US EditionUganda: UPDF Confirms Holding Missing Masaka Priest As Church, Opposition Raise Alarm Over Military Detention
Rev Fr Deusdedit Ssekabira was seized on Dec 3 and is held for investigation of violent subversive activities; the diocese disputes this as a kidnapping by uniformed men.
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After several days of silence, the army recognized on 14 December 2025 the detention of Father Deusdedit Ssekabira, accused of "violent subversive activities", without specifying the nature of it. Opponent Bobi Wine denounces an enforced disappearance, while religious officials demand guarantees of the procedure. At one month of the presidential election, this case illustrates the tightening of the security climate in the country.
Uganda: UPDF Confirms Holding Missing Masaka Priest As Church, Opposition Raise Alarm Over Military Detention
The Uganda Peoples' Defence Forces (UPDF) have confirmed that they are holding Rev Fr Deusdedit Ssekabira, a Catholic priest from Masaka Diocese who went missing earlier this month.
Uganda: Military Admits Detaining Missing Priest
By Enyichukwu Enemanna The Ugandan military has confirmed that it arrested and took into custody, a Catholic priest who has been missing for nearly two weeks ago, accusing him of involvement in “violent subversive activities”. The military in brief statement on Sunday said Father Deusdedit Ssekabira had been arrested and was in “lawful custody”, ready to be charged to court. The Catholic Diocese in the city of Masaka had on Saturday raised alarm…
Bishop Severus Jumba Demand Release of Abducted Masaka Priest » The Hoima Post
The Catholic community and the wider public are amplifying calls for the immediate release of Fr. Ssekabira Deus Dadit, a priest of the Diocese of Masaka who was forcibly taken by armed men earlier this month. In a late-night statement issued from Our Lady of Sorrows Cathedral in Kitovu, the Bishop of Masaka, Rt. Rev. Severus Jumba, expressed profound distress over the kidnapping, which has left the diocese “in deep pain and shock.” Bishop Jumba…
He Is In Our Custody!! UPDF Confirms Arrest of Masaka Diocese Priest Rev. Fr. Deusedit Ssekabira Over Alleged Subversive Activities
Kampala, December 14, 2025 — The Uganda Peoples’ Defence Forces (UPDF) has officially confirmed the arrest and detention of Rev. Fr. Deusedit Ssekabira, a Catholic priest attached to the Masaka Diocese, over allegations of involvement in what authorities describe as violent subversive activities directed against the state. The confirmation was made through a formal press statement released on December 14, 2025, by the Ministry of Defence and Vet…
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