{UAH} WILL PARDONING OF JOHN KATURAMU HELP MUSEVENI RECAPTURE TOORO?
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WILL PARDONING OF JOHN KATURAMU HELP MUSEVENI RECAPTURE TOORO?
Thousands of convicted prisoners in Uganda have been lined up for pardoning by Museveni. Under the constitution, the President on the advice of the Prerogative Of Mercy can pardon any convicted prisoner who has exhausted all the court process and is serving the sentence. However, Museveni has always abused those constitutional powers by pardoning suspects, those in detention without trial and generally those being subjected to political persecution in return for political persecution.
As a strong advocate of detention and imprisonment, Museveni has always been reluctant to pardon convicts. In rare cases where he has done so, his choice was driven by political considerations. The pardoning of Col. Nasur Abudalah was meant to win over West Nilers, the Muslim and Nubian comunity in general while that of UPC's Chris Rwakasisi targeted winning over the Banyankole Bairu community in Bushenyi. Its because of the presence of Rwakasisi in the NRM ranks in Bushenyi that Gen. Otafiire is no longer a big bull in the Bushenyi regime craal. Museveni has always been itching to release former Tooro Prime Minister John Katuramu who was convicted for murdering Tooro's Prince Kijanangoma. Because, John Katuramu is a brother in-law to the late Brig. Mayombo, Museveni had wanted to release him but feared repercussions from the influential royal family members. Now that Mayombo is no more, the Tooro royal family is divided over the rebel Prince who is seeking the Kingship. That coupled by the awakening of the people of Tooro as evidenced by the significant shift of support to FDC's Dr. Besigye, Museveni now feels its the right time to act. Museveni, who has always taken Batooro's overwhemning support for granted is now stunned by the shift of support and feels that John Katuramu's pardon and release can help win back favor with Batooro and in particular the Catholic ones.
Therefore, John Katuramu and a few other politically influential convicts may be wrapped in thousands of other prisoners that are to be pardoned. Even with these other thousands of prisoners that are to be pardoned, it must have taken the regime's local political leadership structures and the intelligence services to identify the beneficiaries on the basis of winning political capital for the regime. Also, the list is most likely to consist of soldiers convicted of different offences. In the same regard, we are likely to see the release of other murder convicts like Jackie Uwera Nsenga and Nkuringiye alias Tonku - courtesy of Gen. Kayihura.
Pardoning and setting free prisoners is the best new year gift to them, their families and friends. However, Museveni decision is driven by the desperate vote searching. Otherwise, he should have first thought about the hundreds of political detainees who are languishing under the detention without trial.
INFORMATION IS POWER
As a strong advocate of detention and imprisonment, Museveni has always been reluctant to pardon convicts. In rare cases where he has done so, his choice was driven by political considerations. The pardoning of Col. Nasur Abudalah was meant to win over West Nilers, the Muslim and Nubian comunity in general while that of UPC's Chris Rwakasisi targeted winning over the Banyankole Bairu community in Bushenyi. Its because of the presence of Rwakasisi in the NRM ranks in Bushenyi that Gen. Otafiire is no longer a big bull in the Bushenyi regime craal. Museveni has always been itching to release former Tooro Prime Minister John Katuramu who was convicted for murdering Tooro's Prince Kijanangoma. Because, John Katuramu is a brother in-law to the late Brig. Mayombo, Museveni had wanted to release him but feared repercussions from the influential royal family members. Now that Mayombo is no more, the Tooro royal family is divided over the rebel Prince who is seeking the Kingship. That coupled by the awakening of the people of Tooro as evidenced by the significant shift of support to FDC's Dr. Besigye, Museveni now feels its the right time to act. Museveni, who has always taken Batooro's overwhemning support for granted is now stunned by the shift of support and feels that John Katuramu's pardon and release can help win back favor with Batooro and in particular the Catholic ones.
Therefore, John Katuramu and a few other politically influential convicts may be wrapped in thousands of other prisoners that are to be pardoned. Even with these other thousands of prisoners that are to be pardoned, it must have taken the regime's local political leadership structures and the intelligence services to identify the beneficiaries on the basis of winning political capital for the regime. Also, the list is most likely to consist of soldiers convicted of different offences. In the same regard, we are likely to see the release of other murder convicts like Jackie Uwera Nsenga and Nkuringiye alias Tonku - courtesy of Gen. Kayihura.
Pardoning and setting free prisoners is the best new year gift to them, their families and friends. However, Museveni decision is driven by the desperate vote searching. Otherwise, he should have first thought about the hundreds of political detainees who are languishing under the detention without trial.
INFORMATION IS POWER
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Viele GruBe
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