Stella Nyanzi mourns her mentor Sarah Eperu

Exiled author and human rights activist Stella Nyanzi has described Sarah Eperu as her mentor, comrade and friend who introduced her to activism. 

“When I joined Forum for Democratic Change, she took me under her wings as Spokesperson for the FDC Women’s League,” she said. 

Nyanzi revealed Eperu introduced her to mainstream media where she also started addressing the weekly press conferences. 

“She ushered me into political activism in Uganda’s newsrooms and political party press conferences. It was Sara who first opened doors for me in many of Kampala’s radio and television stations, where she insisted that I shared space on her weekly talk shows,” she said. 

Nyanzi added that Eperu supported her initiatives in her activism journey as they shared a cordial relationship and close personal ties. 

“When I formed the Women’s Protest Working Group WPG, Sara was among the 40 unnamed women who met regularly to advance strategic planning for the protests that we led, organised and carried out. Although she walked with a support crutch, Sara joined the street protests we held against the kidnaps and femicides of poor women in Uganda. The shameless police even once arrested when we carried our cooking pots, sauce pans and protest placards and occupied the Uganda Human Rights Commission – UHRC premises in Naguru,” she narrated. 

According to FDC, Eperu was serving as the chairperson of the Kapir County Constituency branch in Ngora district at time of her death.

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