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As the Democratic Republic of Congo becomes the East African Community’s seventh member, questions are being asked in relation to what the region as a whole and this vast country stand to benefit from its new membership.

The Ugandan government has failed to hold to account security officials, who have unlawfully detained and tortured hundreds of government critics, opposition supporters, peaceful protesters, and others, Human Rights Watch said in a report released on Tuesday.

The authorities in Uganda should urgently investigate reports that military officers tortured the exiled satirical writer and government critic Kakwenza Rukirabashaija while he was forcibly disappeared for 14 days, Human Rights Watch said on Friday.

Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni has fired his military spy chief Maj.Gen Abel Kandiho and sent him to neighboring South Sudan as envoy, reports say quoting authoritative sources in Kampala.