{UAH} IN THE NAME OF STATE SECURITY - MUSEVENI'S BRUTALITY
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IN THE NAME OF STATE SECURITY - MUSEVENI'S BRUTALITY
For the last 30 years Uganda's military dictator, Museveni has been preoccupied with personalizing the country's security forces as a foundation for the wider scheme of remaining in power. He has succeeded in turning the security forces into being a coersive branch of his regime party (NRM). These security organs are highly partisan and they are presumed to be regime cadres who owe their allegiance to Museveni as a person and not Uganda in return for political protection from the regime. In order to prove their personal loyalty to Museveni's hold on power, top security officers have to carry out excesses against the opposition and political dissenters in general. With Museveni's son Brig. Nuhoozi at the top of the special forces (SFG) that is responsible for ensuring that Museveni remains in power.
For many years now, members of the security forces and Museveni's secret services have been arbitrarilya arresting, kidnapping, torturing, detaining without trial, running ungazzetted places of detention, killing, harassing, intimidating, and exiling political dissenters. Reports of such excesses and gross violation of human rights have always been highlighted by local and international human rights bodies, civil society, and some religious organisations but the regime has always rubbished them as baseless. Despite the highlighting of such gross excesses, the regine has remained steadfast in its schemes of detention unleashing terror against political dissenters with the aim of subduing them into submission to the military dictatorship.
Museveni has been riding on the country's past where members of security forces of past regimes were associated with wanton brutality. Obviously, the alleged excesses of the past armies were exaggerated by Museveni in his schemes to gain the presidency and remain in power for life. That is why apart from former Governor of Kampala under the Iddi Amin regine, Col Nasur Abdalah who was convicted under the 2nd UPC government for murder but only to be pardoned by Museveni, no any other member of the past security forces was ever subjected to any semblance of criminal proceedings on account of alleged abuses. Instead, it is these very members of the past security forces that played a pivotal role in his bush war and have continued to sustain his hold on power for the last 30 years. For reasons of personal ego, when he came to power he decreed that members of the past regimes' secret services like State Research Bureau (SRB) under Iddi Amin and National Security Agency (NASA) under the Obote II government were to be excluded from vying for any elective office in the local government structures. This was because he held no grudge against those regimes other than seeking to achieve his childhood dream of becoming the President of Uganda. On the other hand Museveni is culpable in some of the alleged attrocities by the past regimes thus any serious inquiry would lead to his backyard.
Because of this overshadowing by Uganda's past history as exaggerated and exploited by Museveni, the Ugandan masses seam not to realise that under Museveni, the security forces have conducted themselves in a worst manner than those of the past regimes. For the first time in the history of Uganda, the country registered incidents of senior Police and army officers carrying out armed robberies against civilians and banks in broad daylight. They have not only excelled in theft of public resources but run secret torture and detention chambers codenamed Safe Houses. Inspite of all the above unique negative attributes, Museveni has need commended for building a professional, disciplined and pro-people army compared to the past ones.
That way, he has deliberately allowed them to accumulate ill gotten wealth so that unlike the past armies, they have to defend the regime's stay in power at all cost if their wealth is to thrive. In so doing, his security officers have the license and Museveni's blessing to unleash terror on Ugandans in the name of state security. They are mandated to do anything within their means to ensure that Museveni remains in power in return for enriching themselves through criminal ways. Here below, find a few incidents of how security agents use and abuse their positions in order to terrorise Ugandans with impunity:
1. In February 2009 Robert Kigundu was murdered around Kololo in Kampala and his body burnt to ashes before robbing his car. Later the number place of his robbed car was used on another car driven by Lt. Adubango of CMI. When the police intercepted the CMI vehicle and arrested the Lt, he revealed that the vehicle belonged to his unnamed 'boss' at CMI. The family of the deceased was subjected to silence by CMI and the matter was swept under the carpet at very high levels by Gen. James Mugira who was the CMI at the time. (observer.ug/CMI in murder, robbery scandal).
2. Around February 2016, owing to the fear of politically motivated violence, security forces carried out a security swoop in Kampala where 13 police and army officers were netted on charges of being behind rampant murders and armed robberies in the city. The suspects revealed that they were working for top police and army officers to whom they would deliver the loot. The top commanders gave them extra guns, information, assurance of protection and 20% of the loot. One of the suspects, Corporal Tito revealed that he had made about 300M shillings for his boss and 80M for hinself and that he had managed to construct a house, acquire and own a car and three motorcycles. The identity of the said 'boses' remains a mystery and the matter will be swept under the carpet.
