{UAH} Uganda: Kasese Clashes - Museveni, Two Security Officers Reported to ICC

Uganda: Kasese Clashes - Museveni, Two Security Officers Reported to ICC

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Kasese MPs talk to the press about their ICC petition.

By Stephen Otage, Anthony Wesaka and Moris Mumbere

Kampala — A group of MPs from the Rwenzori sub-region have lodged a complaint before the International Criminal Court (ICC), seeking to move the office of the chief prosecutor to commence investigations into the raid on King Charles Mumbere's palace in which at least 100 people died.

The complaint dated December 9, 2016, is against President Museveni in his capacity as Commander-in-Chief of armed forces, Brig Peter Elwelu, and Assistant Inspector General of Police Asuman Mugenyi.

"Brig Elwelu kept on saying he was acting on the orders of the Commander-in-Chief who is President Museveni, and Deputy Inspector General of Police Asuman Mugenyi, who physically commanded the bloody operation," Ms Winnie Kiiza, the Leader of Opposition in Parliament, told the media in Kampala yesterday.Contents of the compliant claim that President Museveni, Brig Elwelu and AIGP Mugenyi were actively in direct command of the joint forces and also reportedly set an ultimatum for the royal guards of King Mumbere to surrender or face fire.

The complaint also states that people who died in the clashes include royal guards, children, and domestic workers at the palace, women and other visitors to the palace. It also lists property reportedly destroyed in the raid as including the coronation house, the kingdom's regalia, the kingdom's parliament, the kingdom documents and other cultural items.

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