It follows an application for a habeous Corpus filed by the New Vision legal department backed with an affidavit sworn by Jimmy Ariko, an employee of New Vision following the mysterious arrest of Etukuri and their failure to locate him.
It is claimed that Etukuri was picked up by operatives from the Internal Security Organisation-ISO in connection with a story he wrote about the death of a Finish National at Pearl of Africa hotel commonly known as Aya.
In its application New Vision claims that ISO has been holding their employee incommunicado since February 13th, 2018.
The Director General of Internal Security Organisation-ISO, Fred Kaka Bagyenda said he is yet to see the order.
"I have been up and down. I haven't seen that order yet," Bagyenda said.
He also declined to confirm or deny whether they are holding the journalist.
"I am not allowed to comment on that. It's a security matter," he said.
Etukuri was reportedly kidnapped by five men driving in a Double Cabin vehicle registration number UAH 038A, outside the New Vision offices in Industrial area.
The men suspected to be ISO agents were reportedly dressed in military fatigue.
New Vision suspects that Etukuri's trouble stems from a series of investigative stories he worked on recently. His last story was about the death of Teräsvuori Juha, a Finnish investor at Pearl of Africa Hotel in Kampala.
The story connected some operatives attached to the Internal Security Organisation-ISO in the death of Teräsvuori.
He had traveled to Uganda with Finnish politician, Suvi Linden to meet Col. Fred Bagyenda.
