Police has arrested the Mityana municipality member of parliament Francis Zaake at Entebbe airport.
Zaake was arrested as he waited to check in for his travel to India for further treatment following a referral by Lubaga hospital. The MP spent at least five hours inside the VIP departure lounge after he was blocked from boarding the plane to India.
Zaake was arrested as he waited to check in for his travel to India for further treatment following a referral by Lubaga hospital. The MP spent at least five hours inside the VIP departure lounge after he was blocked from boarding the plane to India.
At about 5:45pm, Zaake was put into an AAR Ambulance and with a lead police patrol car driven to Mulago hospital. Zaake has been hospitalised since his brutal arrest on August 13 in Arua on allegations of stoning President Yoweri Museveni's convoy. He was arrested alongside 33 others who have since been charged with treason in the Chief Magistrate's court in Gulu. Zaake and Kyadondo East MP Robert Kyagulanyi who is also hospitalised were allegedly tortured by security operatives during arrest and in detention.
"He is now in their hands. They have asked us to choose which hospital and we chose Mulago," Katongole says.
The police spokesperson Emilian Kayima confirmed Zaake's arrest in a statement issued on Thursday evening.
"He will be taken to Mulago for examination and/or further management, while under police custody as earlier intended and will be produced to court at an appropriate time," Kayima says.
Zaake has been hospitalised at Lubaga hospital since August 15, two days after he was arrested from Arua district. Two days ago, the director Criminal Investigations and Investigations Department (CIID) Grace Akullo wrote to Lubaga hospital asking them to transfer Zaake to Mulago hospital for examination but the hospital and Zaake's family refused.
Zaake's family told URN that the flight tickets had been secured for specialized treatment in India after Rubaga hospital recommended a referral abroad.
"He will be taken to Mulago for examination and/or further management, while under police custody as earlier intended and will be produced to court at an appropriate time," Kayima says.
Zaake has been hospitalised at Lubaga hospital since August 15, two days after he was arrested from Arua district. Two days ago, the director Criminal Investigations and Investigations Department (CIID) Grace Akullo wrote to Lubaga hospital asking them to transfer Zaake to Mulago hospital for examination but the hospital and Zaake's family refused.
Zaake's family told URN that the flight tickets had been secured for specialized treatment in India after Rubaga hospital recommended a referral abroad.
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