• Latest
Govt Denies UPDF’s Involvement in Brutality Against Fishing Communities

Govt Denies UPDF’s Involvement in Brutality Against Fishing Communities

September 25, 2018
William Ruto’s Victory Speech in Full

William Ruto’s Victory Speech in Full

August 16, 2022
Museveni Assures Ruto of Uganda’s Continued Partnership with Kenya on Regional & Continental Agenda

Museveni Assures Ruto of Uganda’s Continued Partnership with Kenya on Regional & Continental Agenda

August 16, 2022
Museveni Congratulates Ruto Upon Election as Kenya’s 5th President

Museveni Congratulates Ruto Upon Election as Kenya’s 5th President

August 16, 2022
From Newsroom to Parliament: Ex-Al Jazeera Journalist Adow Clinches MP Seat

From Newsroom to Parliament: Ex-Al Jazeera Journalist Adow Clinches MP Seat

August 16, 2022
Missing Embakasi IEBC Official Found Dead in Kajiado, Police Say

Missing Embakasi IEBC Official Found Dead in Kajiado, Police Say

August 16, 2022
Raila beats Ruto in Eleven of 12 Diaspora Polling Stations

Kenya: IEBC to Announce Presidential Results today

August 15, 2022
Wajackoyah Confident of Becoming Kenya’s Next President

Wajackoyah Confident of Becoming Kenya’s Next President

August 15, 2022
India Day: I&M Bank Joins Drive to Support 100 Heart Surgeries for Children under 18 Years

India Day: I&M Bank Joins Drive to Support 100 Heart Surgeries for Children under 18 Years

August 14, 2022
UNRA Moves to Push Encroachers out of Road Reserves

UNRA Moves to Push Encroachers out of Road Reserves

August 14, 2022
NRM camps in Busongora South ahead of By-election

NRM camps in Busongora South ahead of By-election

August 14, 2022
Access to Tallying Centre Limited as Kenya’s Electoral Body Inches Closer to Final Presidential Results

Access to Tallying Centre Limited as Kenya’s Electoral Body Inches Closer to Final Presidential Results

August 13, 2022
MP Charged with Theft Agrees to Pay Phone Owner Shs30m

MP Charged with Theft Agrees to Pay Phone Owner Shs30m

August 13, 2022
SoftPower News
Tuesday, August 16, 2022
  • News
  • Tourism & Travel
  • Business
  • Lifestyle
    • Fashion
  • Regional
    • Kenya
    • Rwanda
    • Tanzania
    • Burundi
    • South Sudan
    • DR Congo
  • Defence & Security
  • Sport
  • Entertainment
  • More
    • Agriculture
    • Africa
    • Columnists
    • Education
    • Health
      • COVID-19
    • International News
    • News in Pictures
    • OpEd
    • Pearl Of Africa
    • People
    • Politics
    • Special Reports
    • Women
No Result
View All Result
  • News
  • Tourism & Travel
  • Business
  • Lifestyle
    • Fashion
  • Regional
    • Kenya
    • Rwanda
    • Tanzania
    • Burundi
    • South Sudan
    • DR Congo
  • Defence & Security
  • Sport
  • Entertainment
  • More
    • Agriculture
    • Africa
    • Columnists
    • Education
    • Health
      • COVID-19
    • International News
    • News in Pictures
    • OpEd
    • Pearl Of Africa
    • People
    • Politics
    • Special Reports
    • Women
No Result
View All Result
SoftPower News
No Result
View All Result

Govt Denies UPDF’s Involvement in Brutality Against Fishing Communities

by Nixon Segawa
September 25, 2018
Govt Denies UPDF’s Involvement in Brutality Against Fishing Communities

State Minister for Vetaran Affairs, Bright Rwamirama.

  • Facebook
  • Tweet
  • WhatsApp
  • Telegram
  • Email

Government has dismissed reports that the Uganda Peoples Defence Forces (UPDF) has tortured and brutally assulted members of the Fishing Communities around the country in their operation to fight illegal fishing.

The matter of mistreatment of civilians by UPDF has been on the floor of the House several times and led to the adjournment of the plenary sitting last week after government through the Prime Minister failed to present a statement of the matter.

The Member of Parliament for Bukoli islands, Abott Ouma told Parliament last week that UPDF has mistreated and tortured civilians leading to the death of fisher men Othieno George ond Omondi Fredrick.

The State Minister for Vetaran Affairs, Bright Rwamirama in response today noted that one fishermen who was identified as Othieno George jumped into water to hide from the enforcers who were on patrol but never which resulted into his death.

“It is not true that UPDF led to the death of Othieno George ond Omondi Fredrick. The truth is that these incidences happened at different times,” Rwamirama said.

He clarified, “Around February 2017 at the beginning of enforcement operations, one fisherman who was identified as Othieno George jumped into water to hide away from the enforcers who were on patrol in the wee hours of the morning”.

At this point, the Marine enforcers embarked on the process of rescuing him, the Minister said.

He said that despite the fact that the soldiers got him from the waters alive and gave him first aid, he collapsed before he could reach at the health center.

After the Minister’s statement, the MPS of affected areas with fishing grounds who include the district MP for Buvuma Nantume Egunyu, MP Paul Mwiru (Jinja East), Abott Ouma (Bukolo Islands) and Idah Nabayiga (Kalangala) rejected the Minister’s statement and called for further investigations of UPDF harassment of the fishing community .

The MP for Jinja municipality, Paul Mwiru and Busiro East MP, Merdad Seggona asked for appointment of the Fisheries Minister to stop the UPDF excesses which are in violation of the law.

This prompted the Deputy Speaker, Jacob Oulanyah to order the Parliament Committee on Agriculture, Fisheries and Animal Industry to investigate the alleged torture and killing of fishermen by some officers of the UPDF charged with operations against illegal fishing.

The Fisheries Protection Unit under the UPDF was created in February 2017 by President Yoweri Museveni to reduce cases of illegal fishing which was threatening the volume of fish in Lake Victoria.

According to the policy brief of February 2018 from NaFIRRI the fish biomass increased to 457,248 in 2017 from 393,353 in 2016. Part of this spike in the volumes was attributed to efforts by the UPDF intervention.

Post Views: 993
  • Facebook
  • Tweet
  • WhatsApp
  • Telegram
  • Email
Tags: Bright Rwamiramafisheries unitfishing communitiesmistreatmentNewsParliamentSoft Power NewsUgandaUPDF
Leave Comment

Recent Stories

William Ruto’s Victory Speech in Full

Museveni Assures Ruto of Uganda’s Continued Partnership with Kenya on Regional & Continental Agenda

Museveni Congratulates Ruto Upon Election as Kenya’s 5th President

From Newsroom to Parliament: Ex-Al Jazeera Journalist Adow Clinches MP Seat

Missing Embakasi IEBC Official Found Dead in Kajiado, Police Say

Kenya: IEBC to Announce Presidential Results today

SoftPower News

SoftPower News is a subsidiary of SoftPower Communications LLC, a Ugandan digital media group. Keep posted of the latest from Uganda and East Africa.
Plot 4B Malcolm X, Kololo
P.O Box 1497, Kampala - Uganda
Tel: +256-392-001-701
Email: info@softpower.ug

This news site is licenced by Uganda Communications Commission (UCC)

ADVERTISEMENT
  • News
  • Tourism & Travel
  • Business
  • Lifestyle
  • Regional
  • Defence & Security
  • Sport
  • Entertainment
  • More

© SoftPower News

No Result
View All Result
  • News
  • Tourism & Travel
  • Business
  • Lifestyle
    • Fashion
  • Regional
    • Kenya
    • Rwanda
    • Tanzania
    • Burundi
    • South Sudan
    • DR Congo
  • Defence & Security
  • Sport
  • Entertainment
  • More
    • Agriculture
    • Africa
    • Columnists
    • Education
    • Health
      • COVID-19
    • International News
    • News in Pictures
    • OpEd
    • Pearl Of Africa
    • People
    • Politics
    • Special Reports
    • Women

© SoftPower News

error: Content is protected

Send this to a friend