Student tells how he was kidnapped and forced into slavery
Published: 2013 March 30 10:42:48 (5037 Views)
A 25-year-old, second year Bachelor of Tourism student at Makerere University in Uganda took a year off his studies due to a lack of school fees.
One day in January while Sande was looking for a job says he came across a smartly-dressed man near a bar.
The man only identified himself as Charles and he said he could help.
Sande and Charles agreed to meet the following day at Makerere University where Sande was asked to pack for the journey to Kenya the following Wednesday.
"I found two other young men and six girls, who were equally eager for the jobs in 'Nairobi'," he says of the journey.
Sande remembers a tall gate being opened for them in the evening on the following day and on alighting, the vehicle registration numbers were covered.
They entered a huge, storeyed, air-conditioned house, with a big sitting room that had one big table and several small ones with chairs.
In the house, Sande says, they found a tall, skimpily-dressed woman and four muscular men.
Once in the house, Charles, who had earlier been kind to them, suddenly became rude and ordered them to surrender their mobile phones and identification cards.
Another group of about 15 boys and girls was also brought in.
He was shocked when the kidnappers showed them a video clip of a young man who was suffocated using a black polythene bag because he attempted to escape.
Too scared, Sande decided to cooperate to save his life.
He says the kidnappers then showed them pornographic footage as they introduced to them what was required of them.
After several days, Sande says, their captors started bringing in older women to sleep with them.
Sadly, the captives had intercourse without being tested or using condoms.
He says one day, they organised a meeting, where he talked to a potential client in the UK on a laptop via skype and even arranged to process travel documents for him.
On March 16, they put him in the Toyota Noah to drive him back to Kampala, leaving the other captives behind.
On both journeys, Sande says they never stopped anywhere for cross-border clearance.
Sande says he made his escape when they stopped for food and he spent the night at a friend's place.
The following day (March 17), Sande went to the Central Police Station (CPS) in Kampala, where he wanted to open a case.
Sande says Police officers asked him why he had not reported the case in Mbale and he told them he was too traumatised to think about it then.
At Kibuli, the detective he talked to neither recorded his statement nor issued him with a reference.
The detective, who is under the CIID, says they treat reports with caution as many make complaints but not all of them are genuine.
Sande is worried that he could have contracted HIV and he is now looking for help to test and find out his status.
- All Africa
One day in January while Sande was looking for a job says he came across a smartly-dressed man near a bar.
The man only identified himself as Charles and he said he could help.
Sande and Charles agreed to meet the following day at Makerere University where Sande was asked to pack for the journey to Kenya the following Wednesday.
"I found two other young men and six girls, who were equally eager for the jobs in 'Nairobi'," he says of the journey.
Sande remembers a tall gate being opened for them in the evening on the following day and on alighting, the vehicle registration numbers were covered.
They entered a huge, storeyed, air-conditioned house, with a big sitting room that had one big table and several small ones with chairs.
In the house, Sande says, they found a tall, skimpily-dressed woman and four muscular men.
Once in the house, Charles, who had earlier been kind to them, suddenly became rude and ordered them to surrender their mobile phones and identification cards.
Another group of about 15 boys and girls was also brought in.
He was shocked when the kidnappers showed them a video clip of a young man who was suffocated using a black polythene bag because he attempted to escape.
Too scared, Sande decided to cooperate to save his life.
He says the kidnappers then showed them pornographic footage as they introduced to them what was required of them.
After several days, Sande says, their captors started bringing in older women to sleep with them.
Sadly, the captives had intercourse without being tested or using condoms.
He says one day, they organised a meeting, where he talked to a potential client in the UK on a laptop via skype and even arranged to process travel documents for him.
On March 16, they put him in the Toyota Noah to drive him back to Kampala, leaving the other captives behind.
On both journeys, Sande says they never stopped anywhere for cross-border clearance.
Sande says he made his escape when they stopped for food and he spent the night at a friend's place.
The following day (March 17), Sande went to the Central Police Station (CPS) in Kampala, where he wanted to open a case.
Sande says Police officers asked him why he had not reported the case in Mbale and he told them he was too traumatised to think about it then.
At Kibuli, the detective he talked to neither recorded his statement nor issued him with a reference.
The detective, who is under the CIID, says they treat reports with caution as many make complaints but not all of them are genuine.
Sande is worried that he could have contracted HIV and he is now looking for help to test and find out his status.
- All Africa
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