The Uganda Human Rights Commission (UHRC) has confirmed that novelist Kakwenza Rukirabashaija was tortured as evidenced by the healing torture marks on his body.
The Commission in a tweet on Tuesday revealed that its staff visited Kakwenza at Kitalya prison and had an extensive interaction.
According to the tweet, the team from UHRC interacted with him extensively and noted the visible scars and injuries on his body that were healing.
Lawyers of Kakwenza and his wife recently decried how the State operatives had beaten him up for the two weeks he was held incommunicado.
Kakwenza was picked up by a joint security team from his home in Kisaasi, a Kampala suburb, on December 28, last year.
He is accused of using social media and making abusive, derogatory and belittling tweets against First Son, Gen Muhoozi Kainerugaba, and President Museveni.
Kakwenza was on January 11, produced before Buganda Road Chief Magistrates’ Court and charged with two counts of offensive communication contrary to the Computer Misuse Act.
However, Kakwenza denied the charges and was remanded to Kitalya prison and will return to court tomorrow for the State to update the court on the progress of investigations.