3. In the same month of February 2015, for the same political considerations security agencies arrested their own officers over allegations of armed robberies. A Capt. under CMI who was in-charge of the phone tracking unit would monitor the conversation, movements, and exact locations of the targeted wealthy people using CMI's phone tracking system and give the information to the armed robbers on the ground for effective targeting. In the same operation, Maj. Mushabe was found with two illegal guns at his home in Mbarara. A one Lt. Kàranzi was also arrested but as is the usual practice, the matter will be swept under the carpet once it is established that their actions were not politically motivated.
4. In the same month of February 2016, the police shot seat three youths in Ndejje on grounds that they were plotting to carry out a robbery on a businessman. The order of 'shoot to kill' is being abused as innocent souls will be taken out of action. It was designed to instil fear into Ugandans in the run up to the February Polls.
5. Around the same time, army officers under Brig. Ramadhan Kyamulesire used his official car to attack the residence of a city businessman from whom they robbed 5M shillings at gunpoint. The matter was swept under the carpet as long as Brig. Kyamulesire's political clarity is not dented.
6. Sometime back a soldier attached to State House was intercepted as he attempted to sweep clean a fat bank account of billions of shillings through electronic fraud. A strong cabinet minister from the west had been behind the attempted fraud claimed that security had been suspecting the account to be run by terrorists and that they were also testing the banks preparedness to avert serious electronic fraud. The matter was swept under the carpet.
7. Early this week the police's VIP protect unit shot a lunatic who had now died of bullet wounds in Mulago Hospital. After the shooting the police alleged that the man had intended to assassinate the Chief Justice who has interestingly come out to refute those claims. In his statement he states thus: "I only saw a man running out with policemen. He never came close to my car and I never heard him demanding to speak to me. In fact the shooting happened after I left the scene. I don't believe the man intended to attack me. I think this was a mad man who had blockaded many other vehicles on that part of the road. My convoy was just caught up in this situation. So this was not an assassination attempt as the media has put it.". The police Spokesperson had earlier stated thus: "VIPPU disabled the suspect on suspicion that he wanted to harm the Chief Justice. We have taken him to Mulago but is still in our custody. We are waiting for him to recover so he records a statement.". Following the Chief Justice's protest over the police's extra judicial killing, the victim Shaban Ayela was anounced dead!!!
8. The cultural head of the Kooki was brutally assaulted when his car attempted to overtake the Vice President's convoy. He is not abroad for medical treatment. Unlike the Chief Justice who is not patriotic, the Vice President never made any public comment over the incident.
9. This week, the police stealthy broke into the chambers of two of the legal firms that are representing the petitioner who is challenging the Musevveni's alleged election victory.
The list of incidents is endless and the worst is in the offing but all in the name of state security. INFORMATION IS POWER
Posted by Uganda - A Change of Guards! a
For many years now, members of the security forces and Museveni's secret services have been arbitrarilya arresting, kidnapping, torturing, detaining without trial, running ungazzetted places of detention, killing, harassing, intimidating, and exiling political dissenters. Reports of such excesses and gross violation of human rights have always been highlighted by local and international human rights bodies, civil society, and some religious organisations but the regime has always rubbished them as baseless. Despite the highlighting of such gross excesses, the regine has remained steadfast in its schemes of detention unleashing terror against political dissenters with the aim of subduing them into submission to the military dictatorship.
Museveni has been riding on the country's past where members of security forces of past regimes were associated with wanton brutality. Obviously, the alleged excesses of the past armies were exaggerated by Museveni in his schemes to gain the presidency and remain in power for life. That is why apart from former Governor of Kampala under the Iddi Amin regine, Col Nasur Abdalah who was convicted under the 2nd UPC government for murder but only to be pardoned by Museveni, no any other member of the past security forces was ever subjected to any semblance of criminal proceedings on account of alleged abuses. Instead, it is these very members of the past security forces that played a pivotal role in his bush war and have continued to sustain his hold on power for the last 30 years. For reasons of personal ego, when he came to power he decreed that members of the past regimes' secret services like State Research Bureau (SRB) under Iddi Amin and National Security Agency (NASA) under the Obote II government were to be excluded from vying for any elective office in the local government structures. This was because he held no grudge against those regimes other than seeking to achieve his childhood dream of becoming the President of Uganda. On the other hand Museveni is culpable in some of the alleged attrocities by the past regimes thus any serious inquiry would lead to his backyard.
Because of this overshadowing by Uganda's past history as exaggerated and exploited by Museveni, the Ugandan masses seam not to realise that under Museveni, the security forces have conducted themselves in a worst manner than those of the past regimes. For the first time in the history of Uganda, the country registered incidents of senior Police and army officers carrying out armed robberies against civilians and banks in broad daylight. They have not only excelled in theft of public resources but run secret torture and detention chambers codenamed Safe Houses. Inspite of all the above unique negative attributes, Museveni has need commended for building a professional, disciplined and pro-people army compared to the past ones.
