The new leadership in Libya has announced that stamps on official and consular documents bearing the symbols of the regime of late Col. Muammar Gadaffi ‘the great’ as null and void.

The statement the new leaders of Libya sent to all African presidents reads, “the Libyan government announces the cancellation of all official and consular stamps bearing the names of the, “Great socialist Peoples Libyan Arab Jamahiriya” and “the Libyan Arab Peoples’ bureau.”

However it has been also cleared that the new changes will not affect the Libyan documents in the hands of world governments. Any document signed prior to the new leadership in Libya remains valid because the defunct government of Gadaffi was then recognized worldwide. The people travelling to Libya must have documents bearing the new stamps. Gadaffi’s leadership collapsed in August when the former rebels of the Libyan Transitional National Council over throw the old regime.

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The Libyan soldiers have already met with Uganda’s ministry of foreign affairs officials and discussed mechanisms under which Libya and Uganda can work.

The minister of Foreign Affairs, Okello Oryemu (Uganda) says that Uganda is ready to work with NTC and to receive their representatives.

The post Col. Muammar Gadaffi Government also wants to have an ambassador to Uganda. Oryemu also says that Uganda was ready to reopen its mission in Libya. Uganda (president Museveni) was at first opposed to the pro-democracy war led by the NTC against Gadaffi. The war ended with the death of Brother Col. Muammar Gadaffi.

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The Uganda government also stripped his diplomatic immunity and asked him to vacate his residence in Nakasero, Kampala. A source at the Libyan Embassy in Kampala told our journalists that Ambassador Abdullah Bujeldain pleaded with president Museveni to have mercy upon him in vain.

Museveni, Gadaffi and Ambassador Abdullah Bujeldain were close friends. We are told that it was Abdullah Bujeldain whom Uganda would reportedly send toTripoli to receive money from Gadaffi meant to develop Uganda. But after the down fall of Gadaffi, Bujeldain is forgotten andUgandawants him out of the country.

A source at the Libyan embassy in Kampala intimated to us that Ambassador Abdullah Bujeldain is now seeking for an asylum in Uganda for fear of being guilttoned if he goes back to Libya.Uganda’s Foreign Affair’s minister, Okello Oryemu says that Abdullah Bujeldain was evicted because as far as the government of Uganda is concerned, he is no longer the representative of the Libyan government to Uganda.

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Many African heads of states reportedly steal their countries resources and hide them on bank accounts and real estates in America and Europe.

Take an example of the former president of Zaire (now renamed the Democratic Republic of Congo), the late Mobutu Sese Sekou Wazabanga. The man reportedly stole millions of USA dollars and stashed it away in various European and USA bank accounts and left his country one of the poorest in the world. Transparence international now wants all forgotten riches of African presidents frozen until they are returned to Africans the way France, USA and England froze the ill-gotten wealth of the former Libyan leader, Col. Muammar Gadaffi.

Transparency International says that the time for African leaders to embezzle funds with impunity should be forgotten completely. This is the reason the French government is investigating three sitting African presidents for their ill-gotten wealth that have been squirreled in various parts of France.

The presidents in question are Ali Bongo of Gabon, Denis Sassou Nguesso of the Republic of Congo Brazzaville and Teodoro Obiang of Equatorial Guinea.  Many people in Uganda wish that France also investigates Ugandan leaders who are reported to have bank accounts in various cities across Europe and USA. Many families of African heads of states have been accused of having ill gotten wealth and showing staggering extravagancy.

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After the down fall of the greatest son of Africa and Libyan leader, Col. Muammar Gadaffi, the republic of Uganda now is walking in his former foot steps with a plan to establish the United States of Africa (USA), Walakira Nyanzi reports.

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It seems president Museveni security is growing from big to big all the time. Incapable sources at statehouse tell us that the president is now using two euro planes whenever he goes to areas like northern Uganda where his support on ground is questionable.

We hear that the president is using his usual presidential chopper and another small one we also hear it was donated to him by the former Libyan leader, Col. Muammar Gadaffi.

