According to Lulume Bayiga, the Executive Chairperson of the People’s Front for Freedom (PFF) party, since November 2020, and continuing throughout the 2026 electoral cycle, the JDP has recorded an ongoing pattern of state-linked abductions where some security agents in plain clothes or military attire, driving unmarked minibuses, have seized opposition supporters, campaign organizers, polling agents, and civic activists from streets and homes.
Dr. Flavia Matovu, the director of research at Makerere University, has emphasized the need for immediate action to make Lenacapavir available to those in need, citing the alarming rate of HIV infections among young women.