Alliance for National Transformation (ANT) leader, Maj Gen Mugisha Muntu has warned President Museveni and the government against allowing Afghan evacuees in Uganda, citing insecurity and human rights violation.
Muntu said Afghans will put the country’s security at risk and yet Uganda also has its own issues such as human rights violations to worry about.
“I don’t know what the people who allowed to host the Afghans based on to let them come here. They are running away from insecurity and human rights abuse in their country and yet Uganda has its own share to partake. I think should have been that until Uganda deals with their issues, they can’t be allowed to host more refugees,” Muntu told journalists at the party headquarters yesterday.
This week, 51 Afghan evacuees arrived in Uganda following the Taliban takeover in Kabul. They were received by Natalie E. Brown, the US Ambassador to Uganda
However, the arrival of the evacuees left many Ugandans criticizing government as to why they left many of their own citizens languishing in Kabul prioritizing foreigners.
Later, government responded explaining that the Ugandans in Afghanistan had challenges accessing the airport in Kabul but said they (Ugandans) will be brought back on other flights.
Muntu said ignoring Ugandans exposes government as one that lucks integrity and doesn’t have its own people at heart but looking for ways of gaining from the arrival of the Afghans.
“I have seen these reports but this shows how unfair this government is. I know that there could be ways through which they gain from but they should look at the nationals first and give them priority,” Gen Muntu said.
