{UAH} Mbu Kazini's family are not done with M7 yet? Pay them $8m, boss?
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Twenty-sevenyears into his regime, General Yoweri Museveni, the U.S.-backedUgandan dictator, is coming under intense pressure from the families ofmurdered top military and political leaders, who want to know the truth abouthow their beloved ones perished. The deaths of Major General Kazini in 2009, BrigadierNoble Mayombo in 2007, and Dr.Andrew Kayiira in 1987 shocked thenation, and up to today many questions remain unanswered as to how they mettheir end. Now accusations by Gen. David Sejusa, one of Gen. Museveni's closest aides until recently that the Ugandan ruler hada hand in these killings is shaking political circles. According to Ugandansources close to the families, the relatives of the dead men are demanding forthe post-mortem reports to be made public. And they also want internationalindependent inquiries into the deaths of their loved ones. These demands,according to sources close to the families, are being made not only by thefamilies of the late Kayiira and late Gen. Kazini, but also that ofthe late Brigadier Mayombo. The main problem,according to the sources, is that General Museveni continues to block the release of any independentreports into the deaths, and in the case of Kayiira, refuses to disclose the results of a British inquirythat was done at the request of the Kampala regime. The dead Ugandans wereviewed as 'enemies' by Museveni -
Inall the cases mentioned, the common denominator was that the deceased personshad all fallen out with the president before they died. Major General Kazini and Dr. Andrew Kayiira, in particular, hadbeen arrested and charged with treason. The two were also suspected to beplotting to escape to foreign countries when they were killed. Dr. Kayiira, who died in theimmediate aftermath of 1980-1986 civil war that brought Yoweri Museveni to power, was viewedby Museveni as a politicalrival, who, according to a family source, had to be liquidated. Just before hisdeath, Kayiira was arrested by Museveni and charged withtreason. He was out on bail and was thought to be planning to escape from thecountry when he was brutally shot to death by assailants who raided a home of aclose friend and journalist where he was staying. Leader of the opposition DemocraticParty (DP), Norbert Mao, on his part has stated that the party is now publiclybacking the Kayiira family in theirsearch for the truth. He has tasked General Museveni to make public the British findings on the Kayiira death. A seniorpolitician from the DP, who was a close associate of Dr. Kayiira, said that as far asthe family is concerned, the fact that Museveni does not want to cooperate in the efforts to get theBritish report released into the public domain points to his guilt. "Why is hehiding the facts? If he were innocent, he would have nothing to fear," said thepolitician. And, so it seems, Kayiira's family believe that their relative was murdered onorders of President Museveni. Gen. Sejusa, who was formercoordinator of Intelligence Services in Uganda says in a bombshell letter that Museveni knows who thekillers are and the motives. -
Theother controversial killing was that of former army commander General Kazini who was also at oddswith Museveni when he was murderedin the most gruesome manner. His battered and bloodied body was found lying ina door way at a girlfriend's mansion in the Kampala suburb of Namuwongo. The death waspinned on the girlfriend, who remains incarcerated in prison, in spite of herprotestation of innocence. Kazini's skull was reportedly bashed with what may have been ametal pipe.
Kazini, who served as Museveni's army commander andhad been a leadng figure in theUgandan military intervention in the DR-Congo war, which followed the 1994Rwandan genocide, was arrested and court-courtmartialed on a number of charges including for treason.
TheKazini family point tosharp disagreements with General Museveni as the main cause of his death.
Uponhis death, some family members called for an investigation. According to afamily source, Museveni was very angry withtheir demands, and it was not long before another family member, Singa Muhwezi, the young brotherto the late General Kazini was himself killed. Singa was, reportedly, theloudest of all in the family in demanding for an independent investigation intothe demise of the fallen general.
Forthe Kazini family, the deathsof General Kazini and Singa Muhwezi are not the onlydeaths, whose facts they are seeking to establish.
Thefamily are also interested in getting answers from General Museveni about an earlierdeath of another Kazini brother, Jet Mwebaze.
