By KT Reporter
Tension is rising high among a section of Catholic parishioners in Masaka diocese over the suspicious disappearance of a priest who was allegedly picked up by security agencies.
Reverend Father Denis Ssekabira, the former Masaka Diocesan Youth Chaplain, currently attached to Bumangi parish in Kalangala district, has been missing for four days now, according to his relatives.
Fr Ssekabira is the Director of Universal Chastity Education Organisation, which provides counselling services and charity support to HIV affected-needy children in Masaka.
Rose Nakachwa, the Organization’s youth coordinator, claims that the priest was picked from their offices located in Katwe cell in Masaka city by unknown men dressed in UPDF uniforms who ordered him into a waiting car with concealed number plates.
She narrates that Fr Ssekabira was blindfolded and whisked away together with his Secretary, Rosette Nakintu, who was the captors later dropped by the roadside in Katwe ward.
Nakachwa claims that the priest’s captors were armed with guns and dressed in civilian clothes, but they never introduced themselves to anyone at the office.
She says they have reported the incident to the Masaka diocesan authorities, which is also yet to locate the whereabouts of the priest.
Jane Assumpta Nakaggwa, the Organisation’s Secretary, indicates that they are currently living in fear because they do not know the fate of the priest, saying that his telephone lines have since switched off.
She says that besides informing the Diocesan administration about the incident, they have also liaised with the biological family of the priest to begin the search in the various security agencies.
Andrew Kabulasoke, a sibling of the missing priest, indicates that the family is not aware of his whereabouts, but they are coordinating with the administration of the Masaka diocese to locate him from wherever he could be.
Reverend Father Francis Ssebyanzi, the head of Masaka Diocesan Information Office, has declined to comment on the matter, saying they will soon release a public statement about the matter.
Lieutenant Teddy Anena, the Spokesperson in UPDF Armoured Division Kasijjagirwa in Masaka, says she needed time to verify the claims.
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