A a raid on sheikh Kamoga was done last week back, sheikh Kamoga who is the head of Jumiat Dawa Al Salafiya at Nakasero Mosque had his home raided by security operatives on accusations of illegal housing of Muslims.
The raid was carried out by the Security operatives from the Chieftaincy of Military Intelligence (CMI) and Crime Intelligence late last week raided Sheikh Kamoga’s home in Tula zone, Kawempe Division, Kampala .
This raid happened after number of complaints from the families of victims making missing person reports to the police.
Robert Kyagulanyi who is also the president of the National Unity Platform( NUP) came out and condemned this kind of lawful raid that was carried out on Sheikh Kamoga’s home. He went on to share a video on his Twitter followed with a couple of statements.
“And the violent persecution of our Muslim brothers and sisters under the Museveni regime continues!
This is how security operatives raided the home of Amir Ummah Sheikh Yunus Kamoga. They brutalised his people and stole some items like they always do.
As usual, the criminal regime is yet again claiming that the young men were being trained in ‘extremism’ even when Sheikh Kamoga insists they were undergoing rehabilitation and Qur’an training.
If they are accused of committing any offence, why not arrest them and present them before court, instead of beating them up and subjecting them to all manner of torture? I send heartfelt sympathies to Sheikh Kamoga and the entire Muslim fraternity, and assure them of our solidarity in ensuring that one day, they will live in this country as full citizens, without any fear”. He noted on his Twitter.
Addressing journalists on Monday, joint security spokesperson, Fred Enanga explained that the raid followed alarm raised by certain members of the public over “unlawful confinement” of some people at the home.
“During our investigation, we managed to end up in the home of Sheikh Yunus Kamoga in Kawempe. We continue to investigate the alleged unlawful confinement of youths and adults who were 32 in number found at Sheikh Kamoga’s home where they were secretly teaching them the Islamic sharia law,” Enanga said.
He informed the public that the police was alarmed by a mother of one Barrak Mukiibi a student of St Lawarence London collage who wanted her mother to come pick her from what they claimed was a detention.
According to the police spokesperson, Mukiibi asked his mother to withdraw him from the training at Kawempe back to school which raised suspicion of the mother who in return reported the matter to police.
After a couple of investigations Fred Enanga said they found Sheikh Kamoga’s home where several people were found confined unlawfully.
And right now sheikh Kamoga is being accused of confining 40 people aged between 14 and 28 at his home in Kawempe Division.