By Our Reporter
NATIONAL
The abducted NUP Election Management Committee Chairperson, Harriet Chemutai has been released after being abducted and held overnight.
This was revealed by NUP Secretary General, David Lewis Rubongoya, today 5th February, 2026 having earlier reported Chemutai’s abduction on Wednesday.
Rubongoya says Chemutai was suspected of hiding, NUP President, Robert Kyagulanyi in her Kapchorwa or Mbale homes.
“So after getting her in Kapchorwa, they grabbed her phones, drove her to her home in Mbale, checked everywhere and went through her phones. She says they were over 50 armed men. They asked her where he’s hiding and eventually dumped her in Mbale, with threats that she will face dire consequences if she is lying to them,” says Rubongoya.
According to a statement shared earlier on social media by NUP Secretary General David Lewis Rubongoya, Chemutai was forcibly taken from her residence at around 11pm by heavily armed men.
The assailants allegedly ordered her to accompany them, prompting resistance from people at the scene.
“Ordinary people tried to put up resistance but gunshots were fired to subdue them,” the statement reads.
NUP claims Chemtai was then driven away in the direction of Mbale to an unknown location.
