PRA suspects accuse FDC of sectarianism
Oct 15, 2007
The Peoples Redemption Army (PRA) suspects in Arua Prison have accused the Forum for Democratic Change (FDC) party of sectarianism.
By Patrick Alioni
The Peoples Redemption Army (PRA) suspects in Arua Prison have accused the Forum for Democratic Change (FDC) party of sectarianism.
Samson Agupiyo, one of the suspects on detention, claimed that the party had used their imprisonment for publicity and money-making.
Agupiyo told The New Vision that the FDC had helped their co-accused held in Bushenyi get bail by paying for them, yet it ignored those detained in Arua.
Those who were held on murder charges and bailed out from Bushenyi were Joseph Musasizi Kifefe (brother to Kizza Besigye, the party leader), Robert Tweyambe and Frank Atukunda.
Agupiyo claimed that their bail fees of sh2m each, was paid by the FDC out of its Prisoners of Consciousness Fund account, run by Rubaga North MP Beti Kamya.
“The account was meant to help our families and cater for us in prison but none of us from West Nile got a cent,†he said.
But the FDC spokesman, Wafula Ogutu, yesterday dismissed the claims as untrue.
He said the party had not availed any bail money to any of the suspects and said the account referred to had no money.
“Even the ones in western Uganda, we did not send them money. They managed to get out because of the intervention of their relatives,†he said.
Wafula said the party was broke.
“The party is poor. We are struggling to raise the money and even now we have not raised it,†he said, adding that the word sectarian is alien to the party.
The Peoples Redemption Army (PRA) suspects in Arua Prison have accused the Forum for Democratic Change (FDC) party of sectarianism.
Samson Agupiyo, one of the suspects on detention, claimed that the party had used their imprisonment for publicity and money-making.
Agupiyo told The New Vision that the FDC had helped their co-accused held in Bushenyi get bail by paying for them, yet it ignored those detained in Arua.
Those who were held on murder charges and bailed out from Bushenyi were Joseph Musasizi Kifefe (brother to Kizza Besigye, the party leader), Robert Tweyambe and Frank Atukunda.
Agupiyo claimed that their bail fees of sh2m each, was paid by the FDC out of its Prisoners of Consciousness Fund account, run by Rubaga North MP Beti Kamya.
“The account was meant to help our families and cater for us in prison but none of us from West Nile got a cent,†he said.
But the FDC spokesman, Wafula Ogutu, yesterday dismissed the claims as untrue.
He said the party had not availed any bail money to any of the suspects and said the account referred to had no money.
“Even the ones in western Uganda, we did not send them money. They managed to get out because of the intervention of their relatives,†he said.
Wafula said the party was broke.
“The party is poor. We are struggling to raise the money and even now we have not raised it,†he said, adding that the word sectarian is alien to the party.