Missing ISO operative’s family faces eviction from house over rent arrears
The family of Jack Erasmaus Nsangiranabo, who is allegedly under ISO detention. PHOTO BY ANGEL LUBOWA
What you need to know:
Nsangiranabo was allegedly arrested on March 7 and detained at an ISO-run safe house in Kalangala District and family members were not informed of the crimes that led to his arrest.
His wife told this reporter that she is struggling with taking care of the six children and most of them have dropped out from school.
Some residents of Busingiri Zone, Nyanama in Makindye/Sabagabo Municipality have joined Ms Hope Kampaire, the wife to Jack Erasmaus Nsangiranabo, an Internal Security Organisation (ISO) operative, who went missing in March this year to plead for his release before the land lord evicts his family over unpaid rent arrears.
This follows fresh threats from the land lord, Mr David Sabiti that he wants Nsangirabo’s family to pay all dues from December 2018 up to date or quit the house.
“We are worried that our neighbour may be evicted from the house since arrears have risen to over Shs5,000,000 yet her husband was allegedly abducted by ISO operatives for unknown reasons,” Ms Nisha Mbabazi, one of the neighbours and friends who had paid the family a visit on Wednesday, said.
The area LC1 chairperson Mr Michael Mukuye said the land lord has been petitioning his office since April this year to have Nsangirabo’s family evicted.
Nsangirabo’s family is worried about his continued detention despite several efforts to have him released or arraigned in court. The family has gone to the extent of suing ISO boss, Col Frank Kaka Bagyenda over the same.
In a miscellaneous application 671 of 2019 filed on October 2, in Kampala High Court, the family through their lawyers of M/S Masereka & Co. Advocates seeks a declaration that Mr Bagyenda is in contempt of court for refusing, ignoring and failing to implement an earlier High Court order directing him to release Nsangiranabo from illegal detention.
On July 31, High Court judge Musa Ssekaana issued orders directing the Attorney General and Col Bagyenda to immediately release Nsangiranabo after they failed to comply with a habeas corpus order issued by the same court on July 25.
Nsangiranabo was allegedly arrested on March 7 and detained at an ISO-run safe house in Kalangala District and family members were not informed of the crimes that led to his arrest.
His wife told this reporter that she is struggling with taking care of the six children and most of them have dropped out from school.