The plane was reportedly given to president Museveni to help him sweep the polls. The civilian chopper Russian made moves ahead of the presidential chopper, clearing the way before the presidential chopper lands on ground.  Last in northern Uganda when Museveni visited the area, the Russian made chopper would hover the sky hours before the presidential chopper landed.

By Moureen Nakyanzi

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International Criminal Court (ICC) suspect and former director of military intelligence in Libya—was captured in the south of Libya. His arrest follows the reported capture on 19 November 2011 of ICC suspect Saif Al-Islam Gaddafi, former Libyan government spokesman and son of former Libyan leader of Muammar Gaddafi. The ICC is the world’s first and only permanent international court to prosecute war crimes, crimes against humanity and genocide.

“The Coalition welcomes the arrest of the ICC suspects as a positive step towards accountability in Libya,” said William R. Pace, convenor of the Coalition for the International Criminal Court—a global network of over 2,500 civil society organizations in 150 countries advocating for a fair, effective and independent ICC and improved access to justice for victims of genocide, war crimes and crimes against humanity. “We now urge Libya ’s interim leaders to ensure that this accountability is fully carried through and justice is brought to victims of the alleged crimes committed in Libya ,” Pace said.

Abdullah Al-Senussi and Saif Al-Islam Gaddafi are both wanted by the ICC for crimes against humanity allegedly committed in Libya since 15 February 2011. Muammar Gaddafi, for whom an ICC arrest warrant had also been issued, died on 20 October 2011. Under the terms of UN Security Council Resolution 1970 (2011), which unanimously referred the situation in Libya to the ICC, the competent Libyan authorities are obligated to cooperate fully with the Court, including in the arrest of ICC suspects.

Under the Rome Statute, the Court’s founding treaty, Libyan authorities have primary jurisdiction over crimes committed in their country. However, in light of their obligations under UNSC Resolution 1970—and in keeping with their obligations contained in Article 89(1) of the Rome Statute, in the ICC warrants of arrest, as well as in the request for the arrest and surrender of the suspects to the Court—it is essential that the Libyan authorities facilitate the transfer of the suspects to the ICC. If the Libyan authorities have identified any problems that may impede or prevent the transfer of the suspects they must consult with the ICC without delay.

According to the Statute, if the Libyan authorities wish to assert their right to try the suspects in Libya, they must—at the earliest opportunity—challenge the admissibility of the cases on the grounds that they are independently and impartially investigating, or prosecuting, the same individuals for the same crimes at national level. This admissibility determination would be made by ICC judges. The transfer of the suspects to The Hague would not prevent the Libyan authorities from undertaking future domestic proceedings against the suspects for other alleged crimes.

On the other hand, should the Libyan authorities allege that the immediate execution of an ICC request for cooperation would interfere with ongoing investigations or prosecutions of a case different from that to which the request relates, they must consult with the ICC and may postpone the execution of the request for a period of time agreed upon with the ICC, but no longer than is necessary to complete the relevant investigation or prosecution in the requested state. If a decision to postpone is taken, the ICC prosecutor may still seek measures to preserve evidence.

“At this time, the most important principle to keep in mind is that the Libyan authorities must abide by the rules of the ICC statute so as to ultimately allow the two suspects to face independent and impartial proceedings for alleged crimes against humanity,” Pace stressed. “In this respect, the Coalition calls on the interim government in Libya to ensure the safety of the suspects and the delivery of due process.”

Meanwhile, the ICC retains jurisdiction over events in Libya since 15 February 2011, even after UNSC Resolution 2016 which ended the UN mandate allowing military intervention and terminated the no-fly zone. Libyan authorities consequently continue to be obligated to prevent and investigate any potential ICC crimes on their territory.

In a public letter sent to the president of Libya ’s transitional government on 27 October 2011, the Coalition also urged Libya ’s interim leaders to move quickly to ratify key international human rights and humanitarian law treaties, in particular the Rome Statute.

“It is crucial for the transitional government to demonstrate its commitment to justice and human rights by moving quickly to ratify key international human rights and humanitarian law treaties, in particular the Rome Statute,” Pace added. “It is equally important for the interim authorities to strengthen the national justice system’s capacity to ensure accountability and the rule of law.”

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