Mityana Municipality Member of Parliament, Hon. Francis Zaake is scheduled to fly to Turkey in a rescue mission of vlogger, Fred Lumbuye.
The legislator is set to meet with Turkish embassy officials to discuss Fred Lumbuye’s alleged arrest and how he can be released.
Zaake, who is an outspoken supporter of Kyagulanyi Ssentamu alias Bobi Wine and National Unity Platform will be accompanied by other NUP officials to secure Lumbuye’s release.
This is after the blogger, who is particularly critical about Museveni’s government was arrested while at his home in Turkey and whisked away by in identified armed men.
It is suspected that he was behind Museveni’s death rumours, which forced the President to order a manhunt for those behind such falsities.
How Lumbuye was arrested
Sources say, ever since president Yoweri Museveni ordered for the arrest of bloggers who had made it a job to pronounce him dead on social media last month, Ugandan Embassy in Turkey sent its highly trained men to start trailing Fred Lumbuye.
According to Criminal Investigations spokesperson, Charles Twine, Museveni’s death reports were started by mostly bloggers in diaspora and Lumbuye topped that list.
Lumbuye is known for making reckless statements about Museveni, the first family, Buganda Kingdom, Katikiro Peter Mayiga and his government, predicting death of high profile figures in Uganda.
And yesterday they managed have him cornered and arrested in his apartment in Istanbul. Apparently, he tried to run and avoid the coolers but his plan miserably flopped. Sources further tip us that he will be handed over to Ugandan authorities and extradited. However Ugandan Embassy or Police are yet to issue any statement regarding the on going rumors.
It is further alleged that by the time of his arrest, Lumbuye was playing bedminton with his stunning girlfriend. Apparently he couldn’t hear the security operatives’ footsteps as he was busy performing his midnight duties while listening to Bobi Wine’s ‘Tuliyambala Engule’ song
There are claims that the government of Uganda is planning to charge him in courts of law.
Lumbuye once said that Museveni has no capacity of arresting him. He said government has been looking for him for four years but the Turkish embassy has been rejecting their requests.
