Uganda: Scribe Held Over Alleged Rebel Involvement

Kampala — PATRICK Otim, the journalist hitherto reported missing, is under military detention over allegations of involvement in attempts to start a new rebellion in northern Uganda.

The army spokesperson, Maj. Felix Kulayigye, said in a statement on Friday that Otim, who works with Mega FM, was arrested along with others following intelligence reports and military operations. Six other people, he said, had been arrested earlier in March, in a training camp in Murchison Falls National Park.

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