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May 12, 2021 Justin Juuko
He was one of the most feared and lethal fighters during his active ring days but Justin ‘The Ugandan Destroyer’ Juuko looks cornered and running out of options in this family property fight, reports MOSES MUGALU.
For last five years, Juuko, the 1990 Commonwealth Games champion and two-time world title challenger, has been embroiled in a bitter family property wrangle, pitying him against his paternal uncles; Apollo Juuko Kasiita and Enock Kisege.
And in the latest twist, Juuko says his heavy politically-connected uncle, Kasiita, deployed armed guards to stop him from accessing their ancestral homestead in Kagologolo, Bukomansimbi. Kasiita is the resident district commissioner (RDC) of the central district of Lwengo.
Justin Juuko blames his army detention on family feud
April 29, 2021 Justin Juuko
Former boxing champion and Forum for Democratic Change (FDC) activist, Justin Juuko, has blamed his dramatic arrest and detention by the military late last year on his relatives.
Juuko was arrested by plain-clothes security operatives on December 12, 2020, in Kyazanga. He was later transferred to Kampala and detained at Makindye barracks. He was subsequently charged with treason and illegal possession of arms before a military court.
The military court, however, dropped the charges and released him on December 31. While his arrest and detention coincided with the rampant countrywide abductions of opposition politicians in the run-up to the January 14 (2021) general elections, Juuko claims he has since established that he was set up by his family members.