Ugandan academic researcher, cum political activist and former contestant for the Kampala Woman Parliamentary seat Dr Stella Nyanzi fled to Nairobi, Kenya to seek refugee and now she has penned down a really emotional letter.
Stella's lawyer, Prof George Luchiri Wajackoyah, in an interview said she is seeking political asylum in Kenya.
BELOW HERE IS HER LETTER:
"Exile is neither defeat nor surrender. Having once been slapped with a travel ban by the Museveni dictatorship, it is no small victory for me to have successfully departed from Uganda with my children.
When I was a child, my father and mother fled from Dictator Iddi Amin Dada in Uganda to Kenya with my sisters and I. We were refugees in Nairobi for a couple of years, until a semblance of safety returned back to the motherland.
It is striking that I have returned with my children to Kenya. There is no shame in seeking safety and security from political persecution.
A dead woman cannot contribute to the liberation struggle. A detained woman cannot contribute to the fight for freedom. Alas, I am alive to live one more day to fight for freedom and liberty."
