National Unity Platform (NUP) leader Robert Kyagulanyi aka Bobi Wine’s remanded bodyguard Edward Ssebuufu aka Eddie mutwe has told his party’s president that they injected him with a strange while in detention.
In detention for days, Eddie Mutwe was arraigned before a court in Masaka and charged with robbery before being remanded.
Bobi Wine and other officials from NUP visited Eddie Mutwe in Masaka Main Prison. They also checked on other remanded bodyguards Achileo Kivumbi, Gaddafi Mugumya, and Grace Wakabi.
After checking on his bodyguard, Bobi Wine said that Eddie Mutwe was “in great pain” after he was “brutalised in the most barbaric manner.”
First son and Chief of Defence Forces (CDF) Gen Muhoozi Kainerugaba came out to say that he had been holding Eddie Mutwe in his basement and that he was teaching him Runyankore.
“He was electrocuted. He was subjected to water boarding, while they stuffed a piece of cloth in his mouth and tied it around his neck. They squeezed his priv@te par+s and hit them with a baton,” Bobi Wine reported what Eddie Mutwe told him.
“They tied his arms with hand-cuffs and stepped on them, which ate into his skin. They put other cuffs on his legs. They flogged him four times every day for all the time he spent under incommunicado detention. The first torture session started early morning.”
Eddie Mutwe also told Bobi Wine about the food and water they gave him.
“They gave him only one meal a day – posho and beans,” he said.
“When he asked for water, he was told to drink the water which he was sitting in – which he says was very dirty and contained traces of blood.”
In the torture chamber, Eddie Mutwe further told Bobi Wine, a loud speaker was installed to drown out cries.
“There was a loud speaker in the room, which they switched on whenever torture sessions started, so that his loud cries could not be heard by anyone.”
The bodyguard also narrated to Bobi Wine how he was forced to salute President Yoweri Museveni’s portrait.
“They forced him to put on Museveni’s t-shirt for the time he was there,” Bobi Wine said after visiting Eddie Mutwe.
“They put him on gunpoint and commanded him to kneel down and swear allegiance to Museveni and his son while they recorded him. They stripped him n@Ǩed and took his pictures. They cut off his beard violently while mocking him.”
He also narrated how CDF Muhoozi himself came to the torture chamber and challenged him to a fight. Eddie Mutwe further told Bobi Wine how he was tortured with questions in a language he did not understand.
“Museveni’s son, Muhoozi Keinerugaba, came on the third day and personally participated in the torture. He challenged Eddie to fight him if he thinks he is strong. A man on handcuffs!” Bobi Wine reported.
“One of the operatives came and asked him, ‘Amagara?’ which means ‘How is life?’ in Runyakore. Not knowing the response, he responded in Luganda, saying they hadn’t given him Amagara. They mocked him, asked how he could not know Runyakore and started beating him without mercy.
“He was asked several questions in Runyakore but didn’t know how to answer. They would laugh at his ignorance of the language and beat him. He wondered where they got the joy from. One of them spat on his face, and that hurt him deeply.”
Eddie Mutwe further told Bobi Wine how “most of the beatings targeted his feet, which swelled up.”
“It was like I had elephantiasis by the time I left that place,” he narrated, telling his boss that he was only starting to heal but was “still unable to walk unaided.”
He also told Bobi Wine how “they injected him with three injections – the purpose of which he did not know.”
He also said that they made him do “press-ups and frog jumps.”
“He says he was detained in a basement of what looked like a good home and later on taken to another military facility. During interrogation, he would be blind folded and asked who we are to challenge Museveni!” Bobi Wine said.
The NUP president further noted that “since we went with his mother, wife, and his eight-month baby, he [Eddie Mutwe] reached a point and broke down and didn’t want to say more.”
“He says that he has difficulty finding sleep. Every time he closes his eyes, he sees these m0nsters approaching him.”
You can read how Masaka journalists landed Eddie Mutwe in trouble Here.
Meanwhile, Bobi Wine has written to Banyankore and Bakiga elders over Muhoozi’s actions. But Muhoozi has fired back at Bobi Wine. (See Details Here and There).
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