Four memebrs of National Unity Platform security team including Eddie Mutwe, Achilleo Kivumbi, Gaddafi Mugumya and Grace Wakabi Smart have been granted bail of Sh 5million in cash each.

However, the bail decision will not immediately lead to the release of all four. Mutwe and Kivumbi will remain in custody because they are facing separate charges before the Kawempe Magistrates Court.

The four have spent prolonged periods in detention in connection with different criminal cases. In the main case, they were charged over allegations arising from an incident during the May 2024 burial of businessman Pascal Ssekasamba in Lwengo District. The prosecution alleges that the group robbed a journalist of a mobile phone and sweater and assaulted other people during the burial. The accused have denied the allegations.

Mutwe, whose real name is Edward Ssebuufu, was abducted in Mukono District on April 27, 2025, and reportedly held incommunicado for several days. He was later produced before the Masaka Grade One Magistrates Court and charged with aggravated robbery, robbery and assault.

His detention attracted widespread attention after then Chief of Defence Forces Gen Muhoozi Kainerugaba acknowledged that Mutwe had been held in a basement. When he was eventually produced in court on May 5, 2025, he appeared to have difficulty walking and was supported by two people.

Kivumbi, Mugumya and Wakabi were separately arrested in February 2025 and later charged alongside Mutwe in the Masaka case. Their arrests came amid concerns raised by NUP over the alleged abduction and detention of several of its supporters.

In February 2025, Kyagulanyi said the three had been picked up during a security raid on NUP offices and moved through different locations before being transferred to Masaka.

The four previously applied for bail in the Masaka case, but the High Court rejected their application in August 2025. Although the court found that the applicants had met the bail requirements, it said it was not satisfied that they would not interfere with witnesses.

Mutwe and Kivumbi are also facing a separate case before the Kawempe Magistrates Court over allegations of unlawful military-style drilling at NUP offices in Makerere-Kavule.

In October 2025, the Kawempe court dismissed an application for mandatory bail, ruling that it lacked jurisdiction to entertain the application.

The latest bail decision therefore means that Mugumya and Wakabi are expected to benefit from the bail granted in the case under consideration, while Mutwe and Kivumbi remain in custody because of the separate Kawempe charges.

The four accused persons remain presumed innocent until proven guilty by a competent court.