Security operatives believed to be from the State Security Service (SSS) arrested Edna Ulaeto, a journalist with news outlet OrderPaper in a raid on her home on Friday.
According to a statement from OrderPaper management, a group of armed men who identified themselves as officers of the SSS from the Office of the National Security Adviser stormed Ms Ulaeto’s residence early Friday morning.
The statement said the SSS operatives reportedly manhandled her while she was still in her nightwear and took her to an undisclosed location.
“The young lady, still in her casual nightwear, was violently manhandled and whisked away to an unknown destination, leaving her family and neighbours in shock and fear,” the statement read.
OrderPaper also disclosed that her phone number had been tracked without authorisation.
The arrest is believed to be linked to a recent OrderPaper’s article that mistakenly reported an alleged SSS operation at the National Assembly, supposedly aimed…