Uganda, April 8 -- Relatives of some of the missing supporters of the opposition National Unity Platform (NUP) provided hearsay testimony to the police investigations team as most of them were not eyewitnesses to the alleged enforced disappearances, court has been told.

In a sworn affidavit submitted to court Monday, Ms Rashida Naluzze, a senior police personnel contends that the order sought to require the government to account for the 18 missing Ugandans was devoid of merit because they are not in their custody.

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According to Ms Naluzze, the next of kin of 11 Ugandans (out of 18) said to be missing described to investigators stories of the arrests as told by unidentif...