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KAMPALA (Mareeg) – Somalia’s state Minister for Defence Sheik yusuf Mohamed Siad known as Indho Ade was arrested in Kampala, the capital of Uganda, relatives and officials said on Wednesday.
His close relatives said earlier the Minister was kidnapped in Kampala by unknown groups, but Ugandan army spokesman Lt Col Felix Kulayigye said Ugandan security forces detained him.
"It is true. He is in our hands. He came here for unclear reasons and we picked an interest in him. You can't come here as a high profile person without notice," Lieutenant Colonel Felix Kulayigye told Reuters. He declined to give more details.
Somalia's ambassador to Kampala, Siid Ahmed, confirmed Inda'ade was in Ugandan custody and told Reuters the Somali government was seeking more details about what had happened.
"We want to know what happened, but it seems to have something to do with legal papers," Ahmed said by telephone.
The Ugandan military has about 2,500 soldiers serving in Mogadishu as part of the African Union's 5,000-strong peacekeeping mission AMISOM, which is guarding sites including the Somali capital's air and sea ports and presidential palace.
It was not immediately clear what Kampala might have against such a senior member of President Sheikh Sharif Ahmed's government. Both are allied against Somalia's Islamist rebels.
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