters-laud-party-leaders-for-support","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Relatives of detained, missing NUP supporters laud party leaders for support","og_description":"The relatives of missing and detained National Unity Platform (NUP) party supporters who received scholastic material ...","og_url":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/relatives-of-detained-missing-nup-supporters-laud-party-leaders-for-support","og_site_name":"Uganda","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AfricaPressTunisiaa","article_published_time":"2024-02-09T19:26:16+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1500,"height":900,"url":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/uganda\/sites\/34\/2024\/02\/sm_1707484222.576446.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\/relatives-of-detained-missing-nup-supporters-laud-party-leaders-for-support#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/relatives-of-detained-missing-nup-supporters-laud-party-leaders-for-support"},"author":{"name":"cfeditoren","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb"},"headline":"Relatives of detained, missing NUP supporters laud party leaders for support","datePublished":"2024-02-09T19:26:16+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/relatives-of-detained-missing-nup-supporters-laud-party-leaders-for-support"},"wordCount":471,"commentCount":0,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/relatives-of-detained-missing-nup-supporters-laud-party-leaders-for-support#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/uganda\/sites\/34\/2024\/02\/sm_1707484222.576446.jpg","keywords":["Africa Press","Africa Press-Uganda","uganda"],"articleSection":["all news","head lines","parties","to-homepage"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/relatives-of-detained-missing-nup-supporters-laud-party-leaders-for-support#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/relatives-of-detained-missing-nup-supporters-laud-party-leaders-for-support","url":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/relatives-of-detained-missing-nup-supporters-laud-party-leaders-for-support","name":"Relatives of detained, missing NUP supporters laud party leaders for support - Uganda","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/relatives-of-detained-missing-nup-supporters-laud-party-leaders-for-support#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/relatives-of-detained-missing-nup-supporters-laud-party-leaders-for-support#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/uganda\/sites\/34\/2024\/02\/sm_1707484222.576446.jpg","datePublished":"2024-02-09T19:26:16+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb"},"description":"The relatives of missing and detained National Unity Platform (NUP) party supporters who received scholastic material ...","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/relatives-of-detained-missing-nup-supporters-laud-party-leaders-for-support#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/relatives-of-detained-missing-nup-supporters-laud-party-leaders-for-support"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/relatives-of-detained-missing-nup-supporters-laud-party-leaders-for-support#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/uganda\/sites\/34\/2024\/02\/sm_1707484222.576446.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/uganda\/sites\/34\/2024\/02\/sm_1707484222.576446.jpg","width":1500,"height":900,"caption":"Relatives of detained, missing NUP supporters laud party leaders for support"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/relatives-of-detained-missing-nup-supporters-laud-party-leaders-for-support#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Relatives of detained, missing NUP supporters laud party leaders for support"}]},{"@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\/66606","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=66606"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/66606\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/66605"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=66606"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=66606"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=66606"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}