KAMPALA, UGANDA: Armed security personnel from the Chieftaincy of Military Intelligence on Wednesday morning raided the offices of former presidential candidate Mr. Joseph Kabuleta at Luthuli Avenue in Bugolobi, a Kampala suburb.
Kabuleta who is also the principal of the National Economic Empowerment Dialogue (NEED) is facing allegations of spreading misleading information about the covid-19 vaccination of children.
According to NEED Spokesperson Mr Moses Matovu, the armed men dressed in plain cloth raided their offices yesterday morning and took over their communication gadgets before they carried out a search and briefly detained them searching for their leader, but didn’t find him.
“They asked us to tell them where our principal was and we told them he was out of office. But they insisted that he was around, so they searched the area. We found out later that they were tracking the mobile phone he used during the presidential elections,” said Matovu, adding; “We told them that he had left the phone in the office. They picked it and went with it.”
Kabuleta who has been vocal and preaching against the mandatory covid vaccination of children in schools has often times claimed that the vaccines have adverse effects on human beings and also cause death to some people, an allegation that both the government and international health organisations such as World Health Organisation refute.
According to NEED officials, security officers also took off with a video in which Mr Kabuleta allegedly appeared talking about the ongoing Covid-19 vaccinations of children in school, which they claimed contained a range of offenses such as sedition and offensive communication.
What the law says
Section 23 (1) of the Immunisation Act states that a person shall not make, cause to be made, or publish any misleading statement or information regarding the use or effect of any vaccine.
Section 23(2) of the Immunisation Act states: “…a person who contravenes this section commits an offence and is liable, on conviction, to a fine not exceeding 48 currency points (Shs960,000) or imprisonment not exceeding two years or both.”
Until today, police in Kampala Metropolitan was yet to issue a statement about the raid on NEED officers, and when reached on phone, the KMP Deputy Spokesperson said he had not yet been briefed about the matter.
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