By. Adiga Julius
The govt of Uganda has dropped charges and set free nine jailed Rwandans and are to be repatriated back to Rwanda today.
Speaking at
the press conference where the two govt announced the release of the nine
prisoners, Uganda’s foreign affairs minister Sam Kahamba Kutesa revealed that this is done to clear the growing
tension between the two nations and now cement the bilateral relationships
between the two countries.
However, the
Rwandan ambassador to Uganda, Maj.Gen Frank
Mugambagye refers this gesture to a new state of freedom and appreciates
the step taken by Ugandan govt.
He further
urges Uganda to end arbitrary arrests of innocent Rwandan citizens but calls
for the release of all Rwandan citizens still in jail.
But the
released prisoners among them is, Mr. Mugabo Nelson, Rtd. Sgt. Rene
Rutagungira,, Claude Yakalemwe, Emanuel Rwamucho, Augustine Rutayisire, Etienne
Nsanzabahahizi, Munyagabe Adrien and Urayeneza Gilbert state that more Rwandans
are still in Ugandan prisons.
The nine
have been behind bars for over two years now on accounts of pausation of illegal
fire arms, entering Uganda illegally among other charges.
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