The Government of the Republic of Uganda has come out through it's Ministry of Foreign Affairs has said Mityana Municipality MP also commissioned of Parliament, Francis Zaake travelled to Turkey as part of his parliamentary duties and not to stop the extradition of a Ugandan blogger, Critic and activist Fred Kajubi Lumbuye. Aka "Chemical Ali.
The MP (Zaake) earlier this week posted photos of himself at Entebbe Airport and said he was flying to Turkey to help in the release of Lumbuye.
However, in a statement released on Saturday through the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Ugandan Embassy in Ankara said Zaake as a commission of parliament is part of a team of Ugandan legislators who are in Turkey on a benchmarking trip.
The Embassy would like to clarify that Hon. Francis Zaake travelled to Turkey as part of a Delegation of Parliamentary Commissioners and other members of Parliament on Official Government business to undertake a benchmarking visit at the request of Parliament of the Republic of Uganda. The visit is being coordinated by the Ugandan Embassy in Ankara with the relevant authorities of the Republic of Turkey,” read the statement.
Zaake arrived together with other MPs on August,5 and is scheduled to meet with different managements of Atlas University Hospital, MedicalPark Hospital and Liv Hospital in Istanbul to discuss mechanisms of cooperation between these hospitals and Parliament. Reportedly from Turkey.
"Media reports alleging that the honorable Member of Parliament travelled to Turkey for any other purposes other than official Government business are misleading and should be disregarded.”
Recently through the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, news indicated that the water mouthed blogger Lumbuye was to be deported and was to arrive at Entebbe Airport at 3 am on Saturday, but was nowhere to be seen.
The government has since remained tight-lipped on Lumbuye's whereabouts.
