Political activist Frank Gashumba and his colleagues where left speechless after the Parliament of Uganda rejected their claims that the Ugandan-Rwandese faced violations of their rights as Ugandan citizens.
The group, under the umbrella body of the Council of the Abavandimwe, had petitioned the House in April this year, accusing the Ministry of Internal Affairs of denying them national IDs and passports.
Headed by Frank Gashumba, the petitioners informed the House that the ministry had lately become more hostile to them and even confiscated passports previously held by some of the members. On Friday, the committee presented its report, dismissing most of the concerns raised by the Abavandimwe.
The MPs noted that Ugandan-born Rwandans cannot claim citizenship by birth unless they can trace their Ugandan ancestry as per constitutional provisions.
*story by Promota Enoch Ug, at Ugahits*