That way, he has deliberately allowed them to accumulate ill gotten wealth so that unlike the past armies, they have to defend the regime's stay in power at all cost if their wealth is to thrive. In so doing, his security officers have the license and Museveni's blessing to unleash terror on Ugandans in the name of state security. They are mandated to do anything within their means to ensure that Museveni remains in power in return for enriching themselves through criminal ways. Here below, find a few incidents of how security agents use and abuse their positions in order to terrorise Ugandans with impunity:
1. In February 2009 Robert Kigundu was murdered around Kololo in Kampala and his body burnt to ashes before robbing his car. Later the number place of his robbed car was used on another car driven by Lt. Adubango of CMI. When the police intercepted the CMI vehicle and arrested the Lt, he revealed that the vehicle belonged to his unnamed 'boss' at CMI. The family of the deceased was subjected to silence by CMI and the matter was swept under the carpet at very high levels by Gen. James Mugira who was the CMI at the time. (observer.ug/CMI in murder, robbery scandal).
2. Around February 2016, owing to the fear of politically motivated violence, security forces carried out a security swoop in Kampala where 13 police and army officers were netted on charges of being behind rampant murders and armed robberies in the city. The suspects revealed that they were working for top police and army officers to whom they would deliver the loot. The top commanders gave them extra guns, information, assurance of protection and 20% of the loot. One of the suspects, Corporal Tito revealed that he had made about 300M shillings for his boss and 80M for hinself and that he had managed to construct a house, acquire and own a car and three motorcycles. The identity of the said 'boses' remains a mystery and the matter will be swept under the carpet.
3. In the same month of February 2015, for the same political considerations security agencies arrested their own officers over allegations of armed robberies. A Capt. under CMI who was in-charge of the phone tracking unit would monitor the conversation, movements, and exact locations of the targeted wealthy people using CMI's phone tracking system and give the information to the armed robbers on the ground for effective targeting. In the same operation, Maj. Mushabe was found with two illegal guns at his home in Mbarara. A one Lt. Kàranzi was also arrested but as is the usual practice, the matter will be swept under the carpet once it is established that their actions were not politically motivated.
4. In the same month of February 2016, the police shot seat three youths in Ndejje on grounds that they were plotting to carry out a robbery on a businessman. The order of 'shoot to kill' is being abused as innocent souls will be taken out of action. It was designed to instil fear into Ugandans in the run up to the February Polls.
5. Around the same time, army officers under Brig. Ramadhan Kyamulesire used his official car to attack the residence of a city businessman from whom they robbed 5M shillings at gunpoint. The matter was swept under the carpet as long as Brig. Kyamulesire's political clarity is not dented.
6. Sometime back a soldier attached to State House was intercepted as he attempted to sweep clean a fat bank account of billions of shillings through electronic fraud. A strong cabinet minister from the west had been behind the attempted fraud claimed that security had been suspecting the account to be run by terrorists and that they were also testing the banks preparedness to avert serious electronic fraud. The matter was swept under the carpet.
7. Early this week the police's VIP protect unit shot a lunatic who had now died of bullet wounds in Mulago Hospital. After the shooting the police alleged that the man had intended to assassinate the Chief Justice who has interestingly come out to refute those claims. In his statement he states thus: "I only saw a man running out with policemen. He never came close to my car and I never heard him demanding to speak to me. In fact the shooting happened after I left the scene. I don't believe the man intended to attack me. I think this was a mad man who had blockaded many other vehicles on that part of the road. My convoy was just caught up in this situation. So this was not an assassination attempt as the media has put it.". The police Spokesperson had earlier stated thus: "VIPPU disabled the suspect on suspicion that he wanted to harm the Chief Justice. We have taken him to Mulago but is still in our custody. We are waiting for him to recover so he records a statement.". Following the Chief Justice's protest over the police's extra judicial killing, the victim Shaban Ayela was anounced dead!!!
8. The cultural head of the Kooki was brutally assaulted when his car attempted to overtake the Vice President's convoy. He is not abroad for medical treatment. Unlike the Chief Justice who is not patriotic, the Vice President never made any public comment over the incident.
9. This week, the police stealthy broke into the chambers of two of the legal firms that are representing the petitioner who is challenging the Musevveni's alleged election victory.
The list of incidents is endless and the worst is in the offing but all in the name of state security. INFORMATION IS POWER
Posted by Uganda - A Change of Guards! a
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