{UAH} Kibedi’s letter to Amin - National

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Kibedi's letter to Amin - National

Well, it was not long before the relationship between Amin and his voice of reason and moderation went sour.

In January 1973, a group of soldiers led by Capt Issa Habib Galungbe, stormed Scindia Road in Jinja Town and abducted his uncle Shaban Nkutu. He was later killed and buried in a grave at Mailo Mbili Cemetery on the Jinja-Iganga highway.

Two months later, Kibedi confirmed that his brother-in- law had been responsible for the murder. Mr Kibedi announced his resignation and fled into exile in Britain.

His sister Maryam soon followed suit, abandoning her children in State House and fleeing to Britain.

President Amin was livid. He divorced his wife on radio and television before using the same platforms to accuse Kibedi of having been behind various crimes, including the disappearance of the late former Chief Justice Benedicto Kiwanuka.

Kibedi denounced his brother-in-law in the international media.
He would go on to run a successful law firm, Gaiso and Co Solicitors at Lewisham High Street in London, Britain, where he had sought refuge.
He assisted many fleeing Ugandans with immigration challenges.

During the early years of the NRM/A guerilla war, he linked up with his cousin, Third Deputy Premier and Minister for East African Affairs, Ali Kirunda Kivejinja, who was working with the NRM's external wing, to support the war effort.

After taking power in 1986, President Museveni appointed him Uganda's ambassador to the United Nations.

Around 1990, Mr Museveni named him Uganda's ambassador to Moscow, but Mr Kibedi turned down the appointment and offered to resign in order to concentrate on rebuilding his law firm.

Among the Basoga, counting one's children is a considered to be a taboo so the family will not say by how many children he is survived. It will, however, tell you that he is survived by a widow, Elizabeth, with whom he has been living in London.

Ever since I resigned from the office of Foreign Minister of your government in April 1973 you have not ceased to broadcast slander, calumnies and other fabrications about me. Hitherto I have not bothered to answer back because I found it unnecessary to deny statements whose falsehood was obvious.

Furthermore, I wanted to give you plenty of time to wallow in the mire of your own lies, contradictions and other inconsistencies, the more so to expose your true character...

I consider that you have had your say and it is now my turn to speak. The time is further opportune because the matter which was the central cause of my resignation, namely the large scale liquidation of innocent people in Uganda since your assumption of power; is once more at the centre of world attention. The international community of jurists has recently issued a critical report on it, to which you have taken vehement exception, and you have also appointed a judicial commission to "inquire" into the "disappearances"

As a person conversant with the truth relating to these and other issues arising from your misrule, I will now make my contribution.

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