chapa karuhanga detained in tanzania, visited by way of lawyer

mr chapa karuhanga, a founding member of one of uganda’s competition birthday party the forum for democratic exchange  , has been detained in an immigration facility in dar es salam, tanzania, for the second one day over uncertain instances, however he has been visited through a lawyer.
mr nicholas kamukama, the brother to mr karuhanga, stated although they were not able to reach him, they had been informed that he is detained and the attorney is working to steady his freedom and rights.
“a attorney has visited him and talked to him. we nonetheless don’t recognise approximately the case he is being held on,” mr kamukama said thursday.
mr karuhanga become intercepted by way of tanzanian immigration officials as he turned into about to fly out to nairobi, kenya on tuesday night time.

the kingdom minister in fee of regional cooperation, mr john mulimba said on thursday informed this book that the uganda high commission informed him that tanzanian government showed protecting mr karuhanga.
“our high commission in tanzania said they have been now not informed why they’re holding him. i have additionally now not been able to establish whether or not he turned into arrested at the request of uganda or not,” mr mulimba stated.
efforts to establish whether or not uganda police pressure logged an enchantment in opposition to mr karuhanga have been futile. the police spokesman fred enanga hasn’t replied to our messages approximately the problem considering that wednesday.

mr karuhanga is the managing director of serefaco experts restricted which conducts feasibility research in electricity, specially petroleum extraction, and surroundings management. the company established its presence in tanzania in january 2022 and has been lively in the oil extraction studies.
mr kamukama couldn’t rule out that the arrest of his brother may be associated with the east african crude oil pipeline  debate that is happening within the european union parliament, tanzania and uganda.

closing week, the ecu parliament requested uganda and tanzania to delay the building of the pipeline to permit in addition studies at the dangers it can pose to the surroundings and humans.
uganda and tanzania are opposed to the ecu union parliament resolution and each countries insisted that they could preserve with the undertaking as scheduled.