Kawempe Chief Magistrate’s Court has today charged and remanded, the coordinator and principal of the National Unity Platform (NUP) School of Leadership, Doreen Kaija.
Kaija (27) has been presented to court, two days after she was reportedly abducted by armed security operatives in uniform and civilian clothes from her home.
She was picked up by security operatives in military uniform and civilian wear on Sunday in Kinawataka, Mbuya, and detained in an unknown location.
She has been today charged with multiple charges, including unlawful drilling, conspiracy to commit a felony, and offences related to operating a private school that, from 2020 to date, has not been classified or registered in accordance with the law.
“We don’t face the law, we are facing the gun,” Kaija told journalists through the bars of the court holding cells after she was remanded to prison until September 29, 2025.
She joins a growing list of opposition supporters who have been picked by security operatives under questionable circumstances and remanded to Luzira prison as the state intensifies crackdown on the opposition figures mainly of NUP ahead of the 2026 General Election.