Mukulu's family members allege harassment

Following the arrest of Ugandan rebel leader, Jamil Mukulu over treason and murder, his family members say, they live in fear of harassment.

After remarkably evading capture for more than a decade, Mukulu was arrested in 2015 Tanzania.

Mukulu was alleged to be the head of a Muslim rebel group, Allied Democratic Forces (ADF), believed to have been operating between eastern Democratic Republic of Congo and Uganda since the 1990s.

The government accused the ADF of being responsible for the killings of Muslim clerics in 2014, when four clerics went missing in Kampala after being kidnapped by unidentified men.

Since his capture in 2015, Mukulu along with his co-accused Mohamed Matovu and Omar Abdallah had been detained at Nalufenya Special Operations Command Centre in Jinja where they claimed to be subjected to torture.

Mukulu's family has lodged a lodged a complaint at the Police under claims that their movements are being monitored by unknown people and they live in fear of kidnap. The police spokesperson refused to divulge information as it would jeopardise investigations

Through their lawyers from Kasirivu and Company advocates, they have lodged a complaint to ensure the family lives in peace.
  
It is believed that a one, Lydia Peace Nakato, 27, has gone into hiding in fear of arrest. The family however refused to reveal her whereabouts.

Mukulu is a former Christian who converted to Islam in the early 90s to topple government with his group linked to many prominent deaths.
 
"We are being watched. There is an unusual presence of vehicles with blacked out windows. We are not safe and yet we are innocent," they said.
 
One family member says it isn't the first time that the family is hounded.