ERIC SAKWA: MP Balyeku Was Behind My Arrest

Jinja Resident District Commissioner (RDC) Eric Sakwa has come out to accuse Jinja West Member of Parliament Moses Balyeku of planning his arrest.

Sakwa says he is sure Balyeku orchestrated the whole thing, “He denies, but he is the one who does all that.”

The RDC was banned by court from addressing the media on matters concerning his arrest but he broke the rules.

He was released on bail following days in prison. He is facing charges of manslaughter, and torture.

When he was arrested, some people in Jinja hit the streets to protest his arrest.

Responding to the claims, Balyeku said he has no time to plan Sakwa’s arrest because he is the one who brought him to Jinja.

“I have no problem with [Eric] Sakwa that necessitates me to go to that level of arresting him. I am not a police officer, a minister in government or army officer but an ordinary backbencher in Parliament. I don’t have those powers to make court sit at 4pm,”

“The same people who are praising him are the ones who chased him away from Jinja, humiliated him and took him to Kumi District,” he said.

Johnson Ategeka