This archive report was first published on 4 September 2019.
On September 2, 2019, a horrific incident shook the streets of Kampala when a 21-year-old man, Baker Kasumba, was attacked by two suspects over his political affiliations.
According to eyewitnesses, Kasumba was walking home from work when the attackers, who have not been identified, ambushed him.
The suspects then drove two six-inch nails into Kasumba's hands, allegedly as a punishment for wearing a yellow beret, a symbol commonly associated with the ruling National Resistance Movement (NRM) party.
However, Kasumba claims that the attackers joined his hands together, placed his yellow beret in between, and then used a hammer to drive the nails through his hands.
Fortunately, two women who witnessed the incident raised an alarm, compelling the suspects to flee the scene, which was just 30 meters away from a police post.
Kasumba is currently receiving treatment at Mulago National Referral Hospital in Kampala.
