Former UHRC Secretary Ejang Seeks to Face Parliament Alone, Cites ‘Humiliation and Psychological Torture’

What the report says

Former Uganda Human Rights Commission (UHRC) Secretary and Accounting Officer Margaret Lucy Ejang has asked Parliament to let her appear before a committee without UHRC officials present, saying her final months at the commission left her deeply distressed. The request was made in a letter dated August 19, 2026, to the chair of the Committee on Statutory and Constitutional Commissions, Muwada Nkunyingi, as the committee examines audit issues raised in the Auditor General’s report for the year ended June 2025.

According to Nile Post, Ejang said she learned through social media that she had been directed to appear in person and later received formal notice from the Clerk on August 18. She said she had no objection to answering the committee’s questions, but wanted to do so alone because of what she described as humiliation, abuse, insults, and psychological and emotional torture during her time at UHRC. She also said she remained traumatised, felt threatened, and was uncomfortable associating with the commission’s current staff.

Ejang said the most difficult period ran from the second half of the 2024/2025 financial year until April 9, 2026, when she handed over office. She also referred to the recall or termination of her contract on March 9, 2026. The committee, which is reviewing audit queries from constitutional bodies, has summoned accounting officers to explain the findings. Whether it will grant her request to appear separately remains unclear.