Lt.Colonel Jet Mwebaze was a senior armyofficer who died in Western Uganda in 1998 under unclear circumstances.Officially, the cause of Jet's death was said to be a plane crash. But some inthe Kazini family believe thatthe army officer survived the plane crash only to be shot by Ugandan armyrescuers, on orders from "above". The Kazini family were shocked to learn that some agents workingfor General Salim Saleh's were also on thefateful plane when it went down. Salim Saleh is Museveni's brother, who wieldsthe most power in the country only after Museveni. In recent times, according to sources close to the Kazini family, state agentshave approached the family seeking to bribe them so that they stop askingquestions about the deaths. Other family members are believed to have beenthreatened with death if they continued to demand for an independent probe.Late Brigadier Mayombo's family also seekinganswers Noble Mayombo, a former Directorof Military Intelligence, who was also an army representative in the UgandanParliament, had risen rapidly through the ranks to become army Brigadier andthe Permanent Secretary at the Ministry of Defense – a position he held at thetime of his death. When Brigadier Mayombo suddenly fell ill, records from the private hospital inwhich he was first admitted indicated that he was suffering from "acute-pancreatitis" – a condition"where the pancreas becomes inflamed over a short period of time." -
Accordingto a family source, there is widespread belief that the condition was caused bysome form of poison.
Thepublic outcry that followed his death forced the Museveni regime to institute a public investigation, but untiltoday the report that was handed to General Museveni in 2007 has not been put in the public domain.
Accordingto a source in the Ugandan military who knew the late Brigadier Mayombo quite well, justbefore his death, Mayombo was beinginvestigated by General Museveni, who believed thatthe youthful 42-year old officer was getting more and more sympathetic toanti-regime opposition leaders. According to this officer, General Museveni was particularlyangry that Brigadier Mayombo was persistentlypleading with the President to stop on-going arrests and persecutions ofpolitical opponents.
Inthe wake of recent revelations by Sejusa, a four-star general, it seems like a flood-gate hasbeen unlocked. More Ugandans are now demanding answers to the killings of theseprominent individuals. The appetite for information is insatiable and The BlackStar News reports that the website has already crashed six times since the Gen.Sejusa letter detailing hisaccusations was posted, due to the excess traffic.
Dr. Vincent Magombe is a London-basedUgandan journalist and broadcaster, also Head of Africa Inform International.
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H.OGWAPITI
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"To announce that there must be no criticism of the president, or that we are to stand by the president right or wrong, is not only unpatriotic and servile, but is morally treasonable to the American public."
---Theodore Roosevelt
-- Inall the cases mentioned, the common denominator was that the deceased personshad all fallen out with the president before they died. Major General Kazini and Dr. Andrew Kayiira, in particular, hadbeen arrested and charged with treason. The two were also suspected to beplotting to escape to foreign countries when they were killed. Dr. Kayiira, who died in theimmediate aftermath of 1980-1986 civil war that brought Yoweri Museveni to power, was viewedby Museveni as a politicalrival, who, according to a family source, had to be liquidated. Just before hisdeath, Kayiira was arrested by Museveni and charged withtreason. He was out on bail and was thought to be planning to escape from thecountry when he was brutally shot to death by assailants who raided a home of aclose friend and journalist where he was staying. Leader of the opposition DemocraticParty (DP), Norbert Mao, on his part has stated that the party is now publiclybacking the Kayiira family in theirsearch for the truth. He has tasked General Museveni to make public the British findings on the Kayiira death. A seniorpolitician from the DP, who was a close associate of Dr. Kayiira, said that as far asthe family is concerned, the fact that Museveni does not want to cooperate in the efforts to get theBritish report released into the public domain points to his guilt. "Why is hehiding the facts? If he were innocent, he would have nothing to fear," said thepolitician. And, so it seems, Kayiira's family believe that their relative was murdered onorders of President Museveni. Gen. Sejusa, who was formercoordinator of Intelligence Services in Uganda says in a bombshell letter that Museveni knows who thekillers are and the motives. -
Theother controversial killing was that of former army commander General Kazini who was also at oddswith Museveni when he was murderedin the most gruesome manner. His battered and bloodied body was found lying ina door way at a girlfriend's mansion in the Kampala suburb of Namuwongo. The death waspinned on the girlfriend, who remains incarcerated in prison, in spite of herprotestation of innocence. Kazini's skull was reportedly bashed with what may have been ametal pipe.
Kazini, who served as Museveni's army commander andhad been a leadng figure in theUgandan military intervention in the DR-Congo war, which followed the 1994Rwandan genocide, was arrested and court-courtmartialed on a number of charges including for treason.
TheKazini family point tosharp disagreements with General Museveni as the main cause of his death.
Uponhis death, some family members called for an investigation. According to afamily source, Museveni was very angry withtheir demands, and it was not long before another family member, Singa Muhwezi, the young brotherto the late General Kazini was himself killed. Singa was, reportedly, theloudest of all in the family in demanding for an independent investigation intothe demise of the fallen general.
Forthe Kazini family, the deathsof General Kazini and Singa Muhwezi are not the onlydeaths, whose facts they are seeking to establish.
Thefamily are also interested in getting answers from General Museveni about an earlierdeath of another Kazini brother, Jet Mwebaze.
Lt.Colonel Jet Mwebaze was a senior armyofficer who died in Western Uganda in 1998 under unclear circumstances.Officially, the cause of Jet's death was said to be a plane crash. But some inthe Kazini family believe thatthe army officer survived the plane crash only to be shot by Ugandan armyrescuers, on orders from "above". The Kazini family were shocked to learn that some agents workingfor General Salim Saleh's were also on thefateful plane when it went down. Salim Saleh is Museveni's brother, who wieldsthe most power in the country only after Museveni. In recent times, according to sources close to the Kazini family, state agentshave approached the family seeking to bribe them so that they stop askingquestions about the deaths. Other family members are believed to have beenthreatened with death if they continued to demand for an independent probe.Late Brigadier Mayombo's family also seekinganswers Noble Mayombo, a former Directorof Military Intelligence, who was also an army representative in the UgandanParliament, had risen rapidly through the ranks to become army Brigadier andthe Permanent Secretary at the Ministry of Defense – a position he held at thetime of his death. When Brigadier Mayombo suddenly fell ill, records from the private hospital inwhich he was first admitted indicated that he was suffering from "acute-pancreatitis" – a condition"where the pancreas becomes inflamed over a short period of time." -
Accordingto a family source, there is widespread belief that the condition was caused bysome form of poison.
Thepublic outcry that followed his death forced the Museveni regime to institute a public investigation, but untiltoday the report that was handed to General Museveni in 2007 has not been put in the public domain.
Accordingto a source in the Ugandan military who knew the late Brigadier Mayombo quite well, justbefore his death, Mayombo was beinginvestigated by General Museveni, who believed thatthe youthful 42-year old officer was getting more and more sympathetic toanti-regime opposition leaders. According to this officer, General Museveni was particularlyangry that Brigadier Mayombo was persistentlypleading with the President to stop on-going arrests and persecutions ofpolitical opponents.
Inthe wake of recent revelations by Sejusa, a four-star general, it seems like a flood-gate hasbeen unlocked. More Ugandans are now demanding answers to the killings of theseprominent individuals. The appetite for information is insatiable and The BlackStar News reports that the website has already crashed six times since the Gen.Sejusa letter detailing hisaccusations was posted, due to the excess traffic.
Dr. Vincent Magombe is a London-basedUgandan journalist and broadcaster, also Head of Africa Inform International.
--
H.OGWAPITI
-----------------------------------------------------
"To announce that there must be no criticism of the president, or that we are to stand by the president right or wrong, is not only unpatriotic and servile, but is morally treasonable to the American public."
---Theodore Roosevelt